Andrew, 19 ans, rêve de devenir l’un des meilleurs batteurs de jazz de sa génération. Mais la concurrence est rude au conservatoire de Manhattan où il s’entraîne avec acharnement. Il a pour objectif d’intégrer le fleuron des orchestres dirigé par Terence Fletcher, professeur féroce et intraitable. Lorsque celui-ci le repère enfin, Andrew se lance, sous sa direction, dans la quête de l’excellence…

Un professeur de musique féroce et intimidant enseigne à un élève dévoué. Il s'agit du court métrage de 18 minutes sur lequel le long métrage était basé.

An artist follows a woman from California to New York, where he boxes for her mobster husband.

During the years preceeding his death, Sonbert channeled his energy into making Whiplash. His vision and motor skills impaired, he gave his companion, Ascension Serrano, detailed instructions about the assembly of specific shots and the music to be used as a counterpoint to the images. Before his death in 1995, he asked filmmaker Jeff Scher (a former student of Sonbert's at Bard) to complete the film. --Jon Gartenberg

Part 1 of 3 of a long-form interview with Mikey Whiplash.

A man wakes up in a crashed car. He has lost his memory and the woman behind the wheel is dead. In the hospital fragments of his memory come back to him in sharp disturbing flashes. He discovers he was involved in some dirty scheme and is not as innocent as he hoped to be.

Tom's wife tells him that he needs to get more sleep or he's going to start seeing things that aren't there. After working the night shift Tom leaves for a camping trip. Tom probably should have listened to his wife.

Recorded on 12-31-87 at Detroit's Cobo Hall, the original Motor City Madman gives a kick-out-all-the-stops show for New Year's Eve. Songs include: "That's the Story of Love," "Free for All," "Cat Scratch Fever," "She Drives Me Crazy," and more.

The documentary on Yamazaki Hiroaki, the student died in the First Haneda Incident of 8 October 1967.

The Empress Dowager flees when the allied forces descend upon the capital. During an attack by bandits, her jewels are lost in the mountains. Ten years later, a local villager finds the treasure. When news of the found jewels spreads, a group of bandits descends upon the town hoping to find the treasure, but first they’ll have to deal with the villager’s daughter, Tigress (Pei-Pei Cheng), who is quite dangerous due to her amazing fighting skills.

Renowned photographer, Larus, returns to Iceland to attend the funeral of his mother. With him is his wife Rose, twenty years his junior. With his homecoming, Larus begins to reminisce on his childhood, and becomes distant from his wife. Soon she begins to realize that not everything is as it should be.

Une histoire sadique d'un jeune homme, Dennis, âgé d'une trentaine d'années, handicapé mental, qui se retrouve à communiquer avec son propre reflet, un démon plus que malveillant. Cette entité démoniaque, avec qui il fait connaissance, se montre pour la première fois, dans un miroir antique que son frère, avec qui il vit, ramènera chez eux, pris dans un lieu mystérieux et sombre à la fois. Ce mal, qui hante ce miroir, prend de l'emprise sur le pauvre Dennis et lui ordonne, l'oblige à commettre des crimes sans nom, en prenant soin de viser ceux qu'il aime.

Charlie is a dope smuggler who lives on his own private desert island and rules over the natives with an iron fist. When the native stooges get out of line, Charlie literally cracks the whip on his insubordinate subordinates. When a sexpot named Glory comes to the island, he holds her prisoner and makes her go-go dance for him.