The Art of Lotte Reiniger (1970)

Bienvenidos a Sin City, ciudad de policías corruptos, atractivas damas y vigilantes desesperados. Algunos están buscando venganza, algunos redención, y otros, ambas cosas. Un universo de héroes inverosímiles que intentan hacer lo correcto. Sin City es una ciudad que vive entre la luz y la oscuridad, llena de personajes singulares. Está por ejemplo Marv (Mickey Rourke), un superviviente que busca vengar la muerte de su único amor. También está Dwight (Clive Owen), un investigador privado que intenta dejar sus problemas atrás. Después de que un policía sea asesinado, Dwight no parará ante nada para proteger a sus amigos. Finalmente, está la historia de Hartigan (Bruce Willis), el último policía honesto de Sin City, que va tras la pista de una joven en manos del sádico hijo de un senador... con resultados inesperados.

Serena es una arquitecta de un talento extraordinario. Tras una serie de éxitos profesionales en el extranjero, ha decidido regresar a Italia. Se dará cuenta que su país de origen no es tan abierto de mente, por lo que en la aventura de buscar trabajo se encuentra ante una disparatada decisión: hacerse pasar por lo que todos se esperan que sea, un hombre... O eso parece. Mientras, conoce a Francesco, guapo y fascinante, la pareja ideal. Si no fuera porque a él no le gustan las mujeres...

A mediados del siglo XIX, un guía de caravanas (Robert Taylor) recibe el encargo de conducir a un grupo de mujeres desde Chicago a California. A partir de Independence (Missouri) tendrán que recorrer cinco mil kilómetros cruzando las montañas de Utah y el desierto californiano, en un viaje lleno de penalidades que constituye una auténtica odisea. El objetivo de la caravana es llegar a un valle habitado por un grupo de solteros solitarios que buscan esposa.

Biopic sobre la científica polaca Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie, más conocida como Marie Curie, que recibió dos premios Nobel y fue una de las pioneras en el campo de la radiactividad. Además, como primera mujer profesora en la Universidad de París, tuvo que soportar el antagonismo del establishment académico francés. La película narra la historia de los descubrimientos, desamores y triunfos de Curie.

A child who just loved to skate from the age of eight, Poppy Starr Olsen became the number one female bowl skater in Australia at 14 and went on to take out bronze at the XGames at 17 - the ultimate competition in the world of skateboarding. The same year, skateboarding was announced as an official additional sport category at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Now faced with the opportunity to represent Australia on the world stage Poppy grapples with the transition from skater to athlete and the pressure of competition mounts in a way it has never done before.

An inventor tries to impress the woman he loves. Will she love him back?

Based on the well-loved Australian classic by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn, this is the remarkable true story of Jeannie Gunn, a woman who fought to overcome sexual and racial prejudice amid the harsh beauties of the outback. Leaving her Melbourne existence for a new life on her husband's isolated ranch, Jeannie's feisty, good-natured attitude soon wins over the misogynistic stockmen, but she faces a much tougher challenge in trying to change their racist attitudes towards the indigenous aboriginal population.

This one hour documentary examines the life of the famed Sharp Shooter and Wild West performer, Annie Oakley from her birth in mid nineteenth century rural Pennsylvania to her death in 1926. Many myths are overturned and the program also features a little known trial when Annie Oakley had to sue The Hearst Newspaper chain all throughout the country for libel when they reported the activities of someone who was impersonating the famed sharpshooter and besmirching her reputation.

A homesteading family in 1867 Wyoming faces a crisis when the husband is killed and the wife must decide whether to remain or take her son and daughter back East.

“Sweet Bananas traces the contrasting lives of some working class and upper class women, who end up all getting along.” -- E. Ann Kaplan

Short directed by Lotte Reiniger.

This short documentary looks at the animated art of Lotte Reiniger. We are taken through a demonstration by Lotte herself on the way she cut out, constructed and filmed a silhouette character. She also discusses how she developed the use of coloured gelatines for her backgrounds. To illustrate her output, the documentary includes extracts from several of her films including Papageno (1935), The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) and The Frog Prince.

About the loss of a mother, with her unexpected exuberance, but who also cries Puccini melodies. A short poetic collage, as fleeting as the blink of an eye, where sounds and images are superimposed to evoke the at once peaceful and tormented memory of a mother.

Recognizing the abundance of fruits available and poor socioeconomic condition of the women of Himachal Pradesh, Linnet Mushran sets up a small jam factory. Today it’s at the brink of becoming a pvt ltd company, and it’s run completely by a remarkable group of village women.

Neil Bishop has spent his whole life living on the fringes of society. His only interaction with people is through his job as a lost luggage courier. One day, Neil delivers luggage to a woman in suffering, and he discovers someone like him. In this dreamlike psychological thriller, Neil Bishop sets out to make today, unlike any other day.

Love in the white forest. Watch out for your ears and heart.

Michael Moore indaga cómo la administración de Bush utilizó el trágico ataque a las Torres Gemelas para su propio beneficio político. Moore nos muestra la controvertida elección de George W. Bush en el año 2000 para seguir su ascenso de mediocre petrolero texano a presidente de Estados Unidos. Tras más de un año de investigación, Michael Moore descubre las oscuras relaciones de negocio entre el padre del Presidente y la familia de Osama Bin Laden, poniendo de relieve que el poder y la riqueza del enemigo número uno de los estadounidenses ha aumentado gracias a este vínculo.

El formato Jackass, donde Johnny Knoxville y sus amigos se someten al peligro de forma voluntaria, se adapta al cine 3D. En su primera semana en USA ha obtenido un enorme éxito de taquilla: nada menos que 50 millones de dólares, la película con mejor entrada del otoño 2010.

For a book project, photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders took photographs of 30 stars of adult movies, each pair of photographs in the same pose, clothed and nude. This film records the photo shoots and includes interviews with the performers and commentary from eight writers (and John Waters). The actors and writers discuss economics, nudity and exhibitionism, careers, and private lives.