New Videos added January 2010

Action and Adventure

Cellular.
A random wrong number to his cell phone sends Ryan into a high stakes race against time to save a woman's life. With no knowledge of Jessica Martin other than her hushed, panicked voice on the other end of the tenuous cell phone connection, Ryan is quickly thrown into a world of deception and murder on his frantic search to find and save her. Jessica's life is in his hands, but what is waiting for him on the other side of the line, and how much will it cost him to find out the truth?
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Comedy

Dazed and confused.
Explores the last day of school, and one rowdy night, in the lives of a group of high school students in late May, 1976.
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Educating Rita.
Rita, a young working-class woman in Liverpool, desperately wants an education. She enrolls in literature tutorials at a British university to escape from her dreary life as a hairdresser, as well as a confining existence at home with a husband who wants her to choose motherhood over education. Her professor is Frank Bryant, a disillusioned, alcoholic English professor who encourages his students to forsake dead poetry and enjoy life. As Rita is transformed into a free spirit, Frank is forced to confront his own life.
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It happened in Hollywood.
This is a "comedy/drama about a silent-screen cowboy (Richard Dix) who can't quite adjust to talkies, the death of westerns or to playing a modern-day gangster."--Container.
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Oh, God!
An assistant manager of a supermarket is interviewed by God for an important job. What will others think when he begins to perform his duties as the messenger of the Almighty?
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The princess bride.
Return to a time when men were men and swamps were fire swamps, full of quicksand and rodents of unusual size. Lagoons were inhabited by shrieking eels, and the most beautiful woman in the world was named ... Buttercup? Well, it's a bent fairy tale, complete with all the fencing, fighting, chases, and escapes.
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Detective and Crime

5 against the house.
Four Korean war vets dream up a college prank to rob a casino, convincing the girlfriend of one of them to help. Problems arise when one of the vets, who suffers from a war injury, turns the prank serious.
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The crimson kimono.
Caucasian and Japanese-American Korean War army buddies Corbett and Shigeta now work side by side in the LA homicide squad. When stripper Gloria Pall is murdered, they are sent to investigate. Both are smitten by the lovely Victoria Shaw, who is implicated in the crime. Corbett becomes jealous of Shigeta, who is deeply hurt, feeling that Corbett's animosity is borne of racism. Their friendship, and the central romance, is resolved after the detectives bring the murderer to heel in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo. Film takes a daring look at interracial romance at a time when it was still a hot-button issue.
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Homicide.
An inner-city detective is investigating the murder of an elderly candy shop owner and finds odd clues along the way, while at the same time trying to find out who he has become.
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The lineup.
Follows the duel plots of two criminals smuggling dope, and the policemen trailing them across San Francisco.
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Murder by contract.
A hired assassin's latest assignment is hard to get to, which leaves him time to think about the fact that this time, he has to kill a woman.
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The sniper.
A killer who chooses his victims randomly, with no motive, makes it almost impossible for the police to find him.
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The big heat.
A former policeman sacrifices everything to take down a mobster and his henchman after his wife is killed.
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Underworld U.S.A.
"Riveting drama about a young boy, witness to his father's murder by gangsters, who joins the gang as an adult (Cliff Robertson) to exact revenge on the killers."--Container.
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Documentary

Allergy planet.
"All around the world, allergies are on the upsurge. Why? In search of an answer, this program travels the globe to examine the complex web of causes of what is amounting to an outright allergy pandemic." -- container.
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Auditioning for the actor.
Provides a comprehensive, businesslike approach to building a successful, repeatable audition process. Host William Anton discusses developing a positive and consistent auditioning process, recognizing uncontrollable components, and taking charge of all elements that can be controlled. Reviews material selection, pre-audition skills and strategies, and the audition event. Critiques 2 auditions.
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The Celts rich traditions and ancient myths.
Follows the story of the Celts from their earliest roots through the flowering of their culture and their enduring heritage today. Includes reconstructions of iron-age villages, dramatizations of major historical events and visits to modern Celtic lands.
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Chemical conundrum.
This program explores the health impact of manufactured chemicals found in pesticides, plastics, and other products. The benefits of these chemicals are weighed against their dangers.
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Commedia dell' arte the story, the style.
"Journeying back to the dawn of Italian theater, this program unmasks the intriguing and often underappreciated tradition known as commedia dell' arte. Viewers will discover the history of Italian masked theater, the origins of commedia dell' arte and its various iterations, and the nature of its performers' improvised style. The program explains how the tradition's inspired characters - Pantalone, Colombina, Pulchinella, and many others - evolved and rose to prominence in the hearts and minds of 16th, 17th, and 18th-century audiences. It also illustrates how Italian masked troupes influenced countless other cultures as they performed across Europe, thus shaping the theatrical sensibility of western society as a whole."--Container.
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Dangerous ideas how Darwin's theories took root.
This program explores Darwin's research during the years leading up to his publication of "On the origin of species". Doherty explains and reconstructs several experiments that Darwin undertook on the grounds of his English estate. These include the immersion of plant seeds in salt water to support the idea of transoceanic species dispersal; the weed patch experiment, which strengthened Darwin's awareness of predation and death as major evolutionary factors; and the survey of a nearby meadow where the great naturalist discovered startling biodiversity.
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Design solutions electronics.
The task: design and build an all-in-one camera with an integrated printer that produces instant digital pictures. This program follows a team of industrial and electronics designers at Polaroid's U.K. headquarters as they take on this challenge.
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Designing, manufacturing & evaluating a product.
Everyone loves a beautiful product - whatever that is a car, a chair or a fashion accessory. But how did it all come together so perfectly? In this fascinating program we explore the design, manufacture and evaluation process following a specific product through the product cycle. A fascinating and practical insight into design and production.
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Dirty little secrets.
"Program studies fine particle air pollution and its public health hazards."
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The disappearing male.
Documentary "about one of the most important, and least publicized, issues facing the human species: the toxic threat to the male reproductive system. The last few decades have seen steady and dramatic increases in the incidence of boys and young men suffering from genital deformities, low sperm count, sperm abnormalities and testicular cancer. At the same time, boys are now far more at risk of suffering from ADHD, autism, Tourette's syndrome, cerebral palsy, and dyslexia. [This program] takes a close and disturbing look at what many doctors and researchers now suspect are responsible for many of these problems: a class of common chemicals that are ubiquitous in our world. Found in everything from shampoo and sunglasses to toys and baby bottles, they are called "hormone mimicking" or "endocrine disrupting" chemicals and they may be starting to damage the most basic building blocks of human development"--container.
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Discovery atlas complete collection.
Explores the people and landscapes of various countries worldwide.
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Emerging diseases prions and viruses.
"In an increasingly global society, disease outbreaks are on the rise -- and so is the need for epidemiology expertise. This program introduces students to vital information regarding the transmission, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, vectors, prevention, and control of several communicable diseases. Students receive vital information on zoonotic diseases such as SARS, Rift Valley fever, and avian influenza, including steps typically taken to manage and mitigate the spread of these illnesses. Creutzfield-Jacob disease is also discussed." -- Container.
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Evaluating a product.
Discusses what is important when evaluating a consumer product, including aesthetics, functionality, environmental impact, and planned obsolescence.
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The exiles.
An account of the problems encountered by Native Americans living in urban areas, caught between two conflicting cultures, as shown by footage of 12 hours in the lives of a group living in Los Angeles.
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Ganges.
Rising from a Himalayan ice cave and emptying into the bay of Bengal, the Ganges River is sacred to Hindus as a purifying spirit---yet it currently suffers from pollution and neglect. This program follows the Ganges through various Indian cities, studying their relationship with the river and assessing its uncertain future. Beginning in Gangotri, the program profiles a photographer who has documented disturbing changes on the surrounding ice fields. Next comes Haridwar, situated on fertile flood plains---the breadbasket of India---and then Kanpur, a megacity of four million blanketed by industrial smog. The final stop is Varanasi, the most revered city in the Hindu world.
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Genes and cloning the science of selective breeding.
This video "looks at the way man has modified genomes of plants and animals used for food" since the beginning of agriculture. Through animations, it shows how alterations to genes are made in genetic engineering processes. It also discusses the ramifications of and controversies surrounding the human response to genetic engineering.
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Genetics, stem cells and society an interview with Alan Trounson.
Professor Alan Trounson is a leading international figure in stem cell research. He reviews a range of techniques and issues related to stem cell research, including: maker cell biology, gene expression and epigenetic, cell biology and more.
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Great battles of the ancient world.
Hollywood has gone to elaborate lengths to recreate the violence and mayhem of ancient warfare in movies, but what were ancient battles really like? What weapons, tactics, armor, training, and logistics were used? What were the crucial factors that could turn the tide of battle, giving one side victory and consigning the other to slaughter, capture, or, at best, escape to fight another day? These lectures examine some of the most notable battles fought in the Mediterranean region from prehistoric times to the 4th century A.D., scrutinizing those few hours that determined the fates of empires.
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Hidden in plain sight.
"Hidden in Plain Sight is inspired by the tradition of cinematic city symphonies and is made up of footage shot in four cities: Santiago de Chile, Hanoi Vietnam, Dakar Senegal and Marseille France. Vignettes from each place are juxtaposed so that the viewer is pulled from place to place, picking up the pieces, making connections only to have them disappear just as quickly. Historical details (about Salvador Allende and Ho Chi Minh, among others), quotes from writing (by Miriama Ba and Charles Baudelaire and others), laconic captions, scored music, and expressionistic sound design offer contrasting contexts in which to view these images. Hidden in Plain Sight offers a dynamic way of viewing street life in these locales, encouraging us to think about how we apprehend a place visually and conceptually."--container.
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History of cancer.
Explores the history of the Cancer Act and examines breakthrough treatments that would not have occurred without it.
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La hora de los hornos notas y testimonios sobre el neocolonialismo, la violencia y la liberación.
A documentary on the liberation struggle being waged throughout Latin America, using Argentina as a historical model.
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How to be happy.
Eight week course under the guidance of psychologist Robert Holden, challenges the basic beliefs, attitudes and lifestyle of three self confessed unhappy people.
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Human body pushing the limits. Brainpower.
The driving force behind every one of us is the most powerful organ in the natural world: the human brain. Through six case studies of the body in crisis, the program examines how different parts of the brain can help the body overcome tremendous obstacles, from surviving a firestorm to being stranded at sea for more than two months. Precise 3D animation illustrates how the brain can alter the mind's perception of time, while a review of current sleep research considers how we can influence our dreams.
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Icons of science evolution.
This animated program examines the concepts of natural selection and the selfish gene. It introduces evolution by discussing Darwin's study of finches from the Galapagos Islands, examines the roles that the selfish gene and altruism play in survival, discusses sexual selection and speciation, explains how genetic mutations lead to diversity in species, and emphasizes that natural selection is a cumulative process of change that occurs slowly over time.-- Distributor's Web site.
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Kill or cure?
Estimated to infect about one-fifth of the world's population, worm parasites are especially destructive in poor, rural areas of the developing world. This program investigates how hookworms endanger their hosts and what medical science is doing to combat them.
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Manufacturing and the product cycle a case study of Moran furniture.
"The development process for any product, large or small, is complex and made up of many phases. This program examines the various stages of manufacturing that take place in the production of an award-winning line of furniture. Viewers receive an in-depth look at the product cycle, from the initial concept to the evaluation of a finished sofa. At each stage, the program spotlights the personnel involved and the specialized roles they play in the process. Students gain an understanding of what goes into design, creation of the prototype, production, distribution, marketing, sales, evaluation, and modification."--Container.
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Miss America.
Tracking the country's oldest beauty contest - from its inception in 1921 as a local seaside pageant to its heyday as one of the country's most popular events - Miss America paints a vivid picture of an institution that has come to reveal much about a changing nation. Using intimate interviews with former contestants, and fabulous behind-the-scenes footage and photographs, the film reveals why some women took part in the fledgling event and how the pageant became a battle ground and a barometer for the changing position of women in society.
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Morristown in the air and sun = en el aire y el sol.
Chronicles nearly a decade of change in Morristown, Tennessee, through interviews with displaced or low-wage Southern workers, Mexican immigrants, and workers and families impacted by globalization.
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My favorite universe.
Clear introductions to essential principles of physics support these lectures, including density, quantum theory, gravity, and the General Theory of Relativity. Also includes forays into disciplines such as chemistry and biology as needed to explain events in astronomy.
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The national parks America's best idea.
Traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, and what Burns believes is the most stunning cinematography in Florentine Films' history, the series chronicles the steady addition of new parks through the stories of the people who helped create them and save them from destruction.
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Of apes and men the culmination of Darwin's rersearch.
This program explores Darwin's idea on human evolution, which he developed and made public toward the end of his life.
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The physics of history.
A course that treats the atom as a tool for revealing the quantitative history of everything--from the human diet and works of art to Earth's climate and the universe.
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Shakti the power of women.
Taking inspiration from the spiritual concept of the supreme female deity of the Hindu religion, Shakti, this program celebrates the power of women to drive social and economic change in India. A widespread women's movement is changing the image of India facing the 21st century. Discriminated from birth, and even before, Indian women are beginning to claim their place in society.
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Solution-focused interview with a violent couple a live interview with Eve Lipchik.
A solution-focused interview is shown, where the therapist views the therapeutic relationship as more important than the technique. The couple seeks help for a problem of spouse abuse.
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Stem cells the ethical issues.
"This program tackles one of the most contentious areas of contemporary science: embryonic stem cell research. Different viewpoints are presented, and speakers include: Professor Alan Trounson, prominent stem cell scientist, Father Norman Ford, an ethics commentator and patients with life-threatening medical conditions. They explain what they believe the important issues to be, and the reasons for their views. Each section is introduced with relevant facts explained in simple terms"--Container.
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The storm breaks how Darwin linked plant and animal studies.
This program illustrates Darwin's quest to further support his assertions in "On the origin of species" using the familiar surroundings of his garden. Science interpreter Jim Doherty guides viewers through Darwin's studies of insect-eating plants, including the common sundew and the Venus flytrap. Then he re-creates the means by which Darwin monitored climbing plants, contemplated the sexual nature of plants and flowers, and investigated cross-fertilization. Showing how these botanical studies informed Darwin's view of all living things.
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Teaching math a video library, K-4.
Watch the excitement of young children as they solve problems, communicate, reason, and make connections between math and their physical world. This video library documents effective teaching and learning in many sizes and types of schools: small, large, rural, suburban, inner-city, and with and without technology.
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Understanding complexity.
Professor Scott E. Page from University of Michigan introduces you to complexity science. You learn how this vibrant and still evolving discipline helps you understand the nature and behavior of systems formed of financial markets, corporations, native cultures, governments, and more.
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Understanding the universe an introduction to astronomy.
This 8 part series of lectures is a nontechnical description of the main concepts, methods, and discoveries in astronomy--in depth--from the constellations drawn by the ancients, to the latest reports from planetary probes in our Solar System. All of the material is integrated so that one topic builds on another to develop the conceptual tools that allow exploration of the Universe. The Solar System leads naturally to the investigation of planets around other stars and the possibility of life elsewhere in the cosmos, while atmospheric phenomena introduce the subject of light, the key to unraveling the mysteries of stars and galaxies. Includes recent findings (through mid-2006).
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Videoradio a Transworld skateboarding videoradio documentary.
"As skateboarding falls into the limelight of mainstream society, skateboarders are adapting to the ever-growing restrictions and adversities placed upon them. From patching cracks to building personal skateparks, i.e. explores the experience of pushing the boundaries of skateboarding in a world full of limitations"--Container.
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The virus empire invisible enemy.
True to life dramatizations, detailed 3-D animations and commentary by virus specialists, WHO and CDC administrators, and other experts analyze the continual mutation and proliferation of the most diverse group of life forms on the planet; and to propose steps that must be taken to thwart them. The program considers the weaponization and deployment of smallpox from pre-existing stockpiles and by laboratory manufacture from mail order genetic material and online genome maps.
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Warriors in their own words.
"We have always had warriors, from as far back in history as one can go - warriors are timeless. Warriors have a moral code and are not simply trained killers (as they are all too frequently portrayed). If we did not have warriors, we would undoubtedly be speaking another language, German, Japanese, Chinese, or Russian. Warriors are born, they are not created. Certainly they are trained, but to be a warrior is a calling. We should be forever grateful to our warriors and to their families who are all so courageous. We should honor our warriors. Warriors are NOT, as they are commonly portrayed, victims with no where else to go but the military. This project will show people what intelligent, honorable, and brave people we have standing in the way of the free world's demise." -- IMDB.
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We shall remain.
"They were charismatic and forward thinking, imaginative and courageous, compassionate and resolute, and, at times, arrogant, vengeful and reckless. For hundreds of years, Native American leaders from Massasoit, Tecumseh, and Tenskwatawa, to Major Ridge, Geronimo, and Fools Crow valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction of their culture. Sometimes, their strategies were militaristic, but more often they were diplomatic, spiritual, legal and political ... These five documentaries spanning almost four hundred years tell the story of pivotal moments in U.S. history from the Native American perspective, upending two-dimensional stereotypes of American Indians as simply ferocious warriors or peaceable lovers of the land" -- Container.
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Weather report.
"A journey to the front-lines of our climate changing world - in the Canadian Arctic, Montana, Northern Kenya, China and India - visiting communities and ordinary people whose lives and livelihoods are being impacted in the most dramatic ways" -- Container.
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ha-Yomanim shel Yosef Nahmani.
"Illuminates a controversial period of Israeli history by drawing upon the writings of [Yosef Nachmani], a land broker for the Jewish National Fund, who recorded his daily activities and private thoughts from 1937 to 1965... A political moderate who spoke Arabic and respected his Arab neighbors, Nachmani believed that Arabs and Jews could coexist. More radical elements were also active in the Zionist movement, however, ... and their violent tactics precipitated the Israel-Palestinian conflict as we know it today" -- Container.
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Yukio Mishima Samurai writer.
This program combines extensive archival footage of Mishima, interviews with colleagues, including his biographer, Henry Scott Stoles, and two of his translators, and readings by actor, John Hurt to portray Japan's immensely popular novelist, playwright, actor, and patriot of the extreme right.
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Drama

Adventure in Sahara.
Set in a French Legion outpost whose sadistic captain is eventually cast out by his men, led by American Jim Wilson.
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Arranged.
Arranged: Ditmas Park, Brooklyn. A young Orthodox woman, Rochel Meshenberg, is about to begin her first year as a special education teacher at the local public school. She is also about to begin the process of finding a husband via the time-tested method of using a "shadchen," or matchmaker. As the school year gets underway, Rochel meets Nasira Khaldi, a Muslim woman of Syrian descent. Nasira is also a first-year teacher. The two young women - Rochel in long skirt and conservative blouse, Nasira in headscarf - stand out in this public school context. The principal is forever reminding them that although they are some of her smartest, most gifted teachers, they are also stunted by their outmoded customs, religions, and by their patriarchal worldviews. As the school year progresses, Rochel and Nasira realize they share much in common, not least of which is that they are both going through what the outside world calls "arranged marriages." They develop a friendship that transcends their insular Brooklyn communities and the religions that seem so at odds and, as their friendship deepens, they are exposed to each other's worlds. NOTE = Das flo (The raft): An animated film about two starving and exhausted castaways who are lost at sea. When a seagull drops a fish onto their raft, their friendship is put to the ultimate test.
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The bay of love and sorrows.
A cautionary tale about a good boy trapped on the wrong side of the tracks when a drug deal goes bad and a young woman is senselessly murdered.
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Lenny.
Tells the story of troubled nightclub comic Lenny Bruce, his wife Honey Harlowe, and his fatal decline through drug addiction.
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The lion in winter.
In the winter of 1183, a royal family prepares for a joyous Christmas holiday reunion of scheming, conniving and deceit. King Henry II summons his cunning prison-bound wife to his side as he prepares to announce the succession of the throne to one of his double-crossing three sons, none of whom are qualified to rule the monarchy.
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Lorenzo's oil.
A boy develops a disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his father decides to learn about it and tackle the problem himself.
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Lost. The complete second season.
While Jack, Kate, and Locke investigate what's inside the hatch, the "tailies" are found. These survivors are from the tail of the plane and include tough girl Ana-Lucia and the spiritual and mysterious Mr. Eko. Learn what happened to Walt when he left Michael with some very hard choices to make and get a better insight into just who the "others" are. Find out that the island has some connection with the Dharma Corporation.
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The loves of Carmen.
Carmen is an amoral gypsy with a penchant for trouble and temporary love affairs. Young, respectable Dragoon Don Jose falls hard for the willful, sexy Carmen, but soon finds himself embroiled in her bohemian lifestyle and criminal ways. After killing his commanding officer in a duel, Jose and Carmen flee to a mountainous gypsy hideout.
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Power of the press.
"Fuller provided the story for this daring drama about a corrupt newspaper publisher who uses wartime security as an excuse to promote his personal agenda, which includes murder."--Container.
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Revolutionary road.
Frank and April Wheeler live a life that appears to be perfect. They live in the Connecticut suburbs with two young children. Frank commutes to New York City where he works in an office job that he hates and has yet to figure out what his passion in life is. April is a housewife who forgoes her dream of being an actress. They are not happy. One day, April suggests that they move to Paris as a means to rejuvenate their life. Initially skeptical, Frank ultimately agrees to April's plan. When circumstances change around the Wheelers, April decides she will do whatever she has to to get herself out of her unhappy existence.
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Room to move.
Carol's parents pressure her to succeed as an athlete, but Angie's parents couldn't care less about their daughter's dancing. This contrast and their mutual love of physical fitness bring the girls together.
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Scandal sheet.
"Fuller's acclaimed novel "The Dark Page" was the source for this tense drama which featured Broderick Crawford as an egotistical newspaper editor torn between his fear of discovery and his pride in protégé and star reporter Steve McCleary (John Derek), whose investigation into a "lonelyhearts" murder may uncover his boss' secret past."--Container.
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Shockproof.
"The unlikely teaming of writer Fuller and director Sirk yielded this terrific film noir about a parole officer (Cornel Wilde) whose latest charge (Patricia Knight) just served five years for murder to protect her sleazy lover."--Container.
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Taking Chance.
The remarkable true story of one soldier's death in battle, another soldier's journey of discovery and a nation's reverence and gratitude toward its war dead. After hearing of the heroic death of a young Marine in Iraq, veteran officer Lt. Colonel Michael Strobl volunteers to escort the remains of Lance Corporal Chance Phelps back to his hometown in Wyoming. As Strobl crosses America's heartland, he will find himself on an unexpectedly emotional journey into the soul of a country mourning not only Chance, but all of our country's fallen heroes.
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Tyler Perry's The family that preys.
Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright and her dear friend Alice Pratt, a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout many years. Their lives become mired in turmoil as their adult children's extramarital affairs, unethical business practices and a dark paternity secret threaten to derail family fortunes and unravel the lives of all involved. Alice's self-centered daughter, Andrea, is betraying her husband Chris by engaging in an affair with her boss. Charlotte's son, William is cheating on his wife Jillian. William's true focus is to replace the COO of his mothers' lucrative construction corporation. Meanwhile, Alice's other daughter Pam tries to steer the family in a more positive direction. Charlotte and Alice decide to take a cross-country road trip to rediscover themselves and possibly find a way to save their families from ruin.
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Wendy and Lucy.
Wendy is down on her luck, but hoping to turn things around with a summer job in Alaska. Instead, she and her beloved dog Lucy find themselves stranded with no money in a small Oregon town.
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Foreign films

Aamir.
Aamir, a London-based doctor, visits his family in India.
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L'amour, l'après-midi Love in the afternoon.
Though happily married to his adoring wife, Hélène, with whom he is expecting a second child, the thoroughly bourgeois business executive Frédéric cannot banish from his mind the multitude of attractive Parisian women who pass him by every day. His flirtations and fantasies remain harmless until Chloe, an audacious, unencumbered old flame, shows up at his office and presents the first genuine threat to his marriage.
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Anyay hi anyay.
An educated young man is wrongly accused and convicted of a crime. After getting out of jail he tries to settle down and start a new life but his destiny had even worse things in store for when his girlfriend is raped by his old enemies. Things get out of hand when this one time decent man feels that enough is enough and swears to teach the culprits a lesson in the language they understand best: violence.
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Bandit queen.
"Murderer, kidnapper and folk legend Phoolan Devi endured a life of rape and abuse after being sold into marriage at the age of eleven. A spree of murders to avenge the death of her lover, known as the Behmai Massacre, makes Devi the object of a massive police hunt in this story that shocked the world"-- Container.
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Bunty aur Babli.
Two ambitious dreamers, Rakesh and Vimmi, set out from different small towns to find fame. Instead, they find each other and form the duo, Bunty and Babli. They commit criminal capers, with an ambitious police inspector, DCP Dashrath Singh, hot on their trail.
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La carrière de Suzanne Suzanne's career.
Bertrand bides his time in a casually hostile and envious friendship with college chum Guillaume. But when the ladies' man Guillaume seems to be making a play for the spirited, independent Suzanne, Bertrand watches bitterly with disapproval and jealousy.
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Charulata The lonely wife.
The wife of a publisher tries to find a way out of her confining domestic situation.
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La collectionneuse.
A bombastic, womanizing art dealer and his painter friend go to a seventeenth-century villa on the Riviera for a relaxing summer getaway. But their idyll is disturbed by the presence of the bohemian Haydée, accused of being a "collector" of men.
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Company.
A man gets an idea, starts a business, employs others and a company is born. The business is so successful it becomes bigger than the men who formed it. This is a story of the rise and fall of such a company, its business is crime. A thriller, action film and fictional exposé of the Mumbai underworld.
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Dev.D.
Dev, Paro, and Chanda of Dev.D reflect the sensibilities, conflicts, aggression, independence, free thought, exuberance, and recklessness of the youth of today.
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Ek chalis ki last local.
Two people miss the last night train and must wait together for the next one.
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Le genou de Claire Claire's knee.
Jérôme spends his July at a lakeside boardinghouse nursing crushes on the sixteen-year-old Laura and, more tantalizingly, Laura's long- legged, blonde half sister, Claire.
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Gueule d'amour.
Lucien Bourrache, a handsome cavalry officer, enjoys pursuing and charming women. He meets Madeleine Courtois at Cannes and lends her a large amount of money, which she loses gambling. Then she drops him. But Lucien is now in love, and after his tour of duty he goes to Paris to find her again. But he's not so sexy without his uniform, and they do not travel in the same social circles.
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l'idole The idol.
An elderly refined Chinese man crosses paths with a troubled young Australian actress. When she reveals her plans for a vengeful suicide, he proposes a pact: to cook for her until the faithful date. Thus begins an ambiguous and subtly erotic friendship.
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Kaminey.
Estranged twin brothers become entangled with the world of gangsters, rebel soldiers, rogue politicians and crooked cops.
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Koi-- mil gaya.
A mentally-challenged young man finds the computer his dead father had used to contact extra-terrestrials. With a friend, he follows on-screen instructions and bizarre events, including the appearance of spaceships and aliens occur.
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Ma nuit chez Maud My night at Maud's.
A pious Catholic engineer in his early thirties lives by a strict moral code in order to rationalize his world, drowning himself in mathematics and the philosophy of Pascal. After spotting the delicate, blonde Françoise at Mass, he vows to make her his wife, but when he unwittingly spends the night at the apartment of the bold, brunette divorcée Maud, his rigid ethical standards are challenged.
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Maine pyar kiya.
A typical and succesful rich boy/poor girl romance. This film broke all records for the period with rich and saturated costumes, song picturization, and crazy mix of motor bikes and American icons.
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Maqbool.
An Indianized adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth set against the backdrop of Bombay's mafia world.
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My name is Anthony Gonsalves.
Anthony is a naive, young man who had grown up watching Hindi films. He wants to be a film star. He lives with violence on the streets. The credo of living by the gun, die by the gun surrounds him, yet he still dreams of stardom. Anthony's loyalties to the people around him will be tested.
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No smoking.
K is so addicted to smoking that he can't live without it. But when his wife walks out on him because of it, he goes to a centre for rehabilitation to quit.
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Om shanti Om.
A romantic saga of a boy next door, Om Prakesh Makhija, who works as a junior artiste in Bollywood in the 70's. He is madly in love with the superstar of that time, Shantipriya. His dreams and aspirations to become a superstar and be with his lady love are thwarted as he witnesses the brutal murder of his beloved Shantipriya by a mercenary producer Mukesh Mehra. Om Prakash dies trying to save his Shanti. But destiny has something else in store when 'Om Prakash' a junior artiste returns as 'Om Kapoor' the superstar of 2007!! His journey of rediscovering himself, his past life and avenging the death of his beloved is the story of 'Om Shanti Om!'
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Omkara.
The film follows one man's descent into sexual jealousy because of his passionate love for a woman and the final destruction of that love at the altar of blind obsession.
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Oye lucky! lucky oye!
Story of Lucky and his friend Bangali, youths from the inner city ghetto of West Delhi, who grow up to become master thieves.
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La Reine Margot.
In the midst of France's late 16th century religious wars, Margot is thrown into a political marriage by her ruthlessly power-hungry family. When she finds herself hopelessly drawn into their murderous affairs, she realizes that her only hope of escape lies somewhere between the heroic soldier who loves her and the enemy husband who could save her.
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Rue des plaisirs.
"Having stayed on as a wartime handyman in Le Palais Oriental after being born there, Petit Louis has become immune to the charms of the working girls. Then Marion arrives and he is completely smitten. Feeling he is not the sort of romantic figure she deserves, he encourages a relationship between her and shadowy Dimitri Josco while also fostering her singing talent. As the war ends and the authorities close down all bordellos a strange triangular relationship develops, complicated by Dimitri's black market past." -- IMDB.
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Safari.
A party of French tourists are looking foward to discovering the wonders of the Dark Continent through a safari organized by Richard Dacier. What they don't know is that their guide hasn't set foot in Africa for thirty years and is terrified of wild animals.
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Shiri.
A phantom sniper is methodically assassinating key figures in a South Korean intelligence investigation. Special agent Ryu and his partner Lee suspect North Korea's most lethal female operative, Hee, as being responsible. When a security breach prompts the theft of a high-tech liquid explosive, CTX, from the South Korean authorities, Ryu and Lee are certain there's a mole within their ranks.
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Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Parinda.
Musical story about two brothers whose relationship is strained by underworld violence.
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Welcome to Sajjanpur.
Mahadev is one of the few educated young men from Sajjanpur. His ambition is to be a novelist, but his ability to write persuasive letters makes him popular with the largely non-literate population of the town. He soon uses his talent to manipulate people.
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Wings of desire.
A romantic fantasy about an angel who wishes he were mortal and is willing to fall from the sky if it means a chance to fall in love. Set in modern day Berlin, the film follows angel Damiel's path from heavenly flight to earthly delight in a manner that's comical, touching and entertaining.
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Yuva.
The paths of three young men from three stratas of society cross over the Hoogly Bridge on a Thursday morning, changing each of their lives irreversibly.
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Zakhm.
Ajay, the son of a Muslim mother and Hindu father, finds himself caught in the communal and religious clash of the Babri Masjid riots in the early 1990s. Flashbacks to his past from the deathbed of his mother link his childhood to the present socio-political turmoil, and his own role within that chaos.
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Musicals

Across the universe.
Jude is a dock worker from Liverpool who travels to the United States in the 1960s to find his estranged father. There, he falls in love with sheltered American teenager Lucy. When her brother, Max, is drafted to fight in the Vietnam War, they become involved in peace activism.
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Leo McCarey's The bells of St. Mary's.
Father O'Malley arrives to take charge of St. Mary's parochial school only to find the institution badly in need of repair and financial support. He also finds himself in conflict with Sister Benedict, who is used to running the school with her own ideas about education.
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Meet me in St. Louis.
In Saint Louis before the 1904 World's Fair, Alonzo Smith threatens to uproot his family and move to New York, which greatly upsets his wife and four daughters.
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Once.
A Guy lives in Dublin. He is a guitarist/singer-songwriter who makes a living by fixing vacuum cleaners in his Dad's Hoover repair shop by day. By night, he sings and plays for money on the Dublin streets. A girl from Czechoslovakia loves to play the piano when she gets a chance. During the day she does odd jobs. At night she takes care of her mom and her daughter. Guy meets girl, and they get to know each other. Girl helps guy put together a demo disc so he can take it to London in hope of landing a music contract. At the same time, the guy and the girl work through their past loves, and reveal their budding love for one another, through their songs.
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Sci-Fi and Fantasy

Harry Potter and the goblet of fire.
Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts is marked by the Quidditch World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament, in which student representatives from three different wizarding schools compete in a series of increasingly challenging contests. However, Voldemort's Death Eaters are gaining strength and create the Dark Mark - giving evidence that the Dark Lord is ready to rise again. In the unsuspecting lives of the students at Hogwarts, the competitors are selected by the goblet of fire, which this year makes a very surprising announcement: Hogwarts will have two representatives in the tournament, including Harry. Now Harry has to rise to the challenge for the Tri Wizard Tournament while keeping up with school.
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The prestige.
Set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century London. Two magicians share an intense rivalry with each other and leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy. From the time that Robert Angier and Alfred Bordon first met, the two were competitors. However, their once friendly competition evolves into battle for each others trade secrets.
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Zoom Academy for Superheroes.
An aging superhero is called on to help train a new batch of young superhero recruits from a private academy, who are needed to help save the world.
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Shorts and Collections

La boulangère de Monceau The bakery girl of Monceau.
A law student is attracted to a girl he sees in the street and wanders the area hoping to see her again. While there, he stops in for cookies at a quaint Paris bakery and becomes interested in a pretty brunette who works there. Is he truly interested or is she just a sweet diversion?
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Silent

El Dorado.
Presents the tale of a dancer rejected by her lover and forced to endure other indignities in order to support her child.
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L' homme du large.
A movie of redemption,where religion and mysticism come to the fore. In this silent film set by the sea, a father wishes for his son to become a noble fisherman. But his spoiled son turns out to be less than virtuous than the man's daughter.
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