25 Firemans Street
25 Firemans Street
Tüzoltó utca 25
Dir. Istvan Szabo
(1973)
90 minutes
On one hot summer night, the residents of a Hungarian apartment house slated for demolition restlessly revisit their haunted pasts as they face an uncertain future.
'49-'17
'49-'17
Dir. Ruth Ann Baldwin
(1917)
63 minutes
- Genres:
- Silent / Silent Comedy
- Western
- Comedy / Parody
'49-'17 is a charming and suspenseful western parody about a millionaire who hires a Wild West theatrical troupe to relive his past as a miner forty-niner.
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls
Dir. Michael Haneke
(1994)
95 minutes
- Genres:
- International / European / Austrian
- Drama / Dysfunctional Family
- Drama / Docudrama
- Drama / Portmanteau
In 71 FRAGMENTS, clips of TV news segments on warfare in the former Yugoslavia alternate between stories of urban disconnection.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Dir. D.W. Griffith
(1930)
94 minutes
- Genres:
- Drama / Biopic
- War / U.S. Civil War
- Drama / Costume Drama
- Classic / Classic Drama
Returning to the historic era of his greatest success, D.W. Griffith paid homage to the sixteenth President in this moving drama starring Walter Huston.
Absolutely Safe
Absolutely Safe
Dir. Carol Ciancutti-Leyva
(2009)
83 minutes
- Genres:
- Documentary / Social Issues
- Documentary / Science / Biology
ABSOLUTELY SAFE is the story of everyday women who find themselves and their breasts in the tangled and confusing intersection of health, money, science and beauty.
Act Your Age
Act Your Age
Dir. Ted Peshak
(1949)
13 minutes
- Genres:
- Ephemera / Educational
- Short / Ephemera
Growing up is tough. This Coronet short can help. Advice? ACT YOUR AGE. That isn't for emphasis. It's the title, too.
Adoption
Adoption
Örökbefogadás
Dir. Marta Meszaros
(1975)
83 minutes
- Genres:
- Drama / Dysfunctional Family
- International / European / Hungarian
- Drama / Melodrama
Widowed, financially secure and involved with a married man, forty-three year old Kata yearns for the motherhood she instinctively knows will push her out of personal ambivalence.
The Adventure of the Hasty Elopement
The Adventure of the Hasty Elopement
Dir. Charles Seay
(1914)
15 minutes
- Genres:
- Crime / Mystery/Whodunit
- Short / Narrative
- Silent / Silent Comedy
- Silent / Silent Crime
- Crime / Crime-Fighter / Detective
- Comedy / Farce
Octavius is a bumbler who "never fails" to solve the crime due to an endless array of good luck and coincidence. He goes in search of local car thieves, only to have his own auto carjacked.
The Adventure of the Wrong Santa Claus
The Adventure of the Wrong Santa Claus
An Adventure of Octavius, Amateur Detective
(1914)
14 minutes
- Genres:
- Holiday
- Crime / Crime-Fighter / Detective
- Short / Narrative
- Silent / Silent Crime
Amateur detective Octavius agrees to portray Santa Claus for his friends. Unfortunately, a burglar appears and puts on a Claus costume of his own.
The Adventures of the Young Pioneers
The Adventures of the Young Pioneers
Dir. Vladimir Pekar
(1971)
18 minutes
- Genres:
- International / Eurasian / Russian
- Animation / Cel & Hand-Drawn
- Short / Narrative
- War / WWII
Three young scamps sabotage the Nazi occupiers, thereby setting the stage for a Soviet triumph.
Affairs of the Heart
Affairs of the Heart
Affaires de coeur
Dir. Émile Cohl
(1909)
4 minutes
- Genres:
- Animation / Cut-Out
- International / European / French
- Comedy / Romantic Comedy
- Short / Non-Narrative
- Silent / Silent Comedy
To the heart’s content. Figuratively and literally.
L'age d'or
L'age d'or
The Golden Age
Dir. Luis Bunuel
(1930)
63 minutes
- Genres:
- International / European / French
- Drama / Romantic Drama
- Avant-garde / Surrealist
- Classic / Classic Drama
In 1930, following their short film triumph UN CHIEN ANDALOU, Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí created an avant-garde tour de force that's a withering attack on a society that elevates pious morality over sexual freedom.
The Agony of Byzance
The Agony of Byzance
L’agonie de Byzance
Dir. Louis Feuillade
(1913)
30 minutes
- Genres:
- International / European / French
- Drama / Costume Drama
- Short / Narrative
- Silent / Silent Drama
An unusual period-piece from legendary French director Louis Feuillade, set near the end of the Byzantine Empire, THE AGONY OF BYZANCE chronicles the assault on the city of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks.
Ajami
Ajami
Dir. Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani
(2009)
126 minutes
- Genres:
- Drama
- International / Middle Eastern / Israeli
Teeming with Palestinian illegal immigrants, Israeli Arabs, Christians and Jews, Ajami is a cloistered urban neighborhood as treacherous and potentially deadly as the front lines of Gaza.
Aladin, or the Wonderful Lamp
Aladin, or the Wonderful Lamp
Aladin ou la lampe merveilleuse
Dir. Albert Capellani
(1906)
12 minutes
- Genres:
- Silent / Silent Fantasy
- Short / Narrative
- Adaptation / Literary / Prose
- Fantasy / Folk Tale
An extravaganza of early special effects, the Pathé ALADIN (lacking the more common double "d") delights in the story’s magical transformations.
Alice Guy Films a "Phonoscène"
Alice Guy Films a "Phonoscène"
Alice Guy tourne une phonoscène sure le théâtre de pose des Buttes-Chaumont
Dir. Alice Guy
(1905)
2 minutes
- Genres:
- International / European / French
- Documentary / Art / Visual Arts / Motion Picture
- Short / Documentary
- Silent / Silent Documentary
Alice Guy-Blanché frames the making of a “phonoscène” (a forerunner to sound film) as a kind of Russian nesting doll, with a well-lit scene taking place within the darkened activity of its mechanical reproduction.
All on Account of a Transfer
All on Account of a Transfer
Dir. C. Jay Williams
(1913)
11 minutes
Life can get complicated when you don't know English, as a German visitor to New York City discovers in this film.
Am I Trustworthy?
Am I Trustworthy?
(1950)
10 minutes
- Genres:
- Ephemera / Educational
- Short / Ephemera
Are you trustworthy? Do you return things that you borrow? Do you complete the things that are asked of you? If you're like Eddie, you will. You'll even strive to do better.
The Ambassador's Daughter
The Ambassador's Daughter
Dir. Charles Brabin
(1913)
15 minutes
An innocent attaché in love with the ambassador's daughter is framed for espionage. But the girl successfully exposes the real spy.
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