In an attempt to piece together fractured memories of a drug-fueled night in the woods, three friends confront guilt, jealousy, and a supernatural presence that threatens to expose their true natures.
Five accomplished fiction writers discuss their work and the craft of writing. Novelist John Irving talks about the challenges of bringing his stories to the big screen and the differences between screenwriting and novel writing. Susan Sontag comments on how events in her life influenced her novel "In America." Israeli author Amos Oz discusses politics, love and humor amid the chaos of the Palestinian conflict. John Updike reflects on the early part of his career. And in a two-part interview...
The immigrant experience has inspired one of the richest strands in American literature. The writers in this collection of conversations from "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" discuss how that experience has influenced their writing. Authors include Frank McCourt, Edwidge Danticat, Jhumpa Lahiri, Oscar Hijuelos, Jeffrey Eugenides, and historian Carlos Eire.
Poets and novelists read from their work and discuss how it resonates in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks. Segments include poems from Martin Espada and Robert Pinsky and interviews with novelists Salman Rushdie, Yann Martel, Orhan Pamuk and Ian McEwen.
Annie, an aspiring writer, travels cross country to visit her her affluent, older, married friend Kim. As Annie's informal writer's retreat unfolds, she is increasingly inspired and intrigued by Kim's charismatic charm and fluid sexuality.
The Dead Sea Scrolls are widely considered to be one of the greatest archaeological finds in modern history. More than a half century after their discovery, scientists are still trying to solve the mystery of who wrote them. With special access to the scrolls, National Geographic goes beyond the enclosed glass case to examine the actual texts up close and explores the caves where they were found. Witness as a new clue to the identity of the scrolls' writers is deciphered--a 2,000-year-old cup...
Written On Water focuses on the Ogallala Aquifer and examines the conflicts, politics, economics and groundwater depletion in the High Plains region. Farmers and communities survive on the precious waters of the Aquifer, yet it is being depleted at alarming rates. Since the 1960's, advances in irrigation technology allowed farmers to transform the 'Great American Desert' into their own fertile agricultural oasis. The Ogallala supports over one-fifth of the grain, beef and cotton of the U.S....
Set in Victorian England, The Wrong Box is a British black comedy with a splendid cast including John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and last, but definitely not least, Peter Sellers. A strange rule of inheritance allows only the last remaining survivor of a family of siblings to get the sizable legacy, precipitating a dangerous contest between two elderly brothers (Mills and Richardson). Their families get involved too, sparking a wild chase and absurd comedy...
Political double-talk, dirty tricks, hidden microphones, spy satellites, bugging the Oval Office and a nuclear bomb for sale are all ingredients in this swift, funny and frightening look at the possibilities in today's political arenas. Sean Connery stars as globe-trotting ace TV news reporter Partick Hale, who is on the trail of a terrorist offering the sale of a nuclear bomb to a Mid-East oil country. Hale juggles Arab sheiks and international intelligence agents to get at the story....
When two fabulously wealthy kids lose their fortunes, they hatch a plot to steal the money they feel the world has cheated them out of. Unable to face working for a living and unwilling to adapt to life after the great stock market crash, spoiled Ruth and her partner-in-crime, boyfriend Jimmy, expect luxury as a birthright and not a privilege, their warped values the product of their sheltered upper-crust upbringing. The criminal lovers scheme to steal a fortune from a bank and hide the loot...
Two girls are driving home when their car breaks down in the country and are kidnapped by a gang of drug-crazed hippies. They escape, but soon run into a death cult. Meanwhile, the father of one of the girls gets the police to begin an investigation into their disappearance.
Wrongs is a love and family-life Nollywood drama.
Wu-Tang Saga is the story of the music super group the Wu-Tang Clan told by Cappadonna, chronicling over 9 concerts, a trip to Shaolin aka Staten Island, photoshoots, and the 5 percent philosophies. There's also many exclusive hip hop freestyles, as Cappadonna takes you inside the music business first hand. The first Wu-tang documentary to be entirely narrated by a Wu-Tang member, this is truly an epic Wu-Tang experience This profile on alternative hip-hop group The Wu-Tang Clan follows the...
WUHAN WUHAN is an observational documentary unfolding during February and March, 2020 at the height of the pandemic in Wuhan city, where the coronavirus began. With unprecedented access at the peak of the pandemic lockdown, WUHAN WUHAN goes beyond the statistics and salacious headlines and puts a human experience into the early days of the mysterious virus as Chinese citizens and frontline healthcare workers grappled with an invisible, deadly killer. The film focuses on five heart-wrenching...
Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon and David Niven star in this internationally acclaimed masterpiece based on Emily Bronte's classic story of passion, hatred and revenge. Olivier and Oberon are brilliant as Heathcliff and Cathy, whose tortured love affair ends when Cathy marries the wealthy Edgar (Niven). Heathcliff's savage retaliation upon the woman he loves explodes in a stunning climax. Directed by William Wyler and featuring Academy Award -winning* cinematography, Wuthering Heights remains a...
Its names are loaded with irony. "The Great War" saw chivalry and honor on the battlefield replaced by technology and firepower that swept millions to their deaths. "The War to End All Wars" was followed less than 25 years later by an even deadlier conflict. WORLD WAR I: THE DEATH OF GLORY shows how this epic struggle had a more profound effect on civilization than any other war in history. New countries had to be built on the ruins of a continent. It was the end of kings, empires and...
After Mein Kampf: Produced in Great Britain in 1940, while the English suffered daily bombing raids from the Luftwaffe, this motion picture combines documentary footage with historically accurate re-enactments, to show the origin and rise of the most Satanic figure of the Twentieth Century - Adolph Hitler. It documents his rise from corporal in the trenches of World War I to undisputed dictator of Germany. Depicted is his ruthless ability to liquidate enemies, allies and former friends - any...
SCREEN MAGAZINE # 26: Vast columns of tanks and motorized vehicles deal with a battle against mud in Italy. The Navy crows about its new super battleship the U.S.S. Iowa. The G.I.'s most valuable piece of equipment, his brain revs up for war and prepares for the coming peace. Dinah Shore leads a tour of the famed Hollywood Canteen, where Tinseltown's elite have entertained over a million Allied troops. Featured are appearances by Xavier Cugat, Eddie Cantor, Hedy Lamarr, Red Skelton and Jimmy...
IT'S YOUR AMERICA - 1945: A reluctant draftee is sent to fight overseas, where he witnesses the carnage of war and the massacre of innocents suffered by Europe at the hands of its brutal Nazi overlords. He comes to appreciate the true meaning of democracy, and why it's worth fighting for. This first class production stars Arthur Kennedy (Lawrence of Arabia - 1962, Elmer Gantry - 1960).NEWS THRILLS 1942: British forces drive Rommel back in North Africa. U.S. Marines invade Guadalcanal,...
THE 957th DAY: As the war drags on, a day in the life of the bloody Pacific theater is documented. The staggering complexity of the military operations required to drive the Japanese from a vast chain of islands and the horrible daily toll in human lives paid by both sides, are featured in this U.S. Navy film, created to motivate citizens to buy War BondsIT CAN'T LAST: With victory finally looming on the horizon, the American public is urged to maintain the intensity of its war effort, until...
While World War II raged across the globe, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Office Of War Information, Bureau Of Motion Pictures, produced numerous short subjects such as these to patriotically inspire and motivate America to buy War Bonds, out-produce enemy workers and generally be prepared to sacrifice and pay the price that freedom would require.BEHIND NAZI GUNS: Banned to the general public, William L. Shirer narrates this Navy film which was intended for viewing only by the workers of...