The Pawnbroker is a 1964 American drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters, Jaime Sánchez and Morgan Freeman in his feature film debut. The screenplay was an adaptation by Morton S. Fine and David Friedkin from the novel of the same name by Edward Lewis Wallant.

Nel West Oakland, in California, dove i negozi di liquori hanno sostituito i supermercati, "La Drogheria del Popolo" sta creando una sana alternativa, offrendo l'accesso a prodotti biologici. Attraverso giardini urbani e delle aziende agricole locali, “La Drogheria del Popolo" sostiene una cultura basata sul legame alla terra, sulle pratiche agricole sostenibili, e sulla ricostituzione della comunità.Produzione: Global Oneness projectSceneggiatura: Global Oneness projectPaese: U.S.A.Anno: 2009Durata: 8'Durata: 8'

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The Phantom Empire is a 1935 American Western (genre) serial film directed by Otto Brower and B. Reeves Eason and starring Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, and Betsy King Ross. This 12-chapter Mascot Pictures serial combined the western, Musical theatre, and science fiction genres. The first episode is 30 minutes, the rest about 20 minutes. The serial film is about a singing cowboy who stumbles upon an ancient subterranean civilization living beneath his own ranch that becomes corrupted by unscrupulous greedy speculators from the surface. In 1940, a 70-minute feature film ... continua

1961 - Sci-FiThe mysterious appearance of the self contained planet -Rheton- has the ability to move in and out of galaxies to escape their enemies. Earth sends an astronaut team to investigate, which discovers miniature people. One astronaut survives to help them fight off monsters and Solorite attacks.Directed by: William Marshall Writing credits: Fred Gebhardt William Telaak Cast: Dean Fredericks, Coleen Gray, Anthony Dexter, Francis X. Bushman, Richard Weber, Al Jarvis, Dick Haynes, Earl McDaniels, Mike Marshall, John Herrin, Mel Curtis, Jimmy Weldon, Akemi ... continua

During a horrific storm at sea, the crew realizes that there is a murderer among them who is killing them off one by one.

The Phantom carriage is a 1921 Swedish romantic horror film, generally considered to be one of the central works in the history of Swedish cinema The film is notable for its special effects, its advanced (for the time) narrative structure with flashbacks within flashbacks, and for having been a major influence on Ingmar Bergman.

An engineer at the throttle of a locomotive speeding through a tunnel sees the lights of a train approaching from the other end. Although the signals say the track is clear, he still sees the train's lights. He grinds the train to a halt, derailing it. He survives, but many passengers are killed. He is fired in disgrace, but sets out to prove his innocence by finding the "phantom express."

1925 - Horror / Drama
Evil oil barons have given the Indians one day to vacate their land. The Indian chief tells his braves to kill the first white man they see. Buster shows up chasing a butterfly. Later he keeps moving the stake to which he is tied and at which he is to be burned. He becomes one of the tribe and helps them with their fight.
Directed by:Rupert Julian
Writing credits:Gaston Leroux
Complete credited cast:
Lon ChaneyMary PhilbinNorman KerryArthur Edmund CareweGibson GowlandJohn St. PolisSnitz EdwardsMary FabianVirginia Pearson ... continua

1957 - Musical / Family / Fantasy
The singing, rhyming citizens of Hamelin hope to win a competition with rival towns for royal recognition. To this end, the mayor outlaws play (which is a bit hard on the children) and refuses to help a rival town when it's flooded. But rats (seen only as shadows), fleeing the flood, invade Hamelin in droves; a magical piper, whose music only children (and rats) can hear, strikes a bargain...which, once the rats are gone, the Mayor and council renege on, to their subsequent regret.
Directed by:Bretaigne Windust
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"The Present" is a thesis short from the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany.
Un niño apasionado a los videojuegos y un perro, quienes comparten una discapacidad, son los protagonistas de este precioso corto animado que invita a reflexionar sobre la capacidad de superación, la autoaceptación y el respeto a los demás. Se trata de un vídeo que aborda el tema de la discapacidad vista desde la perspectiva infantil y toca la exclusión y los estereotipos de una forma ... continua