Draw Hard

A nostalgic, informative history of drive-in movie theaters, featuring extensive archival photographs and interviews with Leonard Maltin, John Bloom, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Barry Corbin and many others... Drive-In Movie Memories is a film celebration of America's greatest icon of youth, freedom and the automobile. What began as an auto parts owner's business venture to make some easy money accidentally became a magical place where romance, fun and a sense of community flourished. This film chronicles the drive-in's birth and development, its phenomenal popularity with audiences of all ages, its tragic decline, and its inevitable comeback as a classic form of Americana.

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 young college student is given a disturbing ultimatum when a dark secret from his past is resurrected.

A group of people inside an underground complex which possesses high tech computers which tracks world events consider all options as nuclear war is at hand, air supplies may last only eight days and Biblical prophesy unfolds.

Jitka is a 12-year-old girl who feels the first stirring of love. She becomes friends with a young man who is hospitalized with paralysis. Jitka visits the man every day and witnesses his slow recovery, but she is unaware that she could have deeper feelings for him.

The document describes how farm animals (chickens, sheep, pigs, calves) react to various stimuli using reflexes. At the same time, it shows different levels of learning and other interesting things from the world of farm animals.

Debbie was already pregnant in Indonesia before she was married to Taiwan. Her useless husband has no doubt till Debbie’s Indonesian friend visit the family...

Neunundneunzig Prozent der Weltbevölkerung wurden durch einen biochemischen Krieg zerstört. Für die wenigen Überlebenden gibt's nur eine Regel zu befolgen: Essen oder gegessen zu werden. Doch der Kannibalismus ist noch das kleinere Übel. Horden von Zombies und anderen abscheulichen Wesen sind ebenfalls auf der Suche nach essbarem: Menschenfleisch!

A young convict woman desperate for freedom rashly chooses a new master, but alone on his isolated farm her hopes for a new life are undermined by the grim truths she discovers.

A comic history of telecommunications throughout the world.

The detectives of the Paris Judicial Police, based at the Quai des Orfèvres, are mobilized by four criminal cases. A double murder, perpetrated in a hotel on the Place de Clichy, intrigues the investigators. The owner and a little maid were murdered in cold blood.

An intimate glimpse into the life and world of one of Tibet's most revered teachers: Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910-1991). A writer, poet and meditation master, Khyentse Rinpoche was an inspiration to all who encountered him. His many students throughout the world included the Dalai Lama. This unique portrait tells Khyentse Rinpoche's story from birth to death... -- from his escape following China's invasion of Tibet to his determination to preserve and transmit Buddhist teachings. Along with rare photographs of Tibet, Bhutan and Nepal, this film features interviews with the Dalai Lama. Director Matthieu Ricard -- French photographer, Buddhist monk and bestselling author -- travelled with Khyentse Rinpoche for over 14 years.

Revuestar Margrit Rameau ist ein heißer Feger und verdreht den Männern reihenweise den Kopf. In Wirklichkeit hat sie aber nur Augen für Kapellmeister Bert Martin, der zwar die selben Gefühle hegt, es sich aber wie Margrit nicht eingestehen will. Anstattdessen entbrennt zwischen beiden ein Kleinkrieg…

Summer 2005: federal agents and police record over a thousand hours of surveillance footage inside a crack house in Rockford Illinois. For six weeks the gang smoke weed, play with guns and sell crack and heroin, unaware that their every move is being filmed. The customers come and go with no clue that their secret lives would be exposed. This is an intimate portrait of the rise and fall of a crack house and of an American urban community brought down by drugs. Interviews with gang members, their families and cops reveal the inescapable tragedy - and occasional dark comedy - of a world that lies hidden within every modern city.

When a luxurious family touring train halts in a pitch black tunnel, an uninvited creature sneaks on board.

Francis Bacon war der lauteste, wildeste, betrunkenste, masochistischste und gleichzeitig gefragteste und teuerste britische Künstler des 20. Jahrhunderts. Die mysteriösen Todesumstände seiner beiden Liebhaber jeweils am Vorabend bedeutender Ausstellungen von Bacon trugen ebenfalls zu dem öffentlichen Bild des exzessiven Malers, des selbst ernannten „Roaring Boy“, des „Lord of Misrule“ bei. Als Autodidakt stürmte er an die Spitze der Kunstcharts und gab das viele Geld bereitwillig in Kasinos, Pubs und für Freunde aus. Hinter diesem Image verbarg Bacon eine Welt von persönlichem Schmerz und Verlust, die nun zunehmend auch den Blick auf sein Werk verändert. ... In diesem Film erzählen Experten und Freunde, einige von ihnen zum ersten Mal, von ihrem Leben mit dem Maler. Ein Film über große Kunst und über ein faszinierendes Leben im 20. Jahrhundert. (Text: arte)

Donatello ist bereits zu Lebzeiten eine Legende. Der Bildhauer ist der Urvater der Hochrenaissance und Wegbereiter für Künstler wie Raffael oder Michelangelo. Seine Bronzeskulptur des "David" oder die "Pazzi-Madonna" aus Marmor sind Ikonen der Kunstgeschichte und zeugen von seiner bildhauerischen Erneuerungskraft.