Captain Bill Torvald has retired to his quiet home in Orkney after fifty years at sea. When a young woman, Andrina, begins visiting him through the dark winter, he is grateful for her kindness and company. But as she starts to enquire about his past, he worries about the long-held secret he'll have to reveal to her.
A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
In Aurand’s signature diaristic form, roses in bloom, farm animals, Orkney landscapes, and scenes of the late filmmaker Margaret Tait having tea are rendered through expressive Bolex movements as well as the director’s active camera, and punctuated by abstract swaths of saturated and shifting colors. The film is an homage to Tait, whom Aurand visited in Orkney.
A middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them.
After 6 years of being in a long distance relationship, Sandra travels to the Middle East to see her girlfriend and ask her the big question.
One of opera's most vivid and compelling characters, a vengeful court jester, desperately tries to protect his daughter from disaster in this heart-wrenching tragedy. The first of two world-class casts led by Music Director Nicola Luisotti stars Željko Lučić, "whose vocal artistry is exceptional" (The New York Times); Aleksandra Kurzak, "a superstar in the making" (The Guardian, London); and, as the lecherous Duke, Francesco Demuro, "whose open, bright, superbly focused tone was reminiscent of Pavarotti" (Opera News).
Deep in the heart of Manila, a young man lives loves and fights for survival he is Geron Busabos, ang Batang Quiapo.
In search of a story, an up-and-coming journalist goes back to her home town and uncovers a forgotten tale of young love, inspiring her to follow her heart and find her own true love.
BULA is as a dark comedy, landscape-obsessed road movie that chronicles Marcelo's and his uncle' story between Belgium and Brazil.
The story of two friends on leave after serving in Afghanistan. Together they make the trip home for thanksgiving where friends and family await. They reminisce and question if one can ever really go back home.
It's Thanksgiving, and it couldn't be busier! Mr. Read is whipping up his famous turkey dinner, the Lakewood elementary kids are preparing for the annual parade and, when things start to go off course, Arthur and his friends must find a way to save the Thanksgiving celebration.
Tomas Padilla and his men are sent on a mission that turns out to be a personal vendetta by General Montalban against a governor. When it does not go as planned, Montalban sets them up as the perpetrators of the death of the governor to the media.
The unholy demon offspring of a preschool show, a workplace sitcom, and a grindhouse thriller, TRAP UNIVERSE follows a good-hearted fixer named EDDIE G as he and his family try to survive working for TRAP LORD, the wealthiest (and most corrupt) business tycoon in the entire universe.
In 2020, we celebrated 50 years of winning the Tri, won at the Mexico World Cup in 1970. The film portrays the backstage of that title, the political and social context of Brazil at the time and how that selection of superstars marked the lives of many people. To tell the story of this achievement, different names in different spheres of Brazilian and Mexican society.
MARCH takes place in 2024, and follows an American woman in her mid-twenties, as she travels to Toronto, Canada to get a now-illegal abortion.
It's spring 1984. Doug's only concerned with the newest Star Trek movie and escaping high school as quick as he can, when he's faced with his worst nightmare: Prom. Noisy crowds, loud music, a pushy sister and bullies, all in one place. To make matters worse, there's a horrific mutant monster trying to eat as many kids as it can.
Roddy McDowall takes you, film by film, from production meetings to make-up sessions, then right onto the movie set to see the actual filming of the science fiction masterpiece. The most comprehensive history of Planet of the Apes ever created, this fascinating 127-minute documentary explores one of the most imaginative and influential series in movie history.
Set in Mexico City, Carlos Reygadas's sexually explicit drama centers on a man in turmoil over his past actions. Chauffer Marcos feels compelled to reveal a dark secret to his boss's daughter, Ana, a wealthy woman who works as a prostitute just for the thrill of it. Marcos confesses that he and his wife committed a crime that ended in horrible tragedy. Haunted by his past, Marcos searches for redemption.
See the world's first MRI scan of a great white shark as Ultimate Shark reveals the extreme engineering and predatory abilities of one of nature's most near perfect predators. Hear firsthand accounts of people who survived harrowing encounters, including a surfer who was bitten on the arm and leg, towed by the surfboard ankle strap and miraculously escaped only with minor injuries. National Geographic demystifies the true motives and power behind their behavior.
American Pastime tells a poignant story set against the Japanese-American internment camps during World War II. Rounded up and uprooted from their everyday lives, they remained loyal to the United States and ironically turned to that most American of sports - baseball - as a way to deal with their plight.