The Lunch Date (1989)

裏稼業の人生を送るガリーは、古い仲間と高級ホテルの襲撃を企て、夜勤スタッフが手薄になる1月1日の午前2時22分、仲間と共にホテル内に侵入したガリーは、フロントスタッフを拘束し、貴重品ボックスの強奪を開始した。しかし、宿泊客の麻薬売人カーティスを人質に監禁したことで彼らの運命の歯車は予想外の方向に回り始める。午前4時15分、カーティスを捜しに2人の取り立て屋の男たちがやって来た。ホテルマンになりすましたガリーの対応に不信感を抱いた男たちは、突如、ガリーに向かって発砲し銃撃戦となり、死闘の末、男たちの息の根を止めたガリーらは、くすねた金品を手に何事もなく普段の生活に戻っていった。しかし、強奪中に仲間が犯した2つの過ちが、彼らの人生を狂わせていく。

フレッド・アステア、シド・チャリシー主演のミュージカル映画。かつてダンス映画で名声を得た俳優トニー。その彼も今や俳優生命に陰りが見え始めていた。そんな時、旧友のマートン夫妻が、彼のために書き下ろしたミュージカル・コメディ「バンド・ワゴン」の舞台化案を持ち掛けてくる。トニーは初め戸惑うも、その企画へ参加することに。さらにそこへ、ジェフリーという男も協力者としてやって来る。彼は作品の近代的な音楽劇化を提案。その突飛な発想で、トニーの共演者に新進バレリーナのガブリエルを抜擢した。こうして彼らは、ジェフリーのアイデアに不安を抱きながら初演を迎える。

Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend Scrap Iron, both newly released from prison after serving time for vagrancy. Hungry and desperate for a break, Chick fortuitously comes across across a valise abandoned by a drunken traveler. In it he finds a shaving kit and a suit of clothes with a bankroll, which help transform the affable tramp into a dashing gent. After buying himself a meal, Chick seeks some female companionship among the many hustlers who walk the station. He propositions Ruth Collins, a stranded, out-of-work showgirl and takes her to the station's hotel.

Hired by a singer to defend her friend, who has been accused of murder, a formidable lawyer learns that the man he represents may not be innocent.

Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a slew of suspects for questioning. Mida's shady ex-flame, Turk, seems the most likely culprit, but when smart-mouthed private eye Rocky Custer -- also a suspect himself -- begins to piece together the crime, a few clues that Gunther has overlooked come to light.

A boy and girl, a hot July day, a railway station, an encounter.

Inaugurated in 1986 by François Mitterrand, a link between the Louvre and Pompidou, Orsay houses the largest collection of Impressionist art in the world. Project after project, the museum has been transformed to modernize and welcome more visitors, while preserving its historic character. Challenges taken up with each new project.

A group of redcaps in a train station perform musical numbers to raise money for a sick member of their group.

When 19-year old Esra misses her train and kills time playing a fast-paced, flashy game on her smartphone, a vintage Rubik's Cube challenges her attention.

A young woman's encounter with a mysterious lover. This short film is an extra on the BFI Flipside DVD The Pleasure Girls.

A mountain community is thrown into turmoil as the townspeople debate the advantages and disadvantages of having a railroad.

James is unlucky in love. He’s stuck in a routine of all work and no play and can’t seem to shake loose from it. The only thing that keeps him going is his daily commute to work, which he shares with the girl of his dreams. The only downside however, is he can’t pluck up the courage to speak to her, and she doesn’t seem to know he exists. With his two work colleagues as his only aid, James finds himself caught up in a never ending cycle of embarrassing and awkward situations as he attempts to win her heart. This is the story of when boy meets girl… But with nerves…

The film explores the destruction of a unique train station in Zurich and the construction of the new prison and police centre in its place. From the perspective of the filmmaker’s window, and with testimony from prisoners awaiting deportation, the film probes how we deal with the extinction of history and its replacement with total security.

A trip across a megacity's streets visually revealed by an hypnotic line game..

In Ecuador, in a single day, the train passes from the mountainous Andes to the tropical coast. The roads were built between 1861 and 1908 to connect the country. Until this date, the two regions live as separate countries, although the roads connect them in less than a day. The film is an observational work that talks about space and collective memory.