Cartola: The Samba Legend (2007)

The Memory Thread

A panorama of the Brazilian black experience, starting with the figure of the semi-illiterate popular artist and employee of a salt mine Gabriel Joaquim dos Santos.

Vassa

Screen adaptation of the play by Maxim Gorky "Vassa Zheleznova". Saga of the death of a merchant family. For many years, Vassa Zheleznova has been leading the family business and, despite the inconspicuous children, her dissolute husband, alcoholic brother, and revolutionary daughter-in-law, is trying to maintain at least the appearance of a normal family... 1913 is coming, and everything that was dedicated to her life is wrecked.

Qwerty

A grieving young inventor finds solace in repairing an antique typewriter.

An Opera of Violence

First part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone's masterpiece, released in 1968. (Followed by The Wages of Sin.)

Law of the Pampas

Hoppy and Lucky are headed to South America to deliver a heard of cattle. Bay guy Ralph Merritt gets in their way. For a while.

Mann v. Ford

Thirty years after Ford Motor Company began dumping toxic waste in their backyard – and after one too many premature deaths – the Ramapo Mountain Indians filed a major class-action lawsuit: Mann v. Ford. This tiny tribe and their team of passionate lawyers took on the 'big dogs' – Ford and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Cold War Secrets: Stealing the Atomic Bomb

On the 29th of August 1949, the USSR set off their first atomic bomb, just four years after the Americans. The speed with which they achieved this surprised the world. What nobody knew was that it was the result of espionage. At the centre of the operation was a very unusual female spy, Elizabeth Zaroubin, in a story worthy of the best spy novels ever written.

Passion Island

The comedy of the year. This wannabe magical romance-drama is one of the most illogical films ever and the actors, if not director Kam Kwok-Leung, may be aware of it. Featuring CGI tears and paintings of corn-eating monkeys. The highlight: Chang Chen pretending to be Korean.

KSI vs. Swarmz

As part of the new MF DAZN X Series, which will see the biggest names in entertainment, sport, and lifestyle facing each other in the ring, KSI goes up against Swarmz and Luis Alcaraz Pineda on the same bill. The rest of the evening will feature additional thrilling matchups between other social media superstars, including Deji v Fousey and FaZe Temperrr v Blueface.

Sorrows and Joys of a Middle-Aged Man

In pre-communism China, a widowed man falls in love with a young colleague who's the same age as his own children.

The Breast Milk Boom

For some time now, there has been a real hype about breast milk. Internationally. Women have discovered their lactate can be a source of income and they offer it on the free market via the Internet. Doctors and midwives are calling for more breast milk banks. In Switzerland, the first centre for breast milk research has been established. Myths and legends surround the subject of breast milk, but not all information is scientifically sound. Although there are still many unanswered questions even among academics, one thing is undisputed: Breast milk is an especially valuable drink. The film presents the latest research into the subject of breast milk, shows us what scientists are currently working on and asks which breast milk secrets they want to reveal next.

Bob Saget: That's What I'm Talking About

Bob Saget takes to the stage with a song in his heart. A filthy, filthy song to be exact. In his latest stand up special, Saget lets loose and embraces the dark side as he tells his favorite dirty jokes and stories about his dad - the guy who made him like this.

The Problem with People

Two estranged cousins who never knew each other tries to make amends for many generations of family dispute.

Evil Town

A mad scientist seeks eternal youth by developing a drug derived from human pituitary glands, aided by the local townsfolk, who help abduct visitors to their town for his experiments.

Let It Be

Mary is a young girl, daughter of shepherds, promised in marriage to Joseph, a widower with two children, living in the nearby village of Nazareth, in the Galilee of two thousand years ago. Grown up in love and respect for the little ones, Mary, after leaving her home, soon sees the distortions of the patriarchal world surrounding her, starting with her husband's family. Here he reads the oldest brother of Joseph, Mordecai. The sunny and determined attitude of the girl, protective of children, arouses the indignation of the head of the family and those who are convinced of the need to give them punishment, discipline and submission.