
15 Apr 2024

Eating 38 Cheeseburgers
A twenty-first century ouroboros. It’s burgers all the way down.
An advertising man, young, casual and a yuppie, stands up his girlfriend and suddenly finds himself relegated to the role of the fifth wheel, which seriously questions his self-esteem.

Uwe Rühle

Ariela
Nora
Frau Hartmann-Hartmann
Werbekunde
Tagesschausprecher
Graphikerin

15 Apr 2024

A twenty-first century ouroboros. It’s burgers all the way down.

18 Sep 2003

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.

10 Aug 1977

A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.

03 Jun 1994

An advertising man is slowly sliding downhill. When he is fired from his job in Detroit, he signs up for unemployment. One day they find him a job: teaching thinking skills to Army recruits. He arrives on base to find that there is no structure set up for the class.

28 Apr 2017

A woman gets stuck in a Red Lobster commercial, in Robin Comisar’s horror-comedy that won Best Short at the Overlook Film Festival.

24 Sep 1976

A commercial artist with a lisp chooses silence, unexpectedly propelling his career. His perceived innovation leads to rapid advancement in an ad agency. Mueller-Stahl shines in this biting critique of East German workplace culture.

01 Jun 2006

A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court.

25 Jul 2000

A hilarious collection of animated television commercials that were rejected because of their creator's failing grip on sanity.

02 Mar 2018

Paz seems to have a perfect life. She has a job, a partner and friends but something's missing. In reality, there are things she is unhappy about. She feels anxious and burdened but can't bring herself to express these feelings. Until one day she turns to a strange therapy that will make her say absolutely everything she thinks. How would your life be if you only said what you think?

22 Apr 2010

When Ethan arrives at the airport just in time to declare his undying love for his girlfriend, love appears to have conquered all. The scene, however, is really the ending of Ethan's novel, which his agent calls "unrealistic." Ethan soon meets a waitress, Jesse, and falls in love with her despite her growing devotion to Troy, a charming businessman. But the line between reality and fiction becomes increasingly blurred.

16 Feb 1989

Director Maurizio Nichetti is invited on TV to introduce a screening of his neo-realist classic 'The Icicle Thief'. He is horrified to discover that his black-and-white tale of life in poverty is constantly interrupted by garish color commercials, and even more horrified when a power cut in the studio causes film and commercials to mix up – a glamorous model finds herself in the arms of an unemployed pauper, while his wife finds herself in consumers' heaven. Nichetti has to break into the film to try to sort everything out.

23 Jun 1974

Television programming takes it on the chin in this ribald spoof of the networks.

20 Dec 1980

A rich farmer is well known for being very unkind. He's misanthropic, misogynous and cantankerous. Until he meets by chance a gorgeous girl...

03 Mar 2001

Edward Kaminsky, an aging ad man, wants a golden parachute from his agency; he must first land the Opel auto contract. Rosa, a youth with wealthy parents, wants to establish herself as an artist. The clumsy and enthusiastic Viktor, not quite honest, wants work. When he wanders into Kaminsky's meeting with Opel and says something about irony, the Opel director wants him in on the campaign. Then he steals an idea from Rosa that the Opel director loves. Before Rosa discovers he's expropriated her idea, Rosa and Viktor become lovers. Father-son feelings materialize between Kaminsky and Viktor. Can the impulsive Viktor hold it together before Rosa learns the truth and flies away?

14 Jan 2012

A mobile telephony commercial explains the company offers to a customer.

27 Aug 2024

A man tries to satisfy his desire after seeing a commercial about a new type of water that is coming to the markets.

06 Feb 2025

When the "Heart Eyes Killer" strikes Seattle, a pair of co-workers pulling overtime on Valentine's Day are mistaken for a couple by the elusive couple-hunting killer. Now, they must spend the most romantic night of the year running for their lives.

07 Jul 1965

High-schoolers Sally and Faith scheme to get the attention of classmates Bill and Frank by challenging them to a bake-off for a party. When the boys fail miserably to measure up, the girls give the them credit for their own excellent wares to cement a date. Sponsored by Crisco, which is featured prominently.

01 Jan 1975

Ebenezer Jones is visited by the Ghost of Hospitality Past in the night, who confronts him about his mediocre customer service at a Holiday Inn. Will a vision of a desolate Hospitality Future make Ebenezer change his ways?
02 Dec 2015
You can't control the gibbering madness that lies waiting on the edge of our reality but for a small monthly premium you can ensure that you don't pay for it when things go eldritch.