Modern day adaptation of the 1910 Gaston Leroux novel "Phantom of the Opera" – that the famous musical is also based on – set in the sultry nightlife scene of modern-day New Orleans, the world of jazz, R&B, neo-Soul, and funk.
Comprised of both archival footage and talking head interviews, this pseudo-documentary blends the lines between reality and fantasy while telling the preemptive story of the Canadian punk band known as Chub.
Composer Herman completely goes into writing his work "Cycle", losing absolutely all connection with the outside world. One evening, he falls asleep and when he wakes up, he begins to understand that his composition begins to come to life.
Who is the voice behind drops like "Damn son where'd you find this?" A reporter goes on the case to find the answer and finds someone he never expected.
Racketeer Steve Recka, art patron and political power-maker, rules his town and Madame Lan Ying, his beautiful friend and hostess (read:mistress), with an iron hand. He meets Margaret Van Kase, a socialite not impressed by his power nor his wealth, having no money herself, and Steve makes frantic efforts to win her and turns away from the loyal Lin Yang.
When a teen hears a knock at the door late at night, they decide to go investigate.
In the second installment of Not Alone, eccentric 80s rock star, Alex Estrella, reappears 70 years after mysteriously disappearing on stage and is interviewed by the skeptical, Stacy Kay, for her talk show. Alex's reasons for disappearing are as strange and confusing as they are for suddenly reappearing, and the answers to Stacy's questions leave her wondering what to believe.
A struggling pianist makes a peculiar discovery.
She's here. She comes closer. Is she in front of me? Now she, by herself, becomes her.
After being confronted by two goons and a wise tweaker, 22-year-old Simon Vertugo forgets himself and his heritage.
Three strangers find money scattered on the streets. How they use it reveals their true character, deciding their fate in the afterlife—redemption, ruin, or something far worse. How far will choices take them?
Popular music artist CG5 vanishes after a New Years livestream, leaving behind nothing but a color of red. Meanwhile, around the world, a mysterious VHS tape is causing chaos by using him to entrance people with a bright and intoxicating red glow.
AYA HIRANO Special LIVE 2010 ~Kiss me~ is Aya Hirano's third tour release.
Voyeur
A fever dream of the faces of love. Six circles of love. A kind of death and rebirth experienced within each circle. Each song in the short film evokes a realm of what love can feel like to a human being, the metamorphosis through the experience of Love. Faced with the person that was at every metamorphosis, there is a certain death, and certain transformation. We watch her move without words towards salvation.
Robert gets up at 5 a.m. every morning to work on a project with Professor Perlman. They are investigating the mystery of a composer who stopped composing. They like to drink tea and jog around campus. Meanwhile, Alice is fast asleep …
A mysterious bounty hunter gets tasked with a big mission that quickly goes awry.
Otto Betulle
Oblio
Calvin Lenox's 'The Door at the End of the Hall' follows a young musician through a dream of his in which he hears a mysterious song that seems to be coming from behind a locked door at the end of a hallway. Things start to fall into place when a strange voice begins to speak to him from behind the door.