The Man Without a Country (1937)

Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Casablanca era una ciudad a la que llegaban huyendo del nazismo gentes de todas partes: llegar era fácil, pero salir era casi imposible, especialmente si el nombre del fugitivo figuraba en las listas de la Gestapo. En esta ocasión el principal objetivo de la policía secreta alemana es el líder checo y héroe de la resistencia Victor Laszlo, cuya única esperanza es Rick Blaine, propietario del 'Rick’s Café' y antiguo amante de su mujer, Ilsa. Cuando Ilsa se ofrece a quedarse a cambio de un visado para sacar a Laszlo del país, Rick deberá elegir entre su propia felicidad o el idealismo que rigió su vida en el pasado.

Producida por Coppola y Lucas, "Mishima" es un retrato biográfico del consagrado autor japonés Yukio Mishima. La película investiga la inquietud interior y las contradicciones de un hombre que trató de alcanzar una imposible armonía entre sí mismo, el arte y la sociedad. La trama se centra en el día en que Mishima conmocionó al mundo, al hacerse en público el seppuku o harakiri (25 de noviembre de 1970), en el Cuartel General del Ejército. El relato está salpicado de flashbacks para contar diversos episodios de su infancia, sus comienzos como escritor, el posterior triunfo profesional, su tranformación en estrella mediática, sus obsesiones por la belleza física y sus ambiguos gustos sexuales, así como la creación de la "Sociedad del Escudo". (FILMAFFINITY)

China durante la primera década del siglo XX. El país sufre de corrupción y de la invasión extranjera. Huo Yuanjia es un legendario maestro de artes marciales. Profundamente humillado por la muerte de su padre en un duelo público, el joven Huo decide convertirse en el mejor luchador posible. Pero muy pronto pierde a dos de sus seres más queridos, por culpa de sus increíbles habilidades, cuando matan a su familia por venganza. Loco de dolor y de vergüenza, Huo Yuanjia huye sin importarle la muerte ni la vida...

El teniente Daniel Kaffee es un joven y prometedor abogado de la Marina que tiene una excelente reputación. Sus superiores le confían la defensa de dos marines acusados de asesinato. A primera vista, el caso no parece complicado. Pero cuando tenga que vérselas con el Coronel Nathan R. Jessup, comandante en jefe de la base de Guantánamo, saldrán a la luz nuevas pistas que harán que el caso adquiera dimensiones insospechadas.

A finales de la Era Heian en el siglo XII, el gobernador de un pueblo es enviado al exilio. A pesar de que su familia quiere ir con él, ninguno podrá acompañarle, pues, engañados por una vieja que se hace pasar por sacerdotisa, son vendidos como esclavos por separado: la madre por un lado y los hijos por otro.

Inglaterra, siglo XVII. Bajo el reinado de Jacobo I, primer monarca de la dinastía de los Estuardo, son constantes los enfrentamientos entre la Corona y el Parlamento. El doctor Peter Blood, un hombre entregado por entero a sus pacientes, vive al margen de los problemas políticos. Pero su actitud cambia cuando, injustamente acusado de traición, es enviado como esclavo a las Indias Occidentales. Dotado de una gran habilidad y astucia, consigue escapar y se convierte en el temible pirata Capitán Blood.

En 1951, cuatro estudiantes de Glasgow burlaron a las autoridades británicas y consiguieron llevar a Escocia la piedra de Scoen, un símbolo muy apreciado por los escoceses. Basada en hechos reales.

Sudáfrica, 1901. Tres lugartenientes australianos son sometidos a un consejo de guerra por asesinato. El oficial encargado del proceso lee las notas preliminares que implican a Harry Harbord ‘Breaker’ Morant, George Witton y Peter Handcock de la muerte de un misionero alemán y de varios prisioneros Boer confinados en una prisión custodiada por el ejército inglés. El oficial defensor, el Comandante Thomas, entiende que el proceso presenta ciertas irregularidades. (FILMAFFINITY)

Al inicio de su reinado, Iván el Terrible afronta la traición de la aristocracia e incluso de sus amigos más cercanos mientras busca unir al pueblo ruso.

En 1801 un nuevo rey decide exiliar a una isla a un erudito en la cual conoce a un joven pescador admirador del confucianismo y de gran conocimiento sobre el mar. Fascinado, el erudito decide escribir un libro sobre el mar con la ayuda del pescador.

Durante el reinado del emperador romano Diocleciano los cristianos gozaban de una cierta tranquilidad, hasta que unos disturbios hacen que la actitud del emperardor con respecto a ellos cambie.

Alex Jones interviews Walter Burien, commodity trading adviser (CTA) of 15 years about the biggest game in town. There are over 85,000 federal and regional governmental institutions: school districts, water and power authorities, county and city governments – and they own over 70 percent of the stock market.

The Masters of Terror details the execution of the September 11th attacks and the ensuing whitewash, the cashless society control-grid, implanted microchips, mind-control, militarization of police, concentration camps, foreign troops massing on US soil, the USA Patriot Act, and Homeland Security taking over the states.

Alex Jones exposes the problem-reaction-solution paradigm being used to terrorize the American people into accepting a highly controlled and oppressive society. From children in public schools being trained to turn in their peers and parents, to the Army and National Guard patrolling our nation's highways, Police State: The Takeover reveals the most threatening developments of Police State control

Drama antibélico, de argumento similar a "Senderos de Gloria", rodada por Kubrick en1957. A un soldado, acusado de desertar durante la batalla, sus superiores quieren imponerle un castigo ejemplar.

Alex Jones exposes the growing militarization of American law enforcement and the growing relationship between the military and police. Witness US training with foreign troops and learning how to control and contain civilian populations. You will see Special Forces helicopter attacks on South Texas towns, concentration camps, broad unconstitutional police actions, search and seizure and more.

Forsaking everything she has ever known, a young girl braves punishment and death to join her condemned husband in exile. Reunited and finally free of their blood-stained past, the two lovers set out to build a new life together. But as days and then weeks pass in the endless, hostile desert, they realize how little they truly know about each other, and the banishment that was to be their new beginning tears their world apart.

Late 40’s after the war. Strange languaged and religioned immigrants fleeing from Karelia region are hated by Finns in the countryside. 19-year old Anni is living her life wanting to forget the war and hostility surrounding her. Falling in love with a man who hasn’t left fighting, threatens Anni’s whole family’s future and hope for mutual forgiveness..

This docudrama follows the court-martial of the title character, the man held responsible for the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.

Essay-film on a crucial issue: the notion of belonging to a country. Lingered sentimentalism or deep psychological reality if one believes it is rooted in the heart of man? The action here takes place in the context of a nation that seeks: the French Canadians, and other people without a country: the Indians of Quebec, the Bretons of France. And here is the fundamental question posed: what are the "viable" peoples whose "maturity" allows them to "give" the autonomy and territory? And what is the environment that people can call "their country"?

Este vídeo único, protagonizado por "Vincent Van Goat", introduce a bebés y niños pequeños a los colores básicos a través de encantadoras marionetas, arte atemporal, secuencias de acción en directo, música clásica y poesía adaptada a los niños. Incluye imágenes de los cuadros más famosos de Van Gogh... Descripción completa pinturas. Con arreglos para niños de música de Brahms, Ravel, Strauss, Tchaikovsky y otros.

Cairn is a dark film on adolescence in which the main character Johan (11) faces a moral dilemma after having started playing a seemingly innocent prank. The story unfolds on a l level in the turbulent transition between childhood and adulthood.

Criminal Frans Weeling realizes, after he has a revelation on the island Texel, he is only another link in the chain of the whole universe. This idea enlightens him, but also conflicts with his position and perspectives in the underworld.

A documentary that follows two young women raising children and supporting drug habits through prostitution in Iran ruled by religious fundamentalists.

Out of the names of twenty cities from Minas Gerais, Brazil, the impulse towards the visual record of the things and lives that are found there. Images that do not intend to represent places, but rather to capture the following of a time specific for certain situations of coexistence between landscapes and people.

In late 1955 and early 1956, the citizens of Boise, Idaho believed there was a menace in their midst. On Halloween, investigators arrested three men on charges of having sex with teenage boys. The investigators claimed the arrests were just the tip of the iceberg-they said hundreds of boys were being abused as part of a child sex ring. There was no such ring, but the result was a widespread investigation which some people consider a witch hunt. By the time the investigation ended, 16 men were charged. Countless other lives were also touched.In some cases, men implicated fled the area. At least one actually left the country. The investigation attracted attention in newspapers across the nation, including Time Magazine. The "Morals Drive" left scars which remain to this day.

This Nazi propaganda film covers the 1936 Winter Olympics that were held in Germany.

A young girl chronicles her divorced mother's relationship with a new boyfriend who has just moved into the house.

A family of three, plus the maid and daughter's boyfriend look pretty normal on the outside. But in actuality, the are all having affairs with each other. The boyfriend is sleeping with the mother and daughter, and the father is sleeping with the maid. Do they all know about each other's affairs?

Un forastero llega a Limbo County, California, por motivos que sólo él conoce. Los habitantes están celebrando una barbacoa para festejar la muerte de un bribón llamado Robin Randall. El forastero tiene allí un encontronazo con el preboste local, Jason Carberry, del cual está enamorada la cantante de saloon Calaveras Kate.

Bim Bam Boom Las Luchas Morenas, is about three Mexican sisters, professional wrestlers, whose lives, lived according to their own ideas, are a struggle but also a lot fun.

As the end of her life approaches, an old woman encounters a strange spirit from a nearby forest.

This short film displays the dynamic movement of people as they enter and exit parks in Paris.

Sisters Jane and Penny are arrested for hitchhiking on their way to Los Angeles when they stop for a quick skinny dip in a rural town. Local agricultural magnate Tropp is a sponsor for a local prison work program and the women get put in the fields to work off their sentence. Tropp is dating the widowed judge in order to ensure a stable supply of cheap labor in order to undercut his competition. The prisoners suffer ill treatment, but the judge's son has signed on as a hired hand and begins to figure out the scam as he begins falling in love with Jane, and Penny dreams of making it big in showbiz.

Eve is dressed in a long raincoat and follows the handyman around as he makes his appointed rounds. She watches as he has humorous run-ins while cleaning toilets, taking scrap metal to the dump, cleaning windows, delivering a tree, climbing poles, and remaining a gentleman while trying to help a topless hitchhiker. But why is she watching him so carefully?

While we watch the ‘cat fail’ of the day in cheerful safety, all that remains invisible in this neoliberal nightmare catches up with us. The cat’s body is consumed, exploited and controlled. The fear of pain is greater than the will for freedom. Objects are fetishized and subjects are made into things – quantifiable and ready for use. They are the natural commodity for a luxury they are not even aware of. We are here, because you were there – and waste is disposed of in the sea. In the end, the bodies reveal the causes and effects of power, lust and hate.

Oscar nominated documentary about the largest man-made curtain in the world as "sculpture".

Odisea de un honrado hombre de negocios atrapado por un lío de delincuentes.

Bernice, a shy young woman, leaves her safe home to go visit her flapper cousin. When her cousin tries to teach Bernice how to be much more modern, Bernice gives her much more than she bargained for.

Michel Negroponte, a documentary filmmaker, meets Maggie one day in Central Park. Maggie claims to be married to the god Jupiter and the daughter of actor Robert Ryan. Michel gets to know Maggie over the next couple of years, and attempts to use her often outlandish stories as clues to reconstruct her past. - Written by James Meek