Pacific 231

Fascinating -- and unintentionally funny -- experiments at Austria's famed Institute for Experimental Psychology involve a subject who for several weeks wears special glasses that reverse right and left and up and down. Unexpectedly, these macabre and somehow surrealist experiments reveal that our perception of these aspects of vision is not of an optical nature and cannot be relied on, while the unfortunate, Kafkaesque subject stubbornly struggles through a morass of continuous failures.

Inspired by a lesson from Erik Satie, a film in the form of a street: Castro Street, running by the Standard Oil Refinery in Richmond, California. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Pacific Film Archive in 2000.

Delves deep into the anxiety, thrill and uncertainty of six aspiring animation artists as they are plunged into the twelve-week trial-by-fire that is the NFB's Hothouse for animation filmmakers.

A distraught man in coat and tie grips the guardrail at a remote cliff overlooking the Pacific. At a boys' high school in toney Rancho Palos Verdes, Mr. Radford teaches classics. His best student is the earnest Andrew. Late one evening, Andrew stops by Mr. Radford's office; Andrew's been the only student to do well on a recent exam. They chat, and something happens that brings a sleepless night to Mr. Radford. The next day, Andrew misses Mr. Radford's class, and after, Mr. Radford is aghast to see Andrew and Andrew's father waiting outside the principal's office. What's the teacher's fear, and what will he do about it?

Er ist ein knallharter Geschäftsmann und ein Meister des Wettbewerbs. Doch als ein Zwischenfall sein Leben auf den Kopf stellt, sucht er Trost bei einem alten Freund.

Mizuho, who lost her husband in an accident for two years. For her young widow, her father-in-law, Honma, asks her to find a good person, but she is worried that when she leaves, only she, her second son Cozy, and a man remain. The day Cozie brought home his girlfriend Hitomi, Mizuho, who was attracted by the groans in his room to peek into the sex of the two. Eventually, she begins to seduce her master and father-in-law to let go of the bond of reason.

Essay on the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Lisa, a widow on vacation with her son, meets Alessandro and falls in love. The man is actually a former agent of the communist Germany who escaped from Berlin and is pursued by some former colleagues.

Pluto walks past the zoo and sees the huge bone the sleeping lion has but getting it out is easier said than done. He gets it out of the lion's cage, but then has to face the kangaroo and its playful joey. Next is the gorilla, then the crocodiles.

Documentary about rock club in the city of Sverdlovsk, USSR. The title is not connected to the communist ideology, it's a reference to one of China's Four Great Classical Novels. The idea is that the phenomenon of Soviet rock music is as extensive and complicated as the structure of the book. Featuring rock bands: "Агата Кристи", "Чайф", "Наутилус Помпилиус", rock singer Nastya Poleva and her band "Настя"

The seamstress Manuela, Tati's single mother, moves from the suburbs to Copacabana but faces severe financial difficulties. A friend of Manuela's sometimes fills in for Tati's father, giving the girl temporary happiness.

An insightful documentary about the impact and ripple effect of "Reservoir Dogs" from its release in 1992 and how it has helped redefine contemporary cinema.

A bicycle messenger sees a girl being brutally assaulted and dragged into a van. She immediately calls the police, but unfortunately the girl is found too late. It turns out that the murdered girl has been the victim of a serious sexual crime. Detective Inspector Irene Huss and the rest of the team begin to look for the murderer, but have very few clues to go on. When another young girl is murdered in a similar way, the team realizes that they are dealing with a sexual predator. How does he get in touch with the girls? Why do they agree to meet him? Why are they wearing special underwear?

Student film made by Cristian Mungiu.

This picture shows an old gentleman seated at his shaving table. The razor is evidently giving him a great deal of trouble...

Deutscher TV-Krimi

Would be detectives, the stooges get a job guarding a Scotch castle while the owner is away. The servants are crooks intent on robbing the castle of its valuables. Though they do their best to frighten the boys off, the stooges prevail and expose the crooked goings-on.

Cirque du Soleil JOURNEY OF MAN ist eine atemberaubende Reise durch die verschiedenen Stadien der menschlichen Entwicklung, von der Geburt bis zur Reife, bei der jede Phase vom Cirque du Soleil dargestellt wird. Das für den Cirque du Soleil so charakteristische Feuerwerk an Farben, Musik und Kostümen präsentiert sich vor der Kulisse verschiedener, natürlicher und historischer Wahrzeichen aus aller Welt und verwandelt sich so in einen unvergleichlichen Triumphzug der Kunst. Vom Licht- und Klangzauber zum Auftakt, der die Entstehung des Universums darstellt, begleitet Cirque du Soleil Journey of Man das Kind des Universums von seiner Geburt, über seine Jugend und das Erwachsenenalter bis hin zur Reife. Ein überwältigendes Fest der Sinne, überragende Kunstfertigkeit und formvollendete Eleganz schaffen dieses einmalige Erlebnis.

An Weihnachten fährt Jon zusammen mit Garfield und Odie zu seinen Eltern, um mit seiner Familie ein traditionelles Fest zu feiern. Hier lernt Garfield Jons Eltern, dessen jüngeren Bruder Doc-Boy und die vitale Großmutter kennen, die täglich 100 Sit-ups macht, um sich fit zu halten. Sie schüttet auch heimlich eine gehörige Portion Chili in das Festtagsessen der Mutter, damit die Familie mal wieder in Schwung kommt. Ein turbulentes Fest steht bevor.

Auf einem mittlelalterlichen Marktplatz liefern sich zwei Ein-Mann-Orchester einen musikalischen Wettstreit um das Geldstück eines Kindes, welches die Münze eigentlich im Brunnen versenken wollte. Doch am Ende soll keiner der beiden Musikanten das Geld bekommen...

Dieses animierte Tier-Musical handelt von der Last des Lebens. An vier verschiedenen Alltagsorten – einem Hotel, einem Schnellrestaurant, einem Callcenter und einem Supermarkt – hört man auf diese Weise die Sorgen singender Fische, Ratten, Affen und Hunde.