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- A casualty of the negligence and incompetence of the nuclear power industry, Joan Glover seeks to expose the industry's practice of concealing the death and disease it causes through its negligent and incompetent handling of lethal radioactive materials. Joan is an internationally recognized fine artist whose career has been damaged by the negligence of the nuclear power industry, and she has dedicated herself to getting this information out to the public.
- A Chicago private detective returns back home to Louisville, Kentucky, to help her father fight mobsters.
- The French painter Edouard Manet painted four canvases depicting the execution in 1867 of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. This short dramatic film evokes the artist's studio and the events of Maximilian's death, using a single, uninterrupted shot to present the artistic thought process through the eyes of the painter. The narration, written by the film's director, takes the form of an imagined interior monologue, presented in voice-over style in French and German with English subtitles. It alludes to the narrative, historical and visual texts that Manet drew upon to form his four versions of the painting.
- The year is 2013. The President of the United States resigns, as the country faces the lack of a political leader. A German militia solider, Adolf Hitler, travels to the country, and decides to take charge, from a small Illinois town known as Arbor Falls to avoid all news coverage and publicity. Marion "Hawk" Hawkins is a tough, vigilante private detective. After busting one of the most wanted drug dealers in the state, he is sent out to find who is behind a recent string of murders occurring in and around the Arbor Falls area. After the kidnapping of his niece, Hawk is determined to find out who is behind all of the murders and disappearances. While doing so, Hawk discovers he is in the middle of one of the darkest, most sinister plots unleashed among the country, and it is up to Hawk to put it all to an end.
- Proxate Corporation recruits a boozy former ship captain and offers him a new identity: Sean Murdoch. His job: to take charge of large ship on one voyage. Once aboard, Murdoch realizes that the ship is a prison ship, and the cargo are criminally insane inmates. Murdoch's other problem: someone has planted bombs aboard the vessel. Murdoch's acrimonious relationship with the prison warden lends extra drama to the story.
- In high school, Raven was a normal teenager. Gifted with being pretty, smart, athletic and popular, but with a particular weakness for the jocks. Unfortunately, for Raven, the boys were less than gentlemen. They left her broken, unable to function and move forward years later. Now she's searching for the best way to ease the pain. Luckily for her and less so for the guys, she's found it.
- During WWII the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.
- A documentary 9 years in the making, filmmaker Ken Axmaker, Jr's final project will let you see America like you have never seen it before, from 500 ft. For 5 years he crisscrossed the country taking photographs and video of life in America from a perspective few ever see.
- 1989 is 64 Shouwa year in Japanese calendar, thus unsolved girl kidnapping-murder case is called "64(rokuyon)" that got up in this year in Criminal Investigation Department in Prefectural Police Department.
- An ordinary man decides to devote his life to being Santa Claus and eventually buys a house in a small town and converts it to a permanent Christmas house. The resulting traffic, noise, and mess upsets the neighbors. A young woman (Shelley Long) is running for mayor gets involved, targeting zoning issues. A newspaper reporter (Barry Bostwick) is sweet on her but sides with the Santa.
- A Brooklyn-based documentary filmmaker, estranged from his alcoholic abusive father for three decades, reluctantly goes back to the Pennsylvania steel town where the family once lived to visit his father in a hospital where he's bedridden with terminal cancer. A request from a family member to interview him to fill in the gaps in their family history turns into a search for the truth to find out what made his father so bitter and violent. In the process of interviewing people that knew him he discovers things about his family and his father that are beyond anything he could have ever imagined.
- Sam Peckinpah's younger sister Fern Lea Peter recalls days from their childhood and details about the Peckinpah family. Footage of her interview is intercut with scenes from Peckinpah's movies and the landscape of the area of California where he grew up. Fern Lea draws parallels between members of the Peckinpah family and characters in Peckinpah's 1962 feature, Ride the High Country.
- The two least likely bank robbers in the known universe plan and execute... kind of... the ultimate heist.
- Arlene teaches an online class on how to take photos of animals dressed as people, while also coming up with funny names like Tailor Swift and Paw McCartney. However, she isn't happy. Her true desire is to take photos of wine glasses dressed as people. It turns out one of her students, Liz, also has her sights set elsewhere. Liz wants to take photos of glass jam jars dressed as people. Her father Jim, however, is devastated, as he dedicated his life to animals and he expects his daughter to do the same. Later, Arlene confesses to her friend Irma her true intentions, but Irma also has dreams of her own. Irma has plans to start a photography business that shows off sexy stemware with names like Diana Rosè and The Supremes. Whose dreams will flourish? And whose will have to be put on "paws"?
- Director Fergus Daly profiles Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian creator of movies such as Taste of Cherry and ABC Africa. Through an interview with Kiarostami in the Aran Islands and interviews with film critics and scholars at Cannes, the director examines Kiarostami's themes and methods. The director also profiles Kiarostami as a poet and still photographer.
- One summer afternoon in 1907, Abelard "Abel" Hassan de Chirico Flint (Tim Curry) and his wife (both mice) are picnicking, when they become separated during a violent rainstorm. After flying some distance, Abel discovers himself alone on a river island, unable to swim due to the powerful current. Abel periodically attempts to leave the island by various means: flying on a leaf, rowing a crudely fashioned boat, et cetera. Meanwhile, he tries to create a normal life of sorts, even learning to enjoy a new hobby: sculpture. Still, Abel's goal is to escape the island and rejoin his wife in the city.
- In a world ravaged by disease, he's the only cure... and the last hope for human-kind.
- Absolution is the story of a reverend who is forced to come to terms with the death of his estranged son. Through a brief encounter with his son's partner, the Reverend unexpectedly finds absolution through the gift of a long since forgotten guitar.
- Two New York City cops go after amateur crooks who are trying to rip off the Mafia and start a gang war.
- There's the protest and the fallout from the protests BUT what about the in-between; which is the life that happened and happens in-between the headlines. An emotionally tattered father tries to raise his civic-minded teenage son in a nation of civil unrest and systemic racism.
- America So Beautiful follows the odyssey of a group of Iranian Immigrants in Los Angeles, trying to find their place in America amidst the unfolding of the 1979 Iran hostage crises. Houshang believes his ticket out of his uncles Persian market is to become a partner in a glittery disco - if he can just come up with the money. As Houshang struggles to pull his family into the deal, he decides to show them a piece of the dream by taking them out for an evening at the disco. They instead encounter a night of surprise and transformation, filled with hilarity, pain and revelation. Houshang's desperate night of assimilation becomes a moving search for identity, culture and an effecting dissection of the American dream.
- This short video was shot on Super 8mm film in 1983 as a showcase for classical pianist and composer Mario Feninger. The pieces performed in this film are "Octave Etude" composed by Teresa De Rogatis and "Stase et Propulsion" composed by Mario Feninger This vintage film is posted now as a tribute to this great artist. Mario passed away in August of 2016, in Los Angeles, at the age of 94.
- Mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.
- Soap star and playboy John Ripley was bouncing from bed to bed when he met Jackie. The beautiful cover girl was the newest client of his agent and best friend Russ Wilder. After falling for Jackie, John can't stop his old ways and loses her when he's caught in a compromising position. Things get worse and after bottoming-out John realizes Jackie was the best thing he ever had. He starts back on the long road to recover his fame, fortune and most of all Jackie.
- Former high school sweethearts reluctantly reunite for a dance competition and attempt to save the small town's failing dance studio.
- An explosives manufacturer suspects a young man is out to kill him. He calls in new parents Nick and Nora to sort things out.
- During the 1860s, Dave Powers, apprentice to a horse trainer, volunteers to ride Archer to the Melbourne Cup race. Their start is 600 miles from Melbourne, and the journey is anything but easy. Of course, the pair have numerous adventures along the way, and in the end Archer competes in the Melbourne Cup race.
- A detective is tasked to capture an elusive thief called Arsene Lupin.
- Follows King Arthur and his people race home to prevent Mordred from taking over Camelot.
- Last Train to Memphis Shorts fest as seen on WYPL June of 2006. Hosted by Ashley Fowler. Films: 1. Chosen- directed by J. Powers 2. Wilhelm Pachinko- directed by C.R. Smithmier 3. Ad Man- directed by Chad Schaffler, Iddo Patt, Kaleo Quenzer.
- Last Train to Memphis Shorts fest as seen on WYPL November of 2006. A compilation of the best of the Shorts Fest for 2006. Hosted by Ashley Fowler. The Films: 1. Ad Man - by Chad Schaffler, Iddo Patt, Kaleo Quenzer 2. Tha Galapagos Brothers - by C.R. Smithmier 3. The Scot and the Aussie: First Meeting - Jerome Bethea, Travis Palmer 4. Split Decision - by Ashley Fowler.
- A would-be Marine fails basic training, and is sent home wearing the "baby blue" fatigues of a washout. En route, he is mugged by a battle-fatigued Marine Raider, who leaves him to hitch-hike home in an undeserved hero's uniform.
- Master Shake receives a phone call from aliens, who he believes to be Hollywood casting directors offering him a part in a movie. They lure him to their spaceship, where he is whisked into space. The aliens send a replicant to live with Meatwad and Frylock. The replicant only vaguely resembles Shake, so Frylock sees through the ruse. Undaunted, the aliens give their replicant orders via a videophone. The replicant seems woefully inadequate to the aliens' task of world domination.
- The mob has a plan. Recruit three renowned bank robbers from different parts of the world and put them into acton robbing banks posing as black men. Deposit an insured diamond worth millions into a banks vault. Steal it back. Collect the insurance. And, sell it in pieces all over the world, tripling their money. But when three down and out plumbers from the hood decide that robbing the same bank would make them Ballers, the mob's plan falls apart. They make their first heist at the same time that the mob is depositing the diamond. Now the mob wants their diamond back and they will stop at nothing to get it.
- A documentary reconstruction which chronicles the events which led to the Munir Hassain case which sparked a national outcry and prompted a debate over how far a householder should go to defend their home. This episode addresses whether or not an Englishman's home really is his castle, or if our justice system is tipped in favour of criminals?
- Nell Bowen, the protégé of Lord Mortimer, wants to help change the conditions of notorious St. Mary's of Bethlehem Asylum (Bedlam). Though she tries to reform Bedlam, the cruel Master Sims who runs it has her committed there, but ultimately, it's the lunatics who've taken over the asylum.
- Jake and Gracie got to meet someone famous when they were on vacation, but when they came home nobody believed them - until they saw some evidence. Jesus asked people to believe his words, or at least believe based on the works he performed. His works validated his claims. Of course, the biggest of these works is Christ's resurrection.
- A multinational group of train passengers become involved in a post-World War II Nazi assassination plot.
- A shipment of American weapons is stolen in the Philippines. An American named Hawkins tries to find the weapons. Hawkins ends up dead. Chicago policeman Bob Malone is called in to investigate. Along with Interpol agent Greg Duncan, Malone travels the streets of Manila, tracking down leads. Criminals always seem to know where Duncan and Malone will be, which leads them to suspect a traitor in their midst.
- Private detective investigated a series of murders connected with a drug ring in Venice, California.
- An undercover journalist travels to small-town Mansionville attempting to expose its dark secrets. He quickly discovers the town is home to a cult of five twisted sisters that capture men for a sadistic yearly ritual.
- A woman hires Kimble to be the caretaker of her brother who was disabled in a car accident. Her boyfriend wants her to run away with him along with her brother's insurance money. Kimble becomes the unwitting patsy in his scheme.
- Frylock tells Shake there is buried treasure right underneath the spots in the front yard where he wanted Shake to plant the azaleas. After Frylock tells Shake to dig just 4-6 inches deep, Shake digs to a depth of 6 feet. Shake falls in the hole, and he finds a cave which contains the Broodwich, a delicious but dangerous sandwich. Every time Shake takes a bite, he is transported to a hell-like dimension where he is menaced by a figure wielding an axe. Shake is not condemned to this dimension forever, because he refuses to eat the tomatoes on the sandwich.
- Bruce Springsteen, widely hailed as one of the all-time greats, looks back and muses upon his life as a successful musician. His reflection is coupled with snippets of live performance, all joining together to form the narrative, in his own words.
- Policemen Brian and Mike use an elderly woman's apartment for surveillance, hoping to catch a fugitive gangster. They develop a warm relationship with their hostess. Meanwhile, each man develops a romantic relationship.
- Dr. Weird creates a mutant creature named MothMonsterMan. The creature escapes and flies to the Aqua Teens' house, attracted by the light. The Aqua Teens have been using Carl's power, and he takes the power cord. Craving light, the moth creature phones the Aqua Teens from a school bus parked outside, but Shake believes the caller to be Dracula. Frylock, Shake, and Meatwad travel to Memphis, because Frylock wants to prove to Shake that Dracula is dead (his grave is in Memphis). When the Aqua Teens return home, they still have to deal with the moth creature.
- A hoodlum named Harry the Horse tries to convince Butch the safecracker to take a job. Butch, long retired from crime, agrees to take the job, but his wife has entrusted him with their infant son. Butch accepts the safecracking job, and minds the baby all the while.
- 1. Prologue - "Shooting the Breeze": The scene is (sun)set. Features Lorne Cardinal, Bradley Moss and the music of Old Reliable. "A neat double-barreled moment of black humor that has something to say about the supremacy of image over text in film." - Edmonton Journal 2. "Café Utopia": Two men named Bob struggle with an uncomfortable intimacy after a random incident outside the urban, existential paradise of Café Utopia. 3. Epilogue - "The Street Lamp Flicker is not (para)Normal": Bob wanders the winter streets alone, his journey continually interrupted by street lamp interference. Random yet predictable, function and malfunction all from a first person perspective. A breakthrough is inevitable. On Incident 20 of Epilogue: "...où l'espace deviant éloquent..." - Séquences
- In order to save his brother from being killed by a group of murderous art thieves, a New York City artist agrees to help in an art heist.