All Films

The Making of ‘Tremors’

1998 • 45 min • United States of America

An archive documentary from 1996, directed by Laurent Bouzereau, tracing the production of the film through interviews with the filmmakers and special effects teams.

Battle of the Sexes

1998 • 5 min • United States of America

In the time it takes to use the bathroom, a woman receives information about her date from the Women's Organizational Network, who will help her decide if she wants to go to his penthouse to continue the date.

Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah

1998 • 37 min • Pakistan, United Kingdom

A documentary on the making of the film Jinnah (1998), and the trials and tribulations faced by a British production team.

A Season for Cinema: The documentary vision

1998 • 60 min • Iran

The final part of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

Can't Smeg Won't Smeg

1998 • 27 min • United Kingdom

20th century television chef Ainsley Harriott beams himself aboard the space vessel Starbug in order to test the crew's culinary skills.

Let the Good Times Roll

1998 • 15 min • United Kingdom

This short autobiographical film written by Dexter Fletcher is about a down-on-his-luck man in London who lives in his car, trying to get by for one more day.

Ex-S: The Wicker Man

1998 • 29 min • United Kingdom

Cast and crew discuss the 1973 film The Wicker Man, directed by Robin Hardy.

B.P. Confidential

1998 • 50 min

Documentary revealing the true character of those working behind and in front of the camera on Blue Peter - Britain's longest continuously running children's programme.

The Blow

1998 • 51 min • Sweden

One of those days when you may all of a sudden become a murderer.

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

1998 • 58 min

Louis Gossett Jr. takes viewers through a special documentary celebration of the groundbreaking achievements of African-American performers and their contributions to Hollywood filmmaking. Spectacular film clips, rare behind-the-scenes footage, archival photographs and fascinating interviews chronicle nearly a century of tribulation and triumph. Gazing at the outstanding range of African-American stars on today's movie screens, it is hard to imagine a time when there were no black leading men or women, a time when all of the roles available for people of color were considerably less heroic than they are now. Social progress came in small steps on the silver screen, film by film, for equal visibility and dignity on the silver screen; now it is possible to honor their struggles, their talent and their sacrifices.

The Love Prophet and the Children of God

1998 • 52 min • Canada

The Love Prophet and the Children of God is a riveting inside look at one of the world's most enigmatic religious movements and its infamous founder, David Berg.

AIKa: Special Trial

1998 • 12 min

An OVA released between episodes 5 and 6 of AIKa, that takes place between episodes 4 and 5.

Kimono Madam

1998 • 60 min • Japan

Kanako married into the Ishikawa family as a second wife, but her husband Yuzo has a lower body that is still damaged by a traffic accident five years ago. Kanako is devoted to Yuzo, but her young body is becoming sexually frustrated. At that time, Kanako reunites with her former colleague Kanai...

Heavy

1998 • 20 min • South Korea

Mother secretly smokes a cigarette in the restroom and feeling sorry for herself because she has spent all her life taking care of her children, but now she still need to take care of her grandson who doesn’t have his mother. To support his son, elder brother works in a subway station, selling subway passes and tickets…

Un dentiste exemplaire

1998 • 12 min • France

A short film co-created by Eric Rohmer.

Doraemons: The Great Operating of Springing Insects

1998 • 16 min • Japan

A Doraemon film featuring the Doraemons.

Puyo Puyo: Madou Monogatari

1998 • 21 min • Japan

Short skits about the characters from the Puyo Puyo video game series.

Jeremy Clarkson's Extreme Machines

1998 • 60 min

BBC's 'Top Gear' presenter Jeremy Clarkson takes another sideways look at the world of high speed transport and high explosives. Along the way in his journey of discovery he looks at fast-moving planes, boats and cars from all over the globe.

My Little Havana

1998 • 33 min

Turmoil in a powerful Cuban mafia syndicate. Lust, loyalty and family are tested.

MP Da Last Don

1998 • 58 min • United States of America

Nino never wanted the life of a gangster, but when his father, Don Corleone is gunned down in the street, he must answer the call for revenge. Now Nino is Da Last Don and the family business is in his hands...a world of deceit, back room deals and crooked cops that threatens to destroy everything Nino loves.

Edward Said On Orientalism: "The Orient" Represented in Mass Media

1998 • 40 min

Edward Said's book Orientalism has been profoundly influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in 1978. In this engaging and lavishly illustrated interview he talks about the context within which the book was conceived, its main themes, and how its original thesis relates to the contemporary understanding of "the Orient" as represented in the mass media. "That's the power of the discourse of Orientalism. If you're thinking about people and Islam, and about that part of the world, those are the words you constantly have to use. To think past it, to go beyond it, not to use it, is virtually impossible, because there is no knowledge that isn't codified in this way about that part of the world." -Edward Said

A Voice in the Night

1998 • 10 min

An old woman is woken in the dead of night by a phone call. On the line, a stranger fights his insomnia by dialling random numbers.

Caresse

1998 • 13 min • France

Caresse, a young woman, tells a former classmate a dream that deeply troubles her.

Domain of the Pixel Pixies

1998 • 34 min • United States of America

Sort of a portrait of the videomaker Anne McQuire, who surfaces midway from this waterlogged landscape of El Nino disasters to dispense charm and chocolate within the confines of her concrete office. There is also a flood of imagery that flows in and out of art museums, viewing facilities, and eateries that are perpetually haunted by yours truly along with the spirit of hoboism that feeds on apple pie America.