The Dancer Donya Feuer’s The Dancer follows the young and gifted student Katja Bjorner through years of intensive training at the Royal Swedish Ballet School, as she develops into an international ballet star. Filmed with an eye toward conveying the physical aspects of dancing, the pain, sweat, and tears, as well as the exquisite beauty, [...]
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Slasher
Slasher “My job as a slasher, being a used car salesperson, liquidator, doing these auction sales people automatically assume whatever I say, whatever comes out of my mouth, is a lie.” Meet Michael Bennett, better known as “The Slasher,” a raspy-voiced family man who exudes so much nervous energy that he smokes two cigarettes at [...]
Crime Wave: 18 Months of Mayhem
Crime Wave: 18 Months of Mayhem CRIME WAVE: 18 MONTHS OF MAYHEM (DVD MOVIE) As some of the country s most notorious criminals, they were responsible for an historic crime spree that included hundreds of bank robberies, kidnappings, and murders. Though the havoc they wreaked across America lasted just 18 months, it resulted in the [...]
Joni Mitchell – Woman of Heart and Mind: A Life Story
Joni Mitchell – Woman of Heart and Mind: A Life Story DVD CHAPTERS Childhood/Beginnings All I Want * Urge for Going * Little Green * Both Sides Now Night in the City * I Had a King Greenwich Village/Laurel Canyon (The 60′s) Cactus * Circle Game * Chelsea Morning * Ladies of the Canyon Just [...]
A Life Apart – Hasidism in America
A Life Apart – Hasidism in America In New York City, the Hasidim are a common sight, but even here their way of life remains a mystery to those outside their community. With their use of Yiddish, their distinctive clothes and their strict observance of Jewish ritual and law, the Hasidim are considered by many [...]
Planet of the Apes: The Legacy Collection (Planet of the Apes / Beneath the / Escape from the / Conquest of the / Battle for the)
Planet of the Apes: The Legacy Collection (Planet of the Apes / Beneath the / Escape from the / Conquest of the / Battle for the) Disk 1: *Planet of the Apes (’68) Disk 2: *Escape from the Planet of the Apes Disk 3: *Conquest for the Planet of the Apes Disk 4: *Battle for [...]
The Ocean’s 11 Story
The Ocean’s 11 Story In 1960, if you were looking for the absolute definition of “cool,” you would look no further than Frank Sinatra and his infamous Rat Pack – Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop – and if you wanted to find that Rat Pack, you only had to look [...]
Dreams To Remember: The Legacy of Otis Redding
Dreams To Remember: The Legacy of Otis Redding Otis Redding is captured on camera performing in a variety of locations across the globe on DREAMS TO REMEMBER. Sixteen musical performances of songs such as “Pain in my Heart” and “Try a Little Tenderness” are included, and so is the very last appearance Otis made on [...]
Art & Copy: Inside Advertising’s Creative Revolution
Art & Copy: Inside Advertising’s Creative Revolution I Want My MTV. Think Small. Just Do It. Got Milk? Where do these phrases come from? ART & COPY introduces the cultural visionaries who revolutionized advertising during the industry s golden age in the 1960s by creating slogans to live by and ads we all remember. You [...]