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Over the last cou­ple of weeks, I’ve looked at avail­abil­ity of movies and TV shows that came out in the past year. But what about movies that came two years ago? Are those more avail­able today than they were a year ago? Let’s look at the data.

Two Shadows a film by GREG CAHILL

Two Shadows a film by GREG CAHILL

Welcome to "Food on Film", some of our favorite cinematic foodie moments. This list was written and compiled by Rebecca L. Epstein, a PhD from the UCLA Dept. of Film, Television, and Digital Media. Her dissertation, entitled Crime and Nourishment, focused on the food and foodways of Hollywood gangster films.

Coffee has got many a movie made, and kept many a scene on the boil. From Michael Mann to Jean-Luc Godard, David Thomson filters the meaning of the key bean-related moments

Theatrical trailer for the Delmar Daves' WWII adventure, DESTINATION TOKYO, starring Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hales and Dane Clark. In this patriotic, fictional submarine saga, the USS Copperfin is scertely ordered to put landing party onshore in Tokyo Bay to assist with the forthcoming Doolittle bombing raid. A box-office hit, the film also garnered an Oscar nomination for Besrt Original Story.

Neo Tokyo (迷宮物語, Meikyû Monogatari?, lit. Labyrinth Tales, aka Mani Mani Labyrinth Tales) is a science fiction anthology film conceived by producer Masao Maruyama. The animated shorts are written and directed by Rintaro, Yoshiaki Kawajiri and Katsuhiro Otomo, based on the work of Japanese novelist Taku Mayumura.Rintaro's Labyrinth Labyrinthos is an exploration into the maze of a little girl's mind. Kawajiri's The Running Man focuses on a deadly Formula-1 race. Otomo's Construction Cancellation Order is a cautionary tale about man's dependency on technology.Two of the shorts are notable for prominently featuring pieces of famous Western classical music: "Gymnopédies No. 1" by Erik Satie is used in Labyrinth, and "Morning" from Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suites is used in a highly ironic manner in Construction Cancellation Order.The film premiered April 15, 1986 in Japan.

Working backwards through history, Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo explores the mystery of the development of Japans love affair with bugs. Using insects like an anthropologists toolkit, the film uncovers Japanese philosophies that will shift Westerners perspectives on nature, beauty, life, and even the seemingly mundane realities of their day—to—day routines.Jessica Oreck

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Alice est accusée du meurtre de son amie Nora. L'avocate chargée de sa défense est troublée par son charme sensuel.

Frammento del film di Alain Robbe-Grillet del 1971 con Anicée Alvina nei fasti delle anthropométries di Yves Klein.

Urbanized is a feature-length documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world’s foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers. Over half the world’s population now lives in an urban area, and 75% will call a city home by 2050.

Clip from the crazy japanese movie Hausu (aka. House) from 1977.