In the maw of the Hollywood machine, it can be a quick and precipitous fall from being yesterday?s darling to today?s ignored and unemployable pariah.
Mardik Martin had it all: beautiful women, a…
2008
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In the maw of the Hollywood machine, it can be a quick and precipitous fall from being yesterday?s darling to today?s ignored and unemployable pariah.
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The father of modern electric guitar sound, this 92-year-old still rocks.Without Les Paul, there would have been no Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton. Just ask Keith Richards, who is one of many rock legends who appears to pay tribute in this captivating story of one of the 20th century?s greatest mavericks. Acquiring his jazz chops in Chicago during the depression, wowing audience in 1930?s Harlem and even backing Bing Crosby?s ?It?s Been a Long, Long Time,? Paul?s career spans decades and has yet to be matched by any other music artist.
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Can we ever know the truth, or is it too changeable and elusive, always just beyond our grasp?A riveting, complex tale of espionage, manipulation, and betrayal, where the line between right and wrong and good and evil is constantly shifting and always blurry.
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Surprises await the prodigal daughter?s return to the family business. It doesn?t get any more real than real life.Emily Ting loved her life in New York City. But when her father requested she return to Hong Kong and take over the family business, Ting didn?t exactly know how to say ?no.? Promising herself she would go for just one year, she sacrificed all she had accomplished for a grueling new life as CEO in training for one of Hong Kong?s most notorious toy companies.
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Listen to the Swiss air and a soundtrack will form.Captivated by a gentle and emotional tune, an audience is witness to the beautiful and unusual vocal instruction of an artist who took to music when he has no other way to communicate. A group whose fame reached great heights in the music world stirs a debate over the sounds and voices of a new era...
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When minions of hell run alongside this double-decker bus of destruction, only the D-Tour could bring a new perspective on the journey that lies in its wake.Kyle Gass and Jack Black are the soul of D-Tour, a tour diary of an immovable rock duo aptly named Tenacious D. You may recognize the name Jack Black from such films as School of Rock, High Fidelity, and King Kong, but Black is only half of the D.
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A true love story about murder, friendship, betrayal and familyDr. Andrew Bagby, raised in Silicon Valley, was murdered by Dr. Shirley Turner, the mother of his unborn child. Bagby?s childhood friend, filmmaker and Cinequest alum Kurt Kuenne (Scrapbook, Drive-in Movie Memories), initially intended to make this film for Bagby?s son, Zachary, as a way he could get to know his father. But when Turner flees to Newfoundland to escape her arrest for murder, the film and Kuenne take a new direction.
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What happens when you?re sick and uninsured?As soaring medical costs put health insurance out of reach for an increasing number of Americans, this crisis will undoubtedly become one of the most hotly debated issues in the 2008 presidential election.
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One man, two missing limbs? A fascinating story of adaptation in a world fueled by the status quo.
Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2007 Mexico City Film Festival, veteran director Eva Norvind (whose daughter completed the film after her death in 2006) pays loving tribute to the strength of the human spirit and our ability to overcome any odds.
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Can a group of autistic kids really pull off a live musical?Inspiring, joyful and heartwarming are not typical terms associated with autism. But when a group of kids, led by a determined teacher and director, who is also a parent to one of the kids, embark on a journey to put on a full-length musical play, all bets are off.