30 Oct 2012
The Perfect Candidate
Two unlikely running mates seek the nation's highest office.
This silent French film begins with Georges feeling miserable, as he has ambitions of being a great musician but is forced to eke out a living giving lessons. So, he writes a friend to ask his advice. The friend tries to remake Georges and make him a bit of a playboy. However, when it comes to wooing a rich American, the advice is not exactly perfect.
Georges Midewski
Student
30 Oct 2012
Two unlikely running mates seek the nation's highest office.
23 Jun 2011
A man and a woman have an awkward encounter at an indoor playground.
04 Dec 2008
A newly arrived guest of a Hollywood hotel charms and amazes the regulars, and they decide to invite him to their Christmas dinner.
01 Jan 1987
Alex and Gershon are both playwrights and lovers. Although Gershon is older and they are not both sucessful, they manage to maintain a long term relationship.
13 Jul 1977
Bernie Cates requests the services of the most absent-minded waiter he's ever seen, who pours water before setting the glasses, endlessly repeats questions, brings wrong orders, and ruins everything- but the bill.
31 Dec 1938
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
15 Oct 1937
Professor Pierre Ginsberg is having wife trouble and, on the advice of his lawyer, sets out to wear her down with kindness; she wants constant entertainment his lawyer promises him that a month of dancing and entertainment will eventually kill her or, at least, calm her down some. The exact opposite happens and Professor Ginsberg stands a good chance of dying himself. He manages to sing a song, in the best Willie Howard style, along the way.
25 May 2010
A young father listens to his wife soothing their newborn child over the baby monitor. What could possibly go wrong?
21 Jul 2012
You may look at it like “It is about a woman in a jeepney who keeps on babbling – sharing her ideals and personal issues – as if you are listening to a live commentary and an audio diary at the same time” or “The passenger(s), the driver, the 10 Commandments, the window, the high tech lifestyle and the high tech love life, the rumors, the government, the reality TV shows, Death, the family…”
26 Feb 2009
The testimonies of three forgotten victims whose lives have changed due to a common tragedy. A tragedy of unimaginable dimensions.
29 Jun 2012
The Venga Monjas face a terrible creative challenge: to make a video in honor of a woman's deceased daughter. They only have a character the girl had drawn and the name Don Pepe Popi to begin with.
15 Sep 2009
A sidewalk record sale takes an emotional turn when a chance musical discovery yields a powerful response.
01 Oct 2004
A filmmaker gets lost in a world of his own creation, literally. He is plotted against by his outer demons, searches for his lost sex scene and contends with several other versions of himself. A joyful rule-breaking carnival ride through a filmmaker's dreamland.
08 Oct 2008
A "born again" Christian intentionally falls off the wagon in a misguided attempt to reconnect with god.
01 May 2008
A young couple is spending the day in bed. He asks her to marry him. She says no...
23 Jun 1998
Four independent short films comprise this quirky anthology. "Coriolis Effect" (1994) is an offbeat love story involving storm chasers. In the Oscar-nominated "Solly's Diner" (1979), a homeless man (Larry Hankin, who also directs) witnesses a holdup. "Looping" (1991) satirizes independent moviemaking. And the dialogue-free "Joe" (1997) features David Aaron Baker as a psychiatric patient searching for enlightenment.
13 Dec 1912
After returning from the circus, Bout-de-Zan starts doing acrobatic tricks.
01 Dec 1913
Bout-de-Zan receives New Year gifts and uses them use it in a rather different way.
01 Oct 1913
One night, Bout-de-Zan finds a wanderer and shares his bed to him. The next morning there is a general panic among the servants...
01 Jan 1913
Bout-de-Zan and his family are around the dinner table, awaiting the visit of his millionaire uncle. But the uncle is not what he was...