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Sayonara (1957) 25 Great Psychological Thrillers That Are Worth Your Time. Described as a story which emphasizes the psychology of its characters and their unstable emotional states, the following films are benchmarks for what a successful psychological thriller should aspire to be.

25 Great Psychological Thrillers That Are Worth Your Time

Instead of displaying legions of gore and violence, their main objective is to play with your mind. To leave it up to you to construct the tension of what you have just witnessed. As the great perplexer David Lynch once said: “when you are spoon-fed a film, more people instantly know what it is. I love things that leave room to dream and are open to various interpretations. It’s a beautiful thing.” 25. Das Experiment is a 2001 German thriller from director Oliver Hirschbiegel, starring Moritz Bleibtreu as Tarek Fahd, or later only to be known as Prisoner 77.

The 18 Best Philosophical Movies of All Time. Whether realizing the art form of filmmaking or not, directors and writers often use their preferred visual medium to tell a story.

The 18 Best Philosophical Movies of All Time

Ideologies, theories or whatever form of message is always decoded in this visual medium in hopes that the audience gets the message. The secret of making a successful film, especially when telling a story, is to avoid preaching. From Mel Gibson to Seth Macfarlene, Federico Fellini to Ridley Scott and of course Hitchcock, their movies have messages, from symbolist storytelling to clever subtext dialogues. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is a 1971 novel by Ernest J.

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

Gaines. The story depicts the struggles of African Americans as seen through the eyes of the narrator, a woman named Jane Pittman. She tells of the major events of her life from the time she was a young slave girl in the American South at the end of the Civil War. The novel was dramatized in a TV movie in 1974, starring Cicely Tyson. Realistic fiction novel[edit] Tom et Lola. Tom et Lola (English: Tom and Lola) is a French film about two ten-year-olds who have always lived isolated in sterile, hermetically sealed plastic bubbles due to an (unspecified) immune-deficiency disease.

Tom et Lola

However, neither their environment or the hospital technicians can keep down the indomitable spirit of these children. Nor can anything stop their quest to one day run truly free, unbound by the medical shackles that bind them. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Elephant in the Room – Home. The Elephant in the Living Room. In a Safer Spot You’ve got to understand, you’ve got to respect what they are.

The Elephant in the Living Room

ReInhabiting the Village: Co-Creating Our Future by Jamaica Stevens and Keyframe Media. Electronic Awakening is an ethnographic documentary film by Andrew Johner that investigates the spirituality of Electronic Music dance culture and its ties to ancient shamanic rituals.

ReInhabiting the Village: Co-Creating Our Future by Jamaica Stevens and Keyframe Media

The film features dozens of experts, visionaries, and published authors who explore the premise that Electronic Music is spiritual technology that allows access to higher states of consciousness. Filmed over a period of 5 years at events such as Burning Man, Earthdance, LoveFest, Moontribe, Wicked, Shambhala and the Boom Festival in Portugal. Learn more: With world-renowned artists such as Shpongle, The Crystal Method, Random Rab, Phutureprimitive, Govinda, Cosmosis, Vibrasphere, Bird of Prey and many more.

Longform - ScreenCrush. Food For Change - A Documentary Film About Food Coops. Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think. Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think explores the expertly gathered opinions of Muslims around the globe as revealed in the world’s first major opinion poll, conducted by Gallup, the preeminent polling organization.

Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think

Gallup researchers began by asking the questions on every American’s mind. Why is there so much anti-Americanism in the Muslim world? Who are the extremists and how do Muslims feel about them? What do Muslims like and dislike about the West? What do Muslim women really want? Crucial policy decisions hang on these questions. Growing cities urban agricultue. Greatest Films - The Best Movies in Cinematic History. Why This Oscar-Nominated Disney Short Looks Like Nothing Made Before. A Pixar film is a beautiful thing.

Why This Oscar-Nominated Disney Short Looks Like Nothing Made Before

Long after Toy Story’s 3-D novelty wore off, artists refined their techniques, so Up could make us cry. But in these computer-generated worlds full of perfect shapes and gradients, we inevitably lost some of that old Disney magic--the nuance of incredible, hand-drawn lines. “Isn’t there a way we can bring that hand of an artist back?” John Kahrs thought. At the time, he was working on his storyboards for Paperman--what has since become Disney’s 2013 Oscar-winning animated short. 10 Best Films of All Time. Captain Marcus Chaplin Bio - Last Resort. Thanks for watching ABC!

Captain Marcus Chaplin Bio - Last Resort

The ABC Television Network is home to the Emmy-winning "Modern Family" and comedy favorite “The Middle”; reality phenomenon "Shark Tank" and long-running hit “Dancing with the Stars"; “General Hospital,” which just celebrated its 50th anniversary on the network, along with daytime talk shows “The View,” “Katie” and “The Chew”; and late-night talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!

" The network also boasts some of television’s most prestigious awards shows, including The Oscars, the Country Music Awards, The American Music Awards and The Billboard Music Awards. Extreme Ice Survey. Synopsis « Chasing Ice. Elizabeth Taylor - Child Actress to Film Queen. A spokeswoman at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center said Ms.

Elizabeth Taylor - Child Actress to Film Queen

Taylor died at 1:28 a.m. Pacific time. Her publicist, Sally Morrison, said the cause was complications of congestive heart failure. Ms. Taylor had had a series of medical setbacks over the years and was hospitalized six weeks ago with heart problems. Documentaries. Documentaries-Movies. New 2 View. New Videoish.