Cinema Museum (2008)
Género : Documental, Historia
Tiempo de ejecución : 36M
Director : Mark Lewis
Sinopsis
A first-person tour through the private collection of Ronald Grant and Martin Humphries in Britain with their curator Anna.
Middle aged metal rock star Tarantula Moonrocket's career is going down the toilet. He rejects demands from his record company and his manager to be in a reality TV show and to fake scandalous behavior in order to increase publicity. Tarantula is put in a corner when he discovers that the record company own his name, image and likeness and it seems he has no choice but to follow their orders.
After losing their parents when they were toddlers, twins Sam and Matt form a unique brotherly connection to survive their childhood in an abusive foster home. As adults this special bond is threatened when Matt becomes enamored with a neighborhood girl, leaving Sam behind for the first time in his life.
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Forced to flee their homeland because of the brutal Burmese military dictatorship and a decades old civil war, Nickel City Smiler follows a refugee's struggle for hope and the American dream amidst discrimination, poverty and violence in one of the United State's poorest cities.
Zhou Lu is a female inmate convicted of murder. At first glance, her file looks like an open and shut case of a woman so fed up with her marriage that she resorts to killing her husband. Officer Hao Ruping, however, feels that here is more than meets the eye with Zhou Lu, so she takes on the investigation. What she uncovers is Zhou Lu's dark past, unfolding a thrilling tale of lies, delusions and family secrets.
A quirky black comedy that examines the predatory lending practices of the US banking system.
Three down-and-out, complete strangers who answer a Craigslist-like ad to drive a car from Los Angeles to Washington, DC. As these unlikely companions bumble their way across the US, they record their epic adventure using iPhones. In the end, because of their unexpected, new-found friendships, each finds a new lease on life and our heroes live happily ever after
A documentary portrait of professional dog trainer and canine Search & Rescue volunteer Kyle Warren.
A hit man with a change of heart must play one last hand of poker with the mob boss who raised him within a criminal house of cards.
Their love lives in shambles, two brothers make a pact: No women for a year! The pact holds them under an almost magical spell as they take turns trying, but failing to break it.
When a group of friends traveled from Seattle to Ghana in support of water and education issues, their own lives were impacted in more ways than they could imagine.
New York detective, Dot Forman, is suffering from PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result of a bullet that is lodged in her head.
Dan Zimmerman's paintings are rich with emotions and spirituality. This film introduces the world to the paintings and music of Dan Zimmerman. More than an interview with an artist, this film present's Dan's work as a template for experience and self-investigation.
Documentary filmmaker Mishara Canino-Hussung follows her husband as he investigates an old family story about the role his mother played in a series of mysterious sightings in upstate New York in the early 1990s. Her husband, fellow filmmaker Bill Hussung, is skeptical of the stories, but hopes to please his mother as she battles cancer in New York City. What follows is a quirky and contemporary look at the power of mythology, with two surprise endings that are sure to leave audiences wondering about the true nature of the mysterious lights in the night sky just north of New York City.
A couple in a failing marriage begin to cheat on each other using the power of the internet.
'Backstory' investigates the highly skilled art of 'Rear Projection', a widely used tool in film making in the mid 20th century employed in films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo or Marnie. In 'Backstory' Lewis invites the Hansard family, which has been instrumental in the provision and development of Rear Projection for hundreds of Hollywood productions over several decades, to tell their own story of the heyday of the techniques and their decline and disappearance as the they are replaced by new technologies and new tastes in visibility.
A man finds a briefcase while filling up his tire at a gas station late at night. Once he sees what's inside, his life will never be the same.
After pulling a prostitute from the street, a desperate man's surprising request for something other than sex puts a twist in his already awkward situation.
A newly arrived Turkish immigrant faces a series of mounting challenges on her path to reunite with her husband in America.