Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong
Female characters in martial arts films from Hong Kong: the women who played them and the directors who wrote the scenarios and directed the films.
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Female characters in martial arts films from Hong Kong: the women who played them and the directors who wrote the scenarios and directed the films.
A story of two married refugees from the dictatorship; their quiet life in a new free country is impossible due to the husband's dark secret.
The second part of the folk opera story “Beggar and Rich Girl,” (乞食與千金) a traditional Taiwanese opera. The prequel is titled Beggar Son-in-law (乞食婿郎).
Two filmmakers try to create a film venturing on the life of Jose Rizal. Before they do that, they try to investigate on the heroism of the Philippine national hero. Of particular focus is his supposed retraction of his
Experience an action-packed, stunt-filled journey behind the scenes of the World-famous 'Hong Kong Action Cinema industry'. Join Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and the leading members of the 'Hong Kong Stuntman Association' as
A bride has disappeared from a suite at a five-star hotel, whose wedding to one of the country's most eligible suitors is to take place the next day. Broken phone, torn photo, scattered things in the room - pre-wedding j
A tramp tries to trick the community into paying for the funeral of his fellow tramp who was found frozen to death.
Alberto Menichetti lives with an aunt and an old housekeeper, Clotilde; he has a job in a firm and his boss is Mrs. De Ritis, a widow whose husband was killed during a wild boar hunt. She likes him but Alberto likes Marc
As the world attempts to grapple with the strange new reality precipitated by COVID-19, essential workers are risking their lives daily. This guerilla documentary, shot in Brussels Erasmus University Hospital during the
An idyllic afternoon by the shore leads a young woman into a fleeting romance with a stranger—a single moment that shatters his perception of time and memory.
On John's 31st birthday, Yoko held an art exhibit, "This Is Not Here", at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, N.Y.. The show was taped and aired on U.S. TV on May 11, 1972 as "John and Yoko in Syracuse, New York.
"Unearths, the books we do not inherit" delves into the family memory of Maria Julia Blanco, its director. The unearthing of his father's student library - recovered in 2018 - is the starting point. Julia guides us throu
A young man stumbles through a cascade of tainted memories in an attempt to rise above his self sabotaging ways.
Excluded from a religious cult, Jonasz wants to release his mother from the hands of the organization at all costs.
Live at Jazz à Vienne, Antique Theatre, 2008. Tracklist: - Introduction - Actual proof (Herbie Hancock) - The River (Joni Mitchell) - All I want (Joni Mitchell) - When love comes to town (Bono, U2) - Solo (Dave Ho
Joanna Jasińska's first film, animated in loose matter (monochrome salt) directly under the camera. A black-and-white etude, imitating graphic art, depicting the fascination with the exuberant rush of a herd of horses. A
The story of how Blizzard (Blizz)—a young reindeer living at the North Pole who has an unusual trait: one antler that is significantly smaller than the other—and his unique group of friends band together to save the futu
Letter to a Hero is a 1943 American short documentary film produced by Frederic Ullman Jr. A school teacher in Monroe, NY writes a letter to her former student who is fighting in WWII. It was nominated for an Academy Awa