All Films

The Little Story of Gwen from French Brittany

2008 • 5 min • France

In 2007, the French filmmaker and my dear friend Agnès Varda called me before coming to L.A. with a question: would I agree to let her film my L.A. story? The video you are about to watch is the story of our first encounter in Paris in 1996 and in the years since, how our shared reverence for cinema formed the bonds of an everlasting friendship, and how the Cinematheque became like home.

Impact of the Apes

2008 • 12 min • United States of America

Discusses the merchandising of the 'Planet of the Apes' franchise.

From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel

2008 • 22 min • United States of America

Documentary on the making of 'Beneath the Planet of the Apes' (1970).

Adamski

2008 • 4 min • Japan

A subjective view of an UFO. Shot frame-by-frame along the Tama River.

Wet Heat

2008 • 55 min

WET HEAT pays homage to the spy genre as Teenape is sprung from prison to track down the kidnapped "President of Show Business" before all of Hollywood crumbles!

Men and Bergman

2008 • 52 min

Ingmar Bergman himself has often stressed how important the actors are to his work, and that they constitute his greatest source of inspiration. From this perspective it is therefore interesting to look at Bergman through their eyes. ”The Men and Bergman” is dedicated to the late Ingmar Bergman where several prominent Swedish actors; Thommy Berggren, Börje Ahlstedt, Thorsten Flinck and Erland Josephson discuss their work with Bergman in film and theater. We are given a unique portrait of Ingmar Bergman as a personal instructor and coach, as a human being, spanning from the earlier years in the 1950’s to his last theater productions fifty years later. We are treated to stories about Bergman the director as well as personal anecdotes about Bergman the man. Renowned Swedish film critic Nils Petter Sundgren, who has followed Ingmar Bergman throughout his career, hosts the program.

Le baiser

2008 • 10 min • France

A man speaks to a woman who only wants one thing: to kiss him.

The Wiggles: You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

2008 • 60 min • Australia

'We sincerely hope this new music from us to you makes you feel like dancing! Putting the songs together wasn't so hard, criteria…well, the music had to make you start tapping your feet, start nodding your head and make you start smiling like you had just eaten your grandmother’s homemade biscuits, you know what I mean…joy! So let's get dancing everyone, happy wiggling!' – Anthony Wiggle The Wiggl

Clear Skies

2008 • 40 min • United Kingdom

Clear Skies follows a trio of down-and-out misfits who've seen no end of bad luck. John Rourke is the obstinate captain of the Clear Skies, a Tempest class battleship manufactured by the downtrodden Minmatar race of New Eden. Rourke's attitude toward his hazardous chosen lifestyle is cavalier, although this does not sit well with his friends among the crew.

Terra Incognita: Making the Andromeda Strain

2008 • 26 min

A behind the scenes look at the background and making of the 2008 TV mini-series

En el lado de la vida

2008 • 13 min

Short film made to promote organ donation in Spain.

Big Mouth Bob

2008 • 45 min

On his live tour "Wicked Funny"

Let the Games Begin

2008 • 2 min • United States of America

Ben and Gwen are playing picture bingo and Ben is losing, so he transforms into XLR8 to spot things that are on his card by the road they are driving on.

Pinoy Kamasutra 2

2008 • 45 min • Philippines

Myles is a woman in need of sexual healing until she comes across an erotic email sent to her. Echo is a sexually active email sender in search of the ultimate amorous encounter. While in hot pursuit to unravel the identity of her erotic e-mate, she's also bound to discover her hidden carnal creature- her sexual alter ego. As the two become constant chat mates, Myles' lust is finally re-awakened. Aided by the four fundamental elements: fire, water, earth and air, the two delve into amorous experiences far beyond their wildest dreams.

The Making of Fallout 3: The Vault-Tec Files

2008 • 39 min • United States of America

Documentary exploring the making of the third installment of the popular post-apocalyptic roleplaying game series Fallout. The Making of Fallout 3 features behind the scenes footage, concept art and was only made available to people who had purchased the collectors edition of the game.

Cheese

2008 • 12 min

Rottenberg’s newest film, Cheese (2007), conflates farm-girl imagery with the fairy tale “Rapunzel” into a story loosely based on the Sutherland Sisters, renowned for their extremely long hair. Floating through a pastoral yet mazelike setting of raw wooden debris cobbled together into a benign shantytown, six longhaired women in flowing white nightgowns “milk” their locks and the goats they live with to generate cheese. Shots of animals crowded in pens and the sisters’ bunk bed– cluttered room visually compare the women to their ruminant allies. As nurturing caretakers, these women represent maternal aspects of Mother Nature. Here Rottenberg investigates feminine magic, the ability to “grow things out of the body” as she says, as the ultimate, wondrous physical mystery.

Umi's Heart

2008 • 7 min

The story of two brothers and their attempts to broach the difficult subject of religious conversion.

Hold Me Now

2008 • 5 min • United States of America

Plagued by blindness, sloth, and devotion, a troubled scene from Little House On The Prairie offers itself up to karaoke exorcism.

Lost Horizons: The Big Bang

2008 • 60 min

Professor Jim Al Khalili delves into over 50 years of the BBC science archive to tell the story behind the emergence of one of the greatest theories of modern science, the Big Bang. The remarkable idea that our universe simply began from nothing has not always been accepted with the conviction it is today and, from fiercely disputed leftfield beginnings, took the best part of the 20th century to emerge as the triumphant explanation of how the universe began. Using curious horn-shaped antennas, U-2 spy planes, satellites and particle accelerators, scientists have slowly pieced together the cosmological jigsaw, and this documentary charts the overwhelming evidence for a universe created by a Big Bang.

Film Crew

2008 • 59 min

A lunatic crashes a theater's midnight Troma marathon.

Visions of 'The Happening'

2008 • 12 min

This making-of features additional background on the original ideas for the film. Shyamalan discusses his initial inspiration to make the ultimate B-movie, but one that morphed into something deeper. The cast and crew discuss the character motivations, the mood of the film, shooting in and around Philadelphia, and more.

Solidbodies: The 50 Year Guitar War

2008 • 50 min

Starting with their conception and design in the early 1950s, "Solidbodies", focuses on the five decade competition of sounds between the two guitars that have been heard on more popular recordings than any other instruments during the rock era. The documentary features players, historians, instrument dealers and collectors expressing their views on the competitive influences

Guyville Redux

2008 • 60 min

Fans and luminaries of the Chicago music scene explain their reactions to Liz Phair's EXILE IN GUYVILLE album and the mark it made on indie rock in the early 1990s.

Teed Off Too

2008 • 53 min

This movie was released straight to DVD.