All Films

Best Ever Muppet Moments

2006 • 46 min • United Kingdom

A review of the most memorable Muppet moments to commemorate Kermit the Frog's 50th anniversary.

Maid in Japan

2006 • 60 min • Japan

In fast-paced Tokyo, there are few safe havens for men who are down on their luck… But those in the know, go to THE HOUSE OF MAIDS, a maid cafe whose waitresses will do anything to bring a smile to their customers’ faces. The smoking-hot Azusa Ayano stars in this sexy, comedic romp, that is guaranteed to bring warm feelings to your heart – and perhaps other parts?

Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films

2006 • 20 min

A documentary on the roles of women in gangster movies.

UV Protection: The Making of 'Ultraviolet'

2006 • 31 min • United States of America, France, Germany, Japan

A short documentary about the making of Ultraviolet. It delves into castings, directing, visual effects and such.

The Anniversaries

2006 • 12 min • Indonesia

A gloomy portrait of a husband and wife relationship depicted through their wedding day by setting in a lift.

The grass stuck to my elbows breathes the sun

2006 • 6 min • France

Metropolitan meeting between a man and a woman with sensitive arms.

Three Naked Sisters: Lustful Intercourse

2006 • 60 min • Japan

The youngest sister Miyo is an illustrator but she is a shut-in. She does not socialize with anybody. The middle sister Mizuki is working at a bar. She gives all of the money she earns to her boyfriend, who is actually married. One day, the oldest sister Hoshimi, who is a painter, returns home. Hoshimi brings different men to the house, and has sex with them. The two younger sisters are thrown off by her behavior, until they find the reason for Hoshimi's frustration.

Weekend

2006 • 32 min • Sweden

Eddy and Ylva have invited Björn and Lene to spend a perfect weekend in their cabin in the woods, but the vacation become disrupted by primitive creatures known as tree-cutters.

Making Capote: Defining a Style

2006 • 18 min

Featurette on the technical aspects of making Capote (2005), including set design, costumes, and editing.

Hollow China

2006 • 18 min • United Kingdom

Sam, a successful entrepreneur will do anything to avoid confronting his inner feelings. As his relationship deteriorates, he is immersed in a world where his brutal subconscious is in control.

Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed

2006 • 58 min • United States of America

Lewis Black stars in his second HBO solo special, an all-new hour of frenetic, take-no-prisoners stand-up comedy, taped before a live audience at the Warner Theatre in Washington, DC. Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed features Black's opinions and insights into such issues as the State of the Union, abortion, frozen embryos, defecation habits, fossils, bad language, FEMA and, of course, Dick Cheney's aim.

A Very Fairy Christmas

2006 • 48 min • Canada

In the days leading up to Christmas a young girl, Leah Carpenter, moves to a new city with her parents. While at Santa's workshop in the North Pole, Santa Clause is meeting with Shaily, the youngest fairy ever to be asked to help Santa keep track of all the children on the "Naughty and Nice" list. Shaily comes to visit Leah and the two become fast friends and although she knows it is against the rules, Shaily takes Leah into the fairy world where their new friendship is tested and their true adventure begins.

Pray for the Hunters

2006 • 40 min • United States of America

Detective Damien Cruz is on the trail of a vicious serial killer known as the Angel Of Death, but as he get closer and closer to catching him... his own morals begin to disappear.

Mari and three puppies in Yamakoshi Village

2006 • 45 min • Japan

Mari's three puppies were just born, when the earthquake in Yamakoshimura started. Now their home is in ruins, and their owner, an old man is trapped under the debris. Mari somehow manages to break her chain, and encourages the old man, until help arrives. In the end, someone saves the old man, but he can't take in the dogs, so they remain in the now abandoned village. Can Mari and the puppies live on like this?

Dancing Worm

2006 • 20 min • Lithuania

An opera singer, who is a substitute for the primo uomo, has to spend the time of a performance routinely behind the scenes. He has yet no knowing that it will be his turn on that particular day to appear on the stage and replace an Italian singer who had fallen ill.

Theodore

2006 • 29 min • Latvia

Every day, come rain or shine, Theodore used to bike the seven kilometres from his house to the centre of the village to sit and drink beer in the bus stop. For him, no doubt, this place was the centre of the Universe. With his death, the centre has moved elsewhere, and the bus stop is just a bus stop again.

Hurricane on the Bayou

2006 • 42 min • United States of America

The film "Hurricane on the Bayou" is about the wetlands of Louisiana before and after Hurricane Katrina.

A Streetcar on Broadway

2006 • 20 min

Interviews and photos about the play on Broadway

Take That: The Ultimate Story

2006 • 34 min

The story behind their spectacular comeback and tour!

All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On

2006 • 59 min • United Kingdom

On April 8th 1994, Kurt Cobain - the lead singer of post-punk band Nirvana - was found dead in his Seattle home of an apparent shotgun wound to the head and three times the lethal dose of heroin in his system. Today, the cause of his death is still debated. This film charts the tragic downward spiral and increasing isolation of this hero of a generation, which even his marriage to Courtney Love and the birth of his daughter Frances Bean could not stop.

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

2006 • 27 min • United States of America

A documentary about the making of, and legacy of, the Forbidden Planet movie.

Hazy Grey Skies

2006 • 20 min

People are involved in daily encounters without ever being aware of how they are connected with one another. A taxi reveals all.

Goodbye Mr Snuggles

2006 • 6 min

Two elderly gentlemen go for a day's painting in the beautiful English countryside. A tranquil afternoon turns weird when a gun-toting clown appears on the scene.

The Case of the Grinning Cat

2006 • 59 min • France

Chris Marker’s The Case of the Grinning Cat (Chats perchés) follows the appearance of the yellow M. Chat graffiti across Paris in the early 2000s, using it as a lens to reflect on art, protest, and politics in the post-9/11 era. Blending street imagery with footage of global and local unrest, the film serves as a playful yet pointed companion to Marker’s earlier A Grin Without a Cat.