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The Story of the Kelly Gang
The Story of the Kelly Gang
Just as Galeen and Wegener's Der Golem (1915) can be seen as a testament to early German film artistry, The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) symbolizes both the birth of the Australian film industry and the emergence of an Australian cinema identity. Even more significantly, it heralds the emergence of the feature film format. However, only fragments of the original production of more than one hour are known to exist, preserved at the National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra; Efforts at reconstruction have made the film available to modern audiences.
The Story of the Kelly Gang 1906
Alidha Ávila's Sucre
Alidha Ávila's Sucre
TV Movie based on the life of Antonio José de Sucre, the Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho
Alidha Ávila's Sucre 2024
The Berliner
The Berliner
Long before he played the corpulent Goldfinger, German actor Gert Froebe was a scarecrow-skinny comedian. In Berliner Ballade, Froebe makes his screen debut as Otto, a feckless Everyman who tries to adjust to the postwar travails of his defeated nation. Stymied by black-market profiteers and government bureaucrats, Otto begins fantasizing about a happier life at the end of that ever-elusive rainbow. Director R. A. Stemmle doesn't have to strive for pathos: he merely places his gangly star amidst the ruins of a bombed-out Berlin, and the point is made for him. Filmed in 1948, Berliner Ballade was later released in the U.S. as The Berliner.
The Berliner 1948
Their Way: A Film About the Sex Pistols
Their Way: A Film About the Sex Pistols
A erratic and spontaneous documentary chronicling the Sex Pistols's short reign on London, made completely of footage from the 1970s.
Their Way: A Film About the Sex Pistols 2019
WINHANGANHA
WINHANGANHA
WINHANGANHA (Wiradjuri language: Remember, know, think) - is a lyrical journey of archival footage and sound, poetry and original composition. It is an examination of how archives and the legacies of collection affect First Nations people and wider Australia, told through the lens of acclaimed Wiradjuri artist, Jazz Money.
WINHANGANHA 2023
Behind the Burly Q
Behind the Burly Q
Dive into more than a century of decadence with this tantalizing look at the evolution of burlesque. Cabaret star Leslie Zemeckis traces the art form from vaudeville-style variety show through its extinction and contemporary rebirth. Vintage photos, film clips and ads illustrate burlesque's resilient history and how the public's sexual appetite kept it alive amid moral and legal ado.
Behind the Burly Q 2010
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
A chance meeting between British nobleman and lovely young Mistral foils a plot by her manipulating Aunt Emilie to avenge the death of her sister, Mistral's mother, who died in childbirth. But when an unscrupulous blackmailer and a rapacious Rajah enter the plot, the growing attraction between Lord and convent girl becomes yet more fraught with Danger.
A Ghost in Monte Carlo 1990
Therese: The Story of Saint Therese of Lisieux
Therese: The Story of Saint Therese of Lisieux
The mesmerizing story of a young girl's romance with God. Her faith, trials, and sacrifices reveal a way of life based on love and simplicity. A contemplative film based on the true story of Saint Therese of Lisieux, the most popular saint of modern times.
Therese: The Story of Saint Therese of Lisieux 2004
The Man Behind The Curtain
The Man Behind The Curtain
After having his one cigarette of the day, Mervyn LeRoy returns to the chaotic scene that is known as the production of "The Wizard Of Oz".
The Man Behind The Curtain 2024
Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace
Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace
The year is Seitoku 2 (1712), and Japan has a new ruler. But Ietsugu, the 7th Tokugawa shogun, is only four years old. The power vacuum this creates has Edo Castle roiling in political intrigue and personal positioning of all kinds.
Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace 2006
How the Steel Was Tempered
How the Steel Was Tempered
This literary adaptation was one of only two films made during World War II on the subject of the Civil War following the Bolshevik Revolution, as attention by filmmakers and viewers shifted away from past history and toward the current conflict.
How the Steel Was Tempered 1942
Daredevil in the Castle
Daredevil in the Castle
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyotomi to overcome the seat of power, Osaka Castle. Mohei's daredevil skills will be put to severe tests.
Daredevil in the Castle 1961
The 24th
Prime Video
The 24th
The incredibly powerful and timely true story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917. The Houston Riot was a mutiny by 156 African American soldiers in response to the brutal violence and abuse at the hands of Houston police officers.
The 24th 2020
Operacja
Operacja "Baxis"
Operacja "Baxis" 2023
Ceplis
Ceplis
Latvia in the 1920s. The enterprising Edgars Ceplis establishes a company to produce bricks from Latvian clay for export. Many are involved in his project, hoping for the huge profits the venture promises. Ceplis soon becomes infatuated with his office typist Austra Zīle and starts neglecting the business...
Ceplis 1972
Passione
Passione
John Turturro tells, shooting alleys and testimonies of real neapolitan people, the history and musical culture of Napoli, attending every event and tale with a song.
Passione 2010
Dispute in Valladolid
Dispute in Valladolid
Spain conquered the seas, found a new world and different realities than the one known in Europe. But a question needed to be answered with what they found in those new territories: do the Indians have souls? The Church, bound to protect and convert the natives and the conquerors who treated them like slaves and thought they were only merchandising, expose their arguments and reasonings at what would be known as the Vallidolid controversy. Between them, there's a cardinal hearing both parts and trying to get reasonable answers from this critical question.
Dispute in Valladolid 1992
Wild Summon
Wild Summon
A natural history fantasy film, following the dramatic lifecycle of the wild salmon in human form, with narration by Marianne Faithfull.
Wild Summon 2023
Foxes
Foxes
A young girl’s curiosity brings turmoil to not only her enigmatic relationship with her Father, but also the woods that surrounds their home.
Foxes 2022
The Empress Dowager
The Empress Dowager
Han Hsiang Li's lush epic re-creates the fascinating life and times of Tzu Hsi, the Manchu Qing dynasty empress who rose from the ranks of Emperor Xianfeng's many concubines to become the de facto ruler of China for nearly 50 years.
The Empress Dowager 1989
Troy: The Resurrection of Aeneas
Troy: The Resurrection of Aeneas
The Journey of Aeneas after the Trojan War. Based on the epic poems of the Aeneid by Publius Vergilius Maro.
Troy: The Resurrection of Aeneas 2018
Gorbachev. Heaven
Gorbachev. Heaven
An immersion into the intimacy of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the USSR. The architect of perestroika and glasnost, who was praised in the West but reviled in his own country, still combative despite his advanced age, loneliness and illness, offers his personal and political testament.
Gorbachev. Heaven 2021
Herb Alpert Is...
Freevee
Herb Alpert Is...
From the success of Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, through the founding of A&M Records, to giving away more than $150 million to arts and education programs across the country, we’ll witness the humanity and the humility inherent in everything he does, as well as come to understand the power of creativity to entertain, inspire, heal and transform.
Herb Alpert Is... 2020
Days of Betrayal
Days of Betrayal
This feature film based on the events of 1938 is a chronicle of the futile efforts of the Czechoslovak president Edvard Benes (Jirí Pleskot), politicians and ordinary citizens, to save the independence and the territorial integrity of the state from the advance of Hitler's Germany. On the 29th of March 1938 the leader of the Sudeten Germans Henlein (Werner Ehrlicher) has a meeting with Hitler (Gunnar Möller). Hitler orders him to intensify pressure on the Czechoslovak government. On the 24th of April in Carlsbad, the Sudetendeutsche Partei (Sudeten German Party) decides upon eight demands that are unacceptable to the Czechoslovak President, since they would ultimately lead to the break-up of the Republic. Benes still shows a certain willingness to negotiate, and Henlein resents this. The Germans are determined to make further negotiations impossible through incidents and violence.
Days of Betrayal 1973
The Trial of Ratko Mladic
The Trial of Ratko Mladic
The war crimes trial of Ratko Mladic, accused of masterminding the murder of over 7000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in the 90s Bosnian war, the worst crime in Europe since WW2.
The Trial of Ratko Mladic 2018
A Jupatarama
A Jupatarama
A Jupatarama 2024
The Exam
The Exam
Budapest, Hungary, Christmas 1957. The state, insecure after the defeated revolution of 1956 and increasingly put under the influence of a renewed Stalinist atmosphere, has decreed that all security officials must pass an exam to verify their loyalty. But to be actually effective in a shadowy world where suspicion and secrets reign, the subjects must be unaware that they are being tested.
The Exam 2011
« Le Chevalier au dragon », le roman disparu de la Table ronde
« Le Chevalier au dragon », le roman disparu de la Table ronde
« Le Chevalier au dragon », le roman disparu de la Table ronde 2023
Far from Sunset Boulevard
Far from Sunset Boulevard
The thirties, the heyday of Soviet film production. The story of the famed couple's glory — a filmmaker and actress, behind the external well-being of which were hidden strange contradictory relationships and a sense of fear that they carried through their whole lives. The prologue to this story is the 85th anniversary of Lidiya Polyakova, the formerly brightest star in Soviet cinema, who played the main role in all the films of her own husband, director Konstantin Dalmatov. Now in the courtyard there are other times, Dalmatov’s movies are called ideological agitation, and the director himself and his wife are hiding from the world in the country, trying not to let anyone in. Before the audience, there is a story of a dizzying triumph of this cinematic couple and its behind-the-scenes drama — a story that began in the 30s of the XX century.
Far from Sunset Boulevard 2008
Hồng Hà nữ sĩ
Hồng Hà nữ sĩ
Hồng Hà nữ sĩ 2024
Texas
Texas
In the beginning of the 19th Century many Anglosaxons are settling in the Mexican province of Texas. As the years go by, political conflicts between the settlers and the Mexican government are escalating which would lead to war and Texan independence.
Texas 1995
Vestindo Histórias
Vestindo Histórias
Vestindo Histórias 2023
1874, la naissance de l'impressionnisme
1874, la naissance de l'impressionnisme
1874, la naissance de l'impressionnisme 2024
Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal
Based on the historical legend, this commercially successful film delves into the context of why Mughal emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in fond remembrance of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
Taj Mahal 1963
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
Prime Video
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
This is the story of the days directly after 9/11, and the president's whereabouts. Scheduled to air shortly before the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks, DC 9/11 takes an inside look at the Bush Administration, beginning with the day of the attacks, and following the President's journey to Ground Zero, culminating with his now famous national address nine days after the attacks.
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis 2003
Working Slowly (Radio Alice)
Working Slowly (Radio Alice)
Bologna, 1976. The paths of two aimless young friends intertwine with those of Radio Alice, a pirate radio politically aligned with the leftist student movement.
Working Slowly (Radio Alice) 2004
Des croix sur la mer
Des croix sur la mer
On August 5, 1944, in Brittany, civilians fell into the hands of the German army. Among them, Jean Palu, a man like the others, who looks back on his life. Between failure and illness, he paints a bitter picture of his life.
Des croix sur la mer 2001
Burke & Hare
Burke & Hare
Two men go into business supplying medical colleges with cadavers by robbing graves.
Burke & Hare 1972
Nicus's Stuff: The Complete First Season
Nicus's Stuff: The Complete First Season
Nicus takes a look at a variety of videogame and LEGO topics, such as minifigure distribution, Assassins Creed II, and maybe even dumb movie titles. All culminates into Nicus facing down a bad game from his childhood.
Nicus's Stuff: The Complete First Season 2022
God Loves Caviar
Prime Video
God Loves Caviar
The true-life, stranger-than-fiction tale of eighteenth-century Greek pirate turned merchant Ioannis Varvakis, who rose from humble beginnings to become the head of one of the largest mercantile empires in Europe.
God Loves Caviar 2012