The River (2013)

A woman lies on the sand, left there by the tides and waves (and in a pose that would be copied in From Here to Eternity). She reaches up across tree roots and makes a difficult climb. Only to discover herself climbing horizontally along a long dinner table as bourgeoise black-tie guests chat and drink and smoke, oblivious to her. At the top of the table, a man is playing chess but abandons the game. Fascinated, she gazes at board, the pieces moving unaided. The woman chases a pawn as it falls to the floor. Falls down a waterfall. Is lost.

It's one hundred and fifty seconds of pure fantasy.

Bugs Bunny exploits the situation when an uncle leaves Elmer Fudd three million dollars on the condition that he harm no animals, especially rabbits.

It takes two or three generations for the monarch butterfly to reach the Canadian breeding grounds, but it is one "supergeneration" that makes the 2,000 mile return trip back south into central Mexico. The documentary film covers Dr Fred Urquhart's interest in monarch butterflies, with perspectives of Urquhart as a child wondering where the butterflies went, his years of research and study into their life and migration, to his time decades-later as a senior scientist looking back at his investigations and discoveries about the insect's life pattern.

The story of the evolution of tropical rain forests, their recent and rapid destruction, and the intense efforts of scientists to understand them even as they disappear. This film gives viewers a better appreciation of the importance of tropical rain forests on a global scale.

Maya Deren’s shortest, two-minute A Study in Choreography for Camera seems like an exercise piece to capture a dancer’s movement on celluloid, which later on developed into her masterpieces such as Ritual in Transfigured Time and Meditation on Violence.

Superman's commitment to promote US Savings Stamps is temporarily delayed when Lois is kidnapped.

Jack means well, but sometimes good intentions have horrible consequences.

Ring of Fire is about the immense natural force of the great circle of volcanoes and seismic activity that rings the Pacific Ocean and the varied people and cultures who coexist with them. Spectacular volcanic eruptions are featured, including Mount St. Helens, Navidad in Chile, Sakurajima in Japan, and Mount Merapi in Indonesia.

Witch’s Cradle is an unfinished Maya Deren film made in the Guggenheim Gallery during a surrealist “Art of this Century” exhibit. It was assembled long after her death by staffers within the preservation department at Anthology Film Archives.

GREECE: SECRETS OF THE PAST, directed by two-time Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Greg MacGillivray, is the stirring story of how a Greek archeologist of the 21st century is uncovering the secret history of his ancient ancestors who forged a society that continues to astound the world today with its ideas, inventions and achievements. Set against the breathtaking, azure vistas of the Greek Isles, the film merges a contemporary archeological “detective story” with some of the most advanced and painstaking digital re-creations ever undertaken for an IMAX® theatre film, with scenes that restore such centuries-old spectacles as the original Parthenon and the volcanic eruption that buried Santorini in 1646 BC.

Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate untroubled by gravity against a slowly changing starfield background. Their movements are accompanied by music scored for a small ensemble of woodwind and percussion.

Filmmaker Marc Fafard examines the historical and cultural significance of the seafaring Vikings.

A dance of shapes. A title card tells us this is an experiment in conveying the mental images of music in a visual form. Liszt's "Second Hungarian Rhapsody" is the music. The shapes, all two-dimensional, are circles primarily, with some squares and rectangles, and a few triangles. The shapes move rhythmically to the music: receding from view or moving across the screen. Red circles on a blue background; light blue squares; white rectangles. Then, a red background of many circles with a few in the foreground. Red gives way to blue then to white. Shapes reappear as Liszt's themes re-occur. Then, with a few staccato notes and images, it's over.

Charles Dekeukeleire, then a questioning Catholic, was spurred into making this documentary on a pilgrimage with the Catholic Young Workers’ Movement. The director’s approach is one of critical reflection; A film emotional and fervent, even acerbic.

Documentary about a hostel for workers. An old worker suspected of stealing a motor gets fired from the factory and must leave the hostel.

История из жизни американских старателей. На золотом прииске живет девушка Дора, любимица всего городка. Со всем пылом юного сердца она увлечена красавчиком Дэнди Джеком. Но он надолго отлучается на север, где собирается подзаработать деньжат. В это время в город приезжает Гризли Фэллон, странствующий старатель. Сердце молоденькой девушки не может долго пустовать - это противно природе девушек. Дора и Гризли влюбляются друг в друга и, в скором времени, обручаются. Все бы ничего, да есть одно «но». Фэллон и Джек - старые, закадычные друзья... Не самый шедевральный фильм Гриффита, но крошка Мэри как всегда хороша.

Formerly lost film rediscovered in 1996, directed by William Friese-Greene.

Lost film from 1891, directed by William K.L. Dickson and William Heise. The film stars Fred C. Devonald and James C. Duncan.

В маленьком итальянском городке Кремона жил Таддео Феррари, скрипичный мастер и ученик Андреа Амати, самого известного мастера своего дела. Симпатичную дочь Феррари, Джаннину (Мэри Пикфорд), любил один из его учеников Сандро. Филиппо, юноша-калека и лучший ученик, также любил девушку чистой, святой любовью, но, осознавая свою непривлекательность, не рассчитывает на внимание красотки. Ежегодно мастеру лучшей скрипки присуждается награда в виде золотой цепи, и все ученики стремятся ее выиграть. В этом году, старый мастер в азарте объявляет дополнительный приз - руку прекрасной Джанин. Это побуждает молодых людей прилагать дополнительные усилия, чтобы победить.