Talking Hands of Travancore
Many centuries ago, on the southwest coast of India, in Travancore, the art of kathakali dance arose, the most important place in which gestures occupy.
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Many centuries ago, on the southwest coast of India, in Travancore, the art of kathakali dance arose, the most important place in which gestures occupy.
Richard Eyre talks to Judi Dench about her art, her career and views on acting.
Among the "political" filmmakers who got their start in the student movement, Harun Farocki is perhaps the most formally brilliant and conscious, and today he is exploring new documentary territory with his video install
Peter Cook plays four characters in his last major work. Alec Dunroonie (Scotland), Dr. Dieter Liedbetter (Germany), Major Titherly Glibble (England) and Bill Rossie (U.S.A.) all of whom are eccentric to say the least.
Part of BFI collection "The Age of the Train."
An operation of counterfeit five pound notes is discovered at a variety theater, leading to murder during the performance.
The film discusses a family's approach to openly talking about sex with their children, emphasizing the importance of communication and honesty. Parents Jim and Beth explain sexual topics to their kids, Sarah and Paul, u
Junior Wells, who died in 1998, was a superb harmonica player and singer who enjoyed a long and fruitful association with guitarist Buddy Guy, had some great solo recordings ("Hoodoo Man Blues," "Messin' with the Kid"),
2022 Interview with director Koji Shiraishi.
Magpie wins a duck which proves to be alive and no use for the Sunday dinner. The kids invent a device which makes the duck seem to talk.
The cinematographer and idiosyncratic filmmaker Elfi Mikesch has significantly contributed to the extension of the aesthetic boundaries of the "standard" documentary.
THE WALLS ARE TALKING is about a woman who has it all; great husband, wonderful career, perfect life..Or so it seems. Elise Whitfield, has been having a secret affair for the past 2 years and now the demands of her job a
JJ Justice is a man in transition. A once successful right-wing radio broadcaster, who's lost his edge, his wife and any hope of airing in a real market... until a fan tells him that if, on a full moon, he takes off all
"Parler de Rose" (Talking about Rose), narrated by Oscar-winning actress Juliette Binoche and directed by Isabel Coixet examines the life and death of Rose Lokissim a prisoner of Hissène Habré, the former dictator of Cha
An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem. It features the original song Take Me Home to the Mountain by Loesser & Herscher.
Recorded at the historic Bucks County Playhouse, this one-man performance captures radio host Michael Smerconish’s very personal take on the nation’s partisan divide.
Kai is a left-behind child living in a remote village, wants to meeting his parents in the city during the summer holidays, but his plan is shattered when he learns that his mother is pregnant with a second child. After
Once there was the port of London, and the East End next to it. Once there was a film, Lorenza Mazzetti’s Together, in which the port is still active. And there is a river the director and Mazzetti herself talk about as
Artie Lange first became known to a wider audience when he was selected to be one of the original cast members on MAD TV, but he had been toiling away for years as a club comic. It's the Whiskey Talkin' captures him perf
A young woman's blind date becomes awkward when her talking Wonderbra gets involved.