Paris Vampires: The Gwenn Starr Report

Paris Vampires: The Gwenn Starr Report is an hilarious look at the Gothic and Vampire subcultures done in the finest mockumentary style. We really can't recommend this one highly enough. Five stars. Gwenn Starr: Why is it that they keep rejecting you? Raven (A Vampyre): They don't. Gwenn Starr: Yes, they do. ...

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Goldfish

Goldfish by Scott Kartagener. "This sweet story about the relationship between a goldfish and a girl, is packed to the gills with humor and soul." -The Smalls Note: We loved it, must see! - GenXFile ...

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Shelby, The Mobster

What a difference a letter makes in this quick and cheeky parody ...

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Examined Life: Philosophy is in the Streets.

In Examined Life, filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today’s most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas. Peter Singer’s thoughts on the ethics of consumption are amplified against the backdrop of Fifth Avenue’s posh boutiques. Slavoj Zizek questions current beliefs about the environment while sifting through a garbage dump. Michael Hardt ponders ...

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The Egghead

A charming mockumentary about short about what might happen had evolution taken a different course, done in reality television documentary style ...

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Purged

A short comedy film based on a play, done in tangible yet existential style. Points for the creative use of the game "I Spy", and extra credit for including "Doctor Who. ...

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Cities of the Underworld

In every major metropolis, skyscrapers loom above, taxis and vendors clamor at street level, and subways rumble below. But deeper beneath the hectic surface lie other, silent worlds, each with its own mysterious and fascinating history. Cities of the Underworld peels away the layers of time-often literally hundreds of feet thick-to expose the incredible pasts lurking beneath some of the most populous cities on earth. Throughout the world, cities ...

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Blood On My Name

Blood On My Name: On the run after a botched robbery, Erwin, who's experienced a change in heart, tries to take advantage of a deal he's made for himself and fellow thief Thomas. Instead he calls down the agents of a malevolent supernatural force who will hunt him to the ends of the earth rather than see him escape. Starring Justin Welborn (The Signal) and Sean Bridgers (Deadwood) this film features the craftsmanship and dedication of the artisans ...

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Valentine

Indian film maker Djit presents Valentine, a dramatic and artful presentation of a story within a story, using imagery and ambient music to tell a tale of modern love ...

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The Great Philosophers: An Introduction to Western Philosophy

Beginning with the death of Socrates in 399 BC, and following the story through the centuries to recent figures such as Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein, Bryan Magee’s conversations with fifteen contemporary writers and philosophers provide an accessible and exciting account of Western philosophy and its greatest thinkers. The contributors include A.J. Ayer, Bernard Williams, Martha Nussbaum, Peter Singer, and John Searle, so that the documentary ...

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Cathedral

The history of Britain and the aspirations of her Christian communities can be traced in the glorious excesses of the cathedrals. From Norman grandeur to the modern interpretations found in Liverpool and Coventry, explore the changing styles of the cathedrals in our midst. As the first Gothic cathedral to be built in Britain, Canterbury was at the forefront of an architectural revolution. But the building we know today has its origins in the most ...

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Kiss: A Love Story

“Le soleil est le passé, le terre est le présent et la lune est le futur.” As Paul Auster once said “The sun is the past, the earth is the present and the moon is the future.” In our first independent short film we explore the consequence of something as innocent as a kiss. A love story between the sun and the moon. We believe that every solar eclipse is the moons attempt to reach the sun... Kiss was a labour of love for co-directors Joseph Hodgson ...

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Jack and the Dustbowl

Jack Spriggs, a poor dust bowl farmer from Alabama, is determined to keep his family’s land. Set during the Great Depression, record heat waves and over-farming have turned the once fertile soil into worthless dust. Refusing to become a victim of his circumstances, Jack embraces his surroundings and digs in. Jack’s tenacious spirit and ingenuity will either keep his family together or he'll lose everything trying. Jack and the Dustbowl from Whitestone ...

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Girl with a Pearl Earring

This film, adapted from a work of fiction by author Tracy Chevalier, tells a story about the events surrounding the creation of the painting "Girl With A Pearl Earring" by 17th century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. Little is known about the girl in the painting, it is speculated that she was a maid who lived in the house of the painter along with his family and other servants, though there is no historical evidence . This masterful film attempts ...

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Dubai: Miracle or Mirage?

An oasis of calm in the Middle East, Dubai attracts eager tourists. But is it a Miracle Or Mirage? From ski slopes in the desert to man-made islands grouped to look like continents, Dubai is like no other place in the world. Surrounded by war zones, Dubai is an oasis of calm and the home of superlatives – the biggest building, the largest airport, the tallest hotel, the biggest mall, the richest horse race… the list goes on. Forty years ago it ...

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Vampires In Venice

National Geographic Vampires In Venice: Venice, 1575 – To 16th century villagers, vampires were very real; materializing in all shapes and forms. One vampire was particularly feared; the Nachzerer (Night Waster). Empowered by Satan, these undead rose from the grace to spread disease - and there was only one way to stop them. Now, in a National Geographic Television exclusive, an Italian forensic archaeologist unearths a vampire tomb and employs the ...

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Julie & Julia

Nora Ephron adapts Julie Powell's autobiographical book Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen with this Columbia Pictures production starring Amy Adams as an amateur chef who decides to cook every recipe in a cookbook from acclaimed celebrity chef Julia Child (played by Meryl Streep) in order to chronicle it in a blog over the course of a year. Streep's Devil Wears Prada co-star Stanley Tucci re-teams with the actress as ...

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Frost/Nixon

Frost/Nixon: A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon. Stars: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen and Kevin Bacon. Director: Ron Howard Hollywood heavyweight Ron Howard adapts playwright Peter Morgan's West End hit for the silver screen with this feature focusing on the 1977 television interviews between journalist David Frost (Michael Sheen) and former ...

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Miss Potter

Miss Potter: The true story of the woman who created some of the most beloved characters in children's literature comes to the screen in this drama leavened with elements of comedy and romance. Beatrix Potter (Renée Zellweger) is a imaginative but gently eccentric woman living in the socially and intellectually confining circumstances of Victorian England. Potter's wealthy parents are eager for her to marry a successful man and settle down, but she ...

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Das letzte Schweigen (The Silence)

13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past. 13 November 2011 | Review by Roger Burke Arguably, suspenseful story doesn't get much better than this; although some viewers might argue about narrative holes and coincidence. However, because it's so believable it's so much better, ...

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The Great Magician

Set in the 1920s in Northern China, during the period in which feuds between warlords are taking place, one such lord Lei Daniu (Sean Lau Ching-wan), also known as “Bully”, uses butler Liu Kunshan’s (Wu Gang) magic trickery to recruit soldiers to his ranks. Yet what he really hopes to do is win over the affections of his forced seventh concubine Liu Yin (Zhou Xun). When the mysterious Zhang Xian (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) arrives in town with his magic ...

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The Gospel of Judas

National Geographic The Gospel of Judas has been part of an international effort, in collaboration with the Maecenas Foundation for Ancient Art and the Waitt Institute for Historical Discovery, to authenticate, conserve, and translate a 66-page codex, which contains a text called James (also known as First Apocalypse of James), the Letter of Peter to Philip, a fragment of a text that scholars are provisionally calling Book of Allogenes, and the only ...

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The House That Jack Built

The House That Jack Built is a 1967 National Film Board of Canada animated short directed by Ron Tunis: A humorous animation film about a fellow who builds his house in the best suburb he can afford. He has a picture bride, a picture window and a garden as pretty as a picture, but he wanted something special and, like Jack and the Beanstalk, he finally got it! What he got is a moral for all. Watch here, or below, and you can own it on DVD, too ...

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