Forever Fever (1998)

1981년 초등학교를 졸업 한 13 살의 깨달음 (하마다 가쿠)는 담임 교사의 정지를 뿌리 치고 단지 밖으로 나오지 않고 생활 해 나갈 것을 선언한다. 재색 겸비 이웃 송도(波瑠)는 그 무모한 계획은 콧방귀를 끼지만, 그는 중학교에 가지 않고 자신의 신념에 따라 생활을 확립 해 나간다. 어머니 히씨 (오오츠카 네네)은 그런 마이 페이스 인 아들의 모습을 부드럽게 지켜보고 있었다.

Filmmaker Ralph Arlyck first met Sean while living as a graduate student in Haight Ashbury at the height of the 1960s. The city was awash with the trappings of America’s cultural revolution-the San Francisco State University campus flooded with cops in riot gear, the Haight filled with drifters and idealists, and, on the third floor of Arlyck’s building, a come-one-come-all crashpad apartment. It was from this top floor commune that the precocious 4-year-old Sean would occasionally wander downstairs to visit and talk-and one day Arlyck turned on his camera. Sean’s casual commentary on everything from smoking pot to living with speed freaks was delivered in simple sincerity throughout the soon-to-be famous 15-minute film. This First Child of the notorious decade may have shaken the audience with his simple sentence- “Sure, I smoke pot”-but it was his barefoot impishness which would encapsulate the hope that lay in front of the nation: a promise of infinite possibility.

Based on the story by Ray Bradbury. Set on a planet where the sun shines for just a few minutes once every nine years, this is a classic tale of suffering and forgiveness. A classroom full of young children are excited to hear that today the rain will stop. However, they are also resentful of a new classmate from Earth who remembers what it's like to see the sun. "This gripping, unsettling production softens the original story’s abrupt conclusion without diminishing its punch. A masterful work." - Booklist. Winner of a CINE Golden Eagle, and honored by Instructor Magazine as one of the 25 Best Films of the Year.

This is the story of Spalding Gray and his attempt to write a novel. It is a first person account about writing and living, and dealing with success while trying to be successful.

Hong Kong, the present day. With the lithium market in a dip, UA Capital Investment Banking, led by hotshot managing director Derek Lee (Stanley Huang), brokers a merger offer to Brandon Mining, one of the world's big three lithium producers along with Anchor Exploration and Clayton Global. Investigative journalist Henry Ma (Aarif Lee), who runs financial blog Golden Touch, gets wind of the plan and makes it public. UA';s client is believed to be Anchor, and Brandon';s CEO Owen (Michael Wong) considers it a hostile takeover. His financial advisor is Derek';s onetime lover, Amy Liang (Xu Jinglei), associate managing director of Global Alliance Investment Banking, who finally split up with Derek

광고회사에서 능력을 인정받으며 열심히 살아가는 ‘사에키’(와타나베 켄). 일에 있어서만은 완벽함을 추구하며 때론 엄격하게 때론 자상한 상사로 회사에서도 인기가 높다. 외동딸을 둔 그는 집에서는 더 없이 좋은 남편이자 아버지이다. 어느 날, 염원하던 큰 광고를 따내지만 기쁨도 잠시 자신이 점점 기억을 잃어가고 있다는 사실을 느끼게 된다. 건망증인줄만 알았던 일들이 증세가 심각해지면서 길을 잃고, 사람들의 이름 마저 잊어가게 된 것. 쏟아지는 기억들을 붙잡고 싶은 ‘사에키’는 결국 회사도 관둔 채 아내와 단둘이 지내며 자신의 변화를 받아들인다. 사랑하는 아내 ‘에미코’(히구치 카나코)는 그의 옆에서 언제나 함께 할 것을 약속한다. 시간이 흐르고, 지나간 시간만큼 기억을 잃어가는 ‘사에키’. 그는 사랑하는 사람들의 얼굴과 이름, 그리고 소중한 추억들을 기억할 수 있을까. 추억이 소중한 만큼 잊혀진다는 사실이 슬프기만 한데, 그를 지켜보는 가족과 동료들의 마음 또한 점점 아파만 간다

Documentary filmmaker Doug Block had every reason to believe his parents' 54-year marriage was a good one. But when his mother dies unexpectedly and his father swiftly marries his former secretary, he discovers two parents who are far more complex and troubled than he ever imagined. 51 Birch Street is a riveting personal documentary that explores a universal human question: how much about your parents do you really want to know?

Equal parts punk and psychedelia, the Flaming Lips emerged from Oklahoma City as one of the most bracing bands of the late 1980s. The Fearless Freaks documents their rise from Butthole Surfers-imitating noisemakers to grand poobahs of orchestral pop masterpieces. Filmmaker Bradley Beesely had the good fortune of living in the same neighborhood as lead Lip Wayne Coyne, who quickly enlisted his buddy to document his band's many concerts and assorted exploits. The early footage is a riot, with tragic hair styles on proud display as the boys attempt to cover up their lack of natural talent with sheer volume. During one show, they even have a friend bring a motorcycle on stage, which is then miked for sound and revved throughout the performance, clearing the club with toxic levels of carbon monoxide. Great punk rock stuff. Interspersed among the live bits are interviews with the band's family and friends, revealing the often tragic circumstances of their childhoods and early career.

아이들을 위한 만화가 아닌 어른들을 위한 만화 ‘극화’ 창시자 타츠미 요시히로는 시공간을 뛰어넘어 우리 이웃들의 살아가는 이야기를 담아 공감대를 끌어냈다. 이야기 하나. 히로시마 원자폭탄이 떨어졌던 1945년에 있었던 믿을 수 없는 이야기 ‘지옥’ 이야기 둘. 공장 노동자와 그의 애완 원숭이의 도시 생활 적응기 ‘내 사랑 몽키’ 이야기 셋. 퇴직을 앞둔 한 남자의 슬픈 바람 ‘남자 한 방’ 이야기 넷. 만화가의 웃지 못할 예술혼 ‘안에 있어요’ 이야기 다섯. 누구도 믿을 수 없는 양공주의 한 맺힌 마음 ‘굿바이’

Ross McElwee travels through the North Carolina tobacco belt in search of the ancient southern traditions associated with tobacco growing and use, while comparing his filmmaking to commercial cinema, represented by Bright Leaf, a melodrama directed by Michael Curtiz in 1950, starring Gary Cooper, apparently based on the life of his great-grandfather.

Documentary on the London punk-rock scene, circa '78