Während eines heißen Sommers kommen vier junge Freunde in einem abgelegenen idyllischen Ferienhaus an der Ostsee zusammen. Nachdem sie sich eingerichtet haben und einen unvergesslichen Urlaub planen, kommt plötzlich alles anders. Die schöne gemeinsame Zeit ist nicht auf Dauer, da wütende Waldbrände um sie herum eintreten, die schnell außer Kontrolle geraten. Nach und nach werden sie von den Flammen eingekesselt, was eine Flucht unmöglich macht. Doch die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt. Innerhalb des Hauses kommen sich die Menschen ebenfalls näher. Ihre Leidenschaft und Liebe zueinander können die Angst und Zweifel eine lange Zeit aufhalten, zumindest bis zu einem gewissen Punkt. So gehen die scheinbar letzten Stunden ihres Lebens ins Land, bis die unaufhaltsamen Flammenwände das Feriendomizil erreichen und der Tod vor der Tür steht.
Beth (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) ist eine Schriftstellerin aus New York City, die mit Don (Tobias Menzies) verheiratet ist, einem Mann, der sie in jeder Hinsicht liebt und unterstützt. Was wie eine perfekte Ehe aussieht, wird zu einer komplexen Beziehung, als sie zufällig hört, wie Don ihr versichert, dass er noch nie ein Fan ihres Schreibstils war - eine Einschätzung, die alles Gute in ihrem Leben zunichte zu machen droht.
HECKLER is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After starring in a film that was critically bashed, Jamie Kennedy takes on hecklers and critics and ask some interesting questions of people such as George Lucas, Bill Maher, Mike Ditka, Rob Zombie, Howie Mandel and many more. This fast moving, hilarious documentary pulls no punches as you see an uncensored look at just how nasty and mean the fight is between those in the spotlight and those in the dark.
Director Philip Haas and artist David Hockney invite you to join them on a magical journey through China via a marvelous 72-foot long 17th-century Chinese scroll entitled The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour (1691-1698), scroll seven . As Hockney unrolls the beautiful and minutely detailed work of art, he traces the Emperor Kangxi’s second tour of his southern empire in 1689.
Andy Warhol's experimental reconstruction of the assassination of the President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, which serves as his critical commentary on the way the media presented the tragic event.
A rapturous crime fable set in the Dominican Republic, Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias’ COCOTE follows Alberto, a kind-hearted gardener returning home to attend his father’s funeral. When he discovers that a powerful local figure is responsible for his father’s death, Alberto realizes that he’s been summoned by his family to avenge the murder. It’s an unthinkable act — especially for him, an Evangelical Christian. But as pressure mounts, he sees few ways out. Questions of faith, tradition and honor course through this electrifying film, which, seemingly at the speed of thought itself, jumps between film formats, colors, and aspect ratios, radically envisioning a community torn asunder by senseless violence.
Stéphane Mallarmé is one of the many educational documentaries that Éric Rohmer did for the television during the 1960’s. At the beginning of the film, Rohmer states that he has placed in Mallarmé’s mouth words taken from an interview with the writer by Jules Heuret published in 1891.
A 60th anniversary retrospective documentary on the influence and context of the 1962 film, To Kill a Mockingbird.
I just broke up... bloody society.
After consolidating itself as a tourist destination in the mid-1960s, this small coastal village has become the dormitory town for the workers of a Nuclear Power Plant. With the liberal promise of prosperity and socioeconomic wellfare, many workers left their homes to move to the small city and started working at the new Nuclear Power Plant. The collective unrest and the silence, cut off by the great gusts of wind, articulate the landscape of the village that is now under the aid of the Nuclear Power Plant.
An experimental ethnographic documentary that criticizes the colonizer view of anthropology.
Àlex, Carles and Jordi have not seen each other for some time, the lockdown and the entrance to the university have cooled their relationship. When summer arrives, Àlex suggests to both friends to go to the beach they used to frequent during their high school years. Carles agrees while Jordi prefers not to go. When they arrive at the supposed beach, they realize that they are actually in an abandoned station. They decide to investigate the place and wait for the next train to take them to the beach.
A biopic based on the life of Russian literary critic Vissarion Belinsky (1811–1848). The production of the film was completed in 1951, but it was not released until 1953, following the reshooting of various scenes demanded by Stalin.
INFORMATION VIOLENCE is an ironic show of today's mass media and their dealing with (the power of) information.
Up against a deadline, a narcissistic screenwriter forces two of his worst critics to delete their reviews of his work at gunpoint.
Tony, Pol and Baby are three friends that get together to search a solution to their project for the future, at a standstill. They criticize constantly the system and the other people's precariousness, without realizing that they share the same feeling of poverty.