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Abstract/Sommario: After getting in a car accident, Michelle awakens to find herself in a mysterious bunker with two men named Howard and Emmett. Howard offers her a pair of crutches to help her remain mobile with her leg injury sustained from the car crash and tells her to "get good on those" before leaving the bunker. She has been given the information that there has been an alien attack and the outside world is poisoned. However, Howard and Emmett's intentions soon become questionable and Michelle is ...; [Leggi tutto...] After getting in a car accident, Michelle awakens to find herself in a mysterious bunker with two men named Howard and Emmett. Howard offers her a pair of crutches to help her remain mobile with her leg injury sustained from the car crash and tells her to "get good on those" before leaving the bunker. She has been given the information that there has been an alien attack and the outside world is poisoned. However, Howard and Emmett's intentions soon become questionable and Michelle is faced with a question: Is it better in here or out there?

Abstract/Sommario: When his fourth son, Gibreel, is born in 2005, self-taught cameraman Emad Burnat, a Palestinian villager, gets his first camera. At the same time in his village of Bil'in, the Israelis begin bulldozing village olive groves to build a barrier to separate Bil'in from the Jewish settlement Modi'in Illit. The barrier's route cuts off 60% of Bil'in farmland and the villagers resist this seizure of more of their land by the settlers. During the next year, Burnat films this struggle, which is ...; [Leggi tutto...] When his fourth son, Gibreel, is born in 2005, self-taught cameraman Emad Burnat, a Palestinian villager, gets his first camera. At the same time in his village of Bil'in, the Israelis begin bulldozing village olive groves to build a barrier to separate Bil'in from the Jewish settlement Modi'in Illit. The barrier's route cuts off 60% of Bil'in farmland and the villagers resist this seizure of more of their land by the settlers. During the next year, Burnat films this struggle, which is led by two of his best friends including his brother Iyad. At the same time, Burnat uses the camera to record the growth of his son. Very soon, these events begin to affect his family and his own life. Burnat films the army and police beating and arresting villagers and activists who come to support them. Settlers destroy Palestinian olive trees and attack Burnat when he tries to film them. The army raids the village in the middle of the night to arrest children. He, his friends, and brothers are arrested or shot; some are killed. Each camera used to document these events is shot or smashed. Eventually, in 2009, Burnat approaches Guy Davidi,[5] an Israeli filmmaker, and the two of them create the film from these five broken cameras and the stories that they represent.

Abstract/Sommario: Harry Mitchell, un ricco industriale di Los Angeles, vive con una bella moglie ma un giorno si concede un'avventura. La ragazza però è in combutta con tre individui assai poco raccomandabili.

Abstract/Sommario: Haneke's articulate critique of the isolating effects of western society, the media and television in particular, is composed of an intricate series of unrelated scenes, culminating in an apparently motiveless act of violence

Abstract/Sommario: Marcello Mastroianni plays Guido (Fellini’s alter-ego), a successful filmmaker who, embarking on his next film, is overcome by director’s block and finds he has no story to tell ! Struggling to find inspiration, he is harassed by his producers, his crew, his wife (Anouk Aimée), even by his mistress (Sandra Milo), so he retreats into fantasy, where his muse appears embodied by Claudia Cardinale, and he revels in dreamy memories of his life and lovers… Until memories, fantasy and reality ...; [Leggi tutto...] Marcello Mastroianni plays Guido (Fellini’s alter-ego), a successful filmmaker who, embarking on his next film, is overcome by director’s block and finds he has no story to tell ! Struggling to find inspiration, he is harassed by his producers, his crew, his wife (Anouk Aimée), even by his mistress (Sandra Milo), so he retreats into fantasy, where his muse appears embodied by Claudia Cardinale, and he revels in dreamy memories of his life and lovers… Until memories, fantasy and reality merge in the director’s mind and on screen into an astonishing, masterful spectacle, culminating in the electrifying triumph of optimism that becomes 8½.

Abstract/Sommario: Un'anziana nobildonna vive solitaria sulla sua proprietà che un modernista vorrebbe trasformare in villaggio turistico. La contessa viene uccisa, anche il suo assassino viene ucciso, alcuni ragazzi che scoprono il delitto sono fatti fuori...

Abstract/Sommario: This is a dictionary of biography that uses those facts as the basis for an instructive introduction to the leading personalities of the cinema. It contains over 800 entries on directors, actors and producers. The result is a book to relish, to read and re-read, to agree with or quarrel over, a beside book for any compulsive film-goer.

Abstract/Sommario: Cecoslovacchia: in una fabbrica di calzature tra le montagne sono impiegate un gran numero di donne di giovane età. La mancanza di uomini crea malumori tra le operaie, tanto che alcune abbandonano il posto di lavoro, dando non poche preoccupazioni al loro direttore il quale, cercando di risolvere il problema, riesce ad ottenere solo l'arrivo di un gruppo di vecchi soldati della riserva. Una delle ragazze, Andula, nel corso di una festa fa amicizia con il pianista Milda: l'uomo seduce l ...; [Leggi tutto...] Cecoslovacchia: in una fabbrica di calzature tra le montagne sono impiegate un gran numero di donne di giovane età. La mancanza di uomini crea malumori tra le operaie, tanto che alcune abbandonano il posto di lavoro, dando non poche preoccupazioni al loro direttore il quale, cercando di risolvere il problema, riesce ad ottenere solo l'arrivo di un gruppo di vecchi soldati della riserva. Una delle ragazze, Andula, nel corso di una festa fa amicizia con il pianista Milda: l'uomo seduce la donna ma ben presto deve ritornare a Praga dove dopo giorni passati in attesa di una sua lettera Andula lo raggiunge. Tuttavia l'incontro non è come la ragazza se lo era immaginato...

Abstract/Sommario: Michel, giovane dal passato burrascoso, ruba un'automobile e fugge col proposito di recarsi in Italia. Inseguito da due agenti, ne uccide uno e, continuando la sua fuga, giunge a Parigi. Dopo essersi rivolto ad alcuni amici per ottenere del denaro, va in cerca di Patrizia, giovane americana, per la quale sente un sincero affetto

Abstract/Sommario: Zhang Zhen (nickname Si'r), a junior high student in 1959 Taipei, is forced to attend night school after failing a test. This upsets his father, a career government worker, who is aware of and worried about the delinquency rampant among night school students. In 1960, Si'r, along with his best friend, Cat, spy on an actress changing clothes during the filming of a drama in a movie studio. Caught by a guard, they steal his flashlight and flee back to school...

Abstract/Sommario: Wallace's whirlwind romance with the owner of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin; Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.

Abstract/Sommario: A Critical Cinema 3 continues Scott MacDonald's compilation of personal interviews and public discussions with major contributors to independent filmmaking and film awareness. An informative exchange with Amos Vogel, whose Cinema 16 Society drew American filmgoers into a broader sense of film history, is followed by interviews reflecting a wide range of approaches to filmmaking. Sally Potter discusses her popular feature, Orlando, in relation to the experimental work that preceded it, ...; [Leggi tutto...] A Critical Cinema 3 continues Scott MacDonald's compilation of personal interviews and public discussions with major contributors to independent filmmaking and film awareness. An informative exchange with Amos Vogel, whose Cinema 16 Society drew American filmgoers into a broader sense of film history, is followed by interviews reflecting a wide range of approaches to filmmaking. Sally Potter discusses her popular feature, Orlando, in relation to the experimental work that preceded it, and Canadian independent John Porter argues compellingly for small-gauge, Super-8mm filmmaking. Ken Jacobs discusses the "Nervous System" apparatus with which he transforms old film footage into new forms of motion picture art; Jordan Belson describes his Vortex Concerts, ancestors of modern laser light shows; and Elias Merhige talks about going beneath the "rational structure of meaning" in Begotten

Abstract/Sommario: This multi-award winning film, released for the first time on DVD, is a short glimpse into the world of autism, with words, drawings, music and animation all contributed by autistic people.
Director Tim Webb’s experience as an animator led him to realise that there was a quality in some autistic children’s drawings that would lend itself to animation. In 1991 Channel 4 Television commissioned him to explore the possibility of making a short film for their ‘Disabling World’ season to g ...; [Leggi tutto...] This multi-award winning film, released for the first time on DVD, is a short glimpse into the world of autism, with words, drawings, music and animation all contributed by autistic people.
Director Tim Webb’s experience as an animator led him to realise that there was a quality in some autistic children’s drawings that would lend itself to animation. In 1991 Channel 4 Television commissioned him to explore the possibility of making a short film for their ‘Disabling World’ season to give a general audience a small window into the condition of autism.
In the UK no film had ever been made about autism which included contributions from autistic people themselves. Animation appeared to offer a useful technique to combine work from a number of autistic contributors, and to engage an ordinary viewer with the experiences being recounted and portrayed within a film.

Abstract/Sommario: Nell'autunno 1942, mentre gli uomini sono impegnati in guerra, la lega del baseball organizza un campionato a squadre esclusivamente femminile. Una di queste squadre rimarrà nella leggenda. Composta da due sorelle straordinarie e rivali tra loro, una spudorata ballerina di locali notturni e un allenatore frustrato, quella che si presentava come una formazione 'tutta da ridere' diventerà famosa in quanto a popolarità e simpatia.

Abstract/Sommario: A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda reunites Károly Makk with Mari Törõcsik and Iván Darvas, who starred in his classic film Love which was made over 30 years ago. With them, Makk recreates that finely tuned sense of place, history, and intimate human stories that characterize his best films, showing a director still working at the height of his talent.

Abstract/Sommario: In un'atmosfera pervasa da suggestioni d'amore e magia Andrew, inventore d'inizio secolo, e sua moglie Adrian offrono la loro casa di campagna per dar luogo al matrimonio tra l'altezzoso filosofo Dottor Leopold e la sua giovane fidanzata Ariel. Ma quando per i festeggiamenti arrivano il lascivo Dottor Maxwell Jordan, amico di Andrew, e la lussuriosa infermiera Dulcy, la scena si trasforma in un incantevole caos: giochi sexy, piccole perversioni, scambi di coniugi...

Abstract/Sommario: In un'atmosfera pervasa da suggestioni d'amore e magia Andrew, inventore d'inizio secolo, e sua moglie Adrian offrono la loro casa di campagna per dar luogo al matrimonio tra l'altezzoso filosofo Dottor Leopold e la sua giovane fidanzata Ariel. Ma quando per i festeggiamenti arrivano il lascivo Dottor Maxwell Jordan, amico di Andrew, e la lussuriosa infermiera Dulcy, la scena si trasforma in un incantevole caos: giochi sexy, piccole perversioni, scambi di coniugi...

Abstract/Sommario: A portrait of youth in bloom; a tale of one family’s dissolution; a reflection upon the danger and the mystery in living. Maurice Pialat’s serene, perilous masterwork provides the movie romance a definitive check and eminently deceptive balance — the X scratched on top of the O. In one of the astonishing film debuts, Sandrine Bonnaire plays Suzanne, a free spirit and the vessel for an almost Brontëan choler. She’s 16, and men exist — diverse lovers, an overbearing brother, and the fath ...; [Leggi tutto...] A portrait of youth in bloom; a tale of one family’s dissolution; a reflection upon the danger and the mystery in living. Maurice Pialat’s serene, perilous masterwork provides the movie romance a definitive check and eminently deceptive balance — the X scratched on top of the O. In one of the astonishing film debuts, Sandrine Bonnaire plays Suzanne, a free spirit and the vessel for an almost Brontëan choler. She’s 16, and men exist — diverse lovers, an overbearing brother, and the father portrayed by Pialat himself in an unforgettable turn that displays the full magnitude of the cinema giant’s tenderness, force-of-will, and presence of being.

Abstract/Sommario: Richard Burton was that rare phenomenon, a superstar who was also a great actor. He was possessed by two great passions: poetry and beautiful women. Burton's was a restless spirit and the spur of fame and riches took him to Hollywood. As Paul Ferris writes in this vivid portrait, Richard Burton could find peace only among the people of the Welsh valleys, his true home.

Abstract/Sommario: Martin Fallon, terrorista irlandese, ha fallito l'ultimo attentato, causando invece la morte di un gruppo di bambini, che viaggiavano su di un bus scolastico. E ricercato dalla polizia e dai suoi stessi compagni, che vogliono ucciderlo. Disgustato dal troppo sangue versato, egli vorrebbe lasciare la clandestinità e fuggire in America. Ma un perfido gangester, che dovrebbe fornirgli passaporto e soldi, Jack Meehan, lo ricatta, costringendolo ad uccidere per lui un suo nemico.

Abstract/Sommario: Nel 1907, guardata a vista e scrupolosamente protetta da Charlotte, una solerte cugina zitella, la giovane Lucy, appartenente a facoltosa famiglia inglese, viene a visitare Firenze e prende alloggio alla pensione Bartolini, senza poter avere la promessa "camera con vista". A cena gli Emerson, due signori inglesi padre e figlio, offrono a Lucy di poter scambiare le camere per esaudire il suo desiderio. L'incontro con il giovane George Emerson, di abitudini più libere, incontrollato e un ...; [Leggi tutto...] Nel 1907, guardata a vista e scrupolosamente protetta da Charlotte, una solerte cugina zitella, la giovane Lucy, appartenente a facoltosa famiglia inglese, viene a visitare Firenze e prende alloggio alla pensione Bartolini, senza poter avere la promessa "camera con vista". A cena gli Emerson, due signori inglesi padre e figlio, offrono a Lucy di poter scambiare le camere per esaudire il suo desiderio. L'incontro con il giovane George Emerson, di abitudini più libere, incontrollato e un po' stravagante, scombina la vita piuttosto compassata imposta a Lucy dalle rigide usanze vittoriane della famiglia, e le offre un parametro di confronto nelle riservatissime vicende sentimentali che seguiranno al rientro in Inghilterra, quando, fidanzata per iniziativa dei suoi all'impeccabile e noioso Cecil Vyse, sta per spegnere nella convenzione-bene che le è imposta la sua vivace spontaneità. A Firenze, nella "camera con vista" ritornerà in viaggio di nozze. Ma con George.

Abstract/Sommario: Un avvocato del sud, e la sua assistente, difendono un uomo di colore durante il processo che lo vede incriminato per aver ucciso gli stupratori della figlia

Abstract/Sommario: On the Russian front in 1944 German Private Ernst Graeber receives a leave and visits his family in Germany but Germany isn't the same country he left behind.

Abstract/Sommario: Nick Longhetti ama sua moglie Mabel. Anche lei ama suo marito, però una sera, sotto l'effetto dell'alcol, porta a casa un uomo. Il giorno dopo, Mabel comincia a dare segni di un esaurimento nervoso che la portano ben presto in una clinica psichiatrica.

Abstract/Sommario: In the near future, society is divided between the rich and beautiful and the ugly and poverty-stricken. Ramon Yarritu, the leader of the terrorist organisation Mutant Action, has recently been released from prison. Angered by the failures of the organisation in his absence, he immediately launches a plot to kidnap Patricia, the lovely daughter of a wealthy bread mogul. But when the plot goes wrong, Patricia and Ramon end up crashing on the planet Axturiax, and have to look to each oth ...; [Leggi tutto...] In the near future, society is divided between the rich and beautiful and the ugly and poverty-stricken. Ramon Yarritu, the leader of the terrorist organisation Mutant Action, has recently been released from prison. Angered by the failures of the organisation in his absence, he immediately launches a plot to kidnap Patricia, the lovely daughter of a wealthy bread mogul. But when the plot goes wrong, Patricia and Ramon end up crashing on the planet Axturiax, and have to look to each other for survival.