Movies and TvShows featuring "inner-titles" theme.
Loosely based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a three hundred million dollar contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan. David and Efraim's business, AEY, grows rapidly, but Efraim becomes unstable and untrustworthy. They secure their biggest deal yet, known as 'The Afghan Deal', and encounter legendary arms dealer Henry Girard. As the deal progresses, David realizes the rounds are illegal and Efraim plots to cut Henry out. David is kidnapped by Henry, leading to a series of events that result in both David and Efraim being arrested by the FBI.
In a post-apocalyptic world where humans are rare, a package delivery android travels through space on a spaceship, delivering packages to various planets. With its minimal cast and black-and-white aesthetic, the film explores themes of isolation and the human condition. Through the use of inner-titles and voice-over narration, the android reflects on its purpose and the meaning of existence.
Neighboring Sounds follows the residents of a high-rise apartment building in Recife, Brazil, and explores the tensions and class differences that arise in their daily lives. As the film progresses, a series of events including car break-ins, threats, and revenge plots unfold, revealing the hidden anxieties and secrets of the characters. The film delves into themes of urban development, surveillance, and social dynamics in modern-day Brazil.
Forgotten Silver is a comedic satire that explores the relationship between documentary and fiction. It follows the story of Colin McKenzie, a fictional character who is portrayed as a forgotten film pioneer. The film delves into the world of filmmaking and showcases the creation of fictional films by McKenzie, including his supposed involvement in World War One and the Spanish Civil War. Through interviews and faked footage, Forgotten Silver creates a humorous mockumentary that examines the blurred lines between reality and fiction in the film industry.
Right Now, Wrong Then is a film about a film director who meets a woman at a town. They spend a day together and later part ways. However, the director replays the same day with her, but with different outcomes. The film explores the nuances of human relationships and the impact of small choices on our lives.
Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963) is an Italian anthology film consisting of four segments, each directed by a different filmmaker. The film satirizes and explores various themes such as self-reflection, controversy, obsession, jealousy, gluttony, and death. It features elements of surrealism, dark comedy, and political satire.
Numéro deux (1975) is an experimental film that chronicles the everyday life of a family, delving into their complex dynamics, including issues of power, sexuality, and parenthood. Through a combination of avant-garde techniques and intimate moments, the film challenges traditional narratives and societal norms.
Uncle Kent is a comedy-drama film about an introverted cartoonist named Kent Osborne who has a weekend filled with sexual misadventures. When a houseguest named Kate visits, things take a turn as they explore their unrequited lust and engage in a threesome. Throughout the film, Kent navigates through loneliness, online dating, and his own introspective journey.
Case for a Rookie Hangman is a dark comedy film set in Central Europe. It revolves around the journey of a rookie executioner who questions the morality of his job. Adapted from a novel, the movie explores existential themes and features elements of fantasy. With its unique storytelling style, including chapter headings and inner titles, the film offers a thought-provoking and humorous take on the human condition.
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 is a documentary that recounts the thrilling football game between the two Ivy League schools in 1968. The film explores the political and cultural climate of the era and the impact the game had on the lives of the players. Through interviews and archive footage, it delves into themes of class differences, sportsmanship, and the Vietnam War.
Minimalistic frieze fifteen episodes about human behavior (desire, submission, love, jealousy, wisdom, honesty, sincerity, passion, faith, ...) located between two fantastic stories about the will and doubt.
The film opens on a water-skiing accident - a girl (Délie) drives a speedboat and pulls a young man (Stan). They are both challenging their own limits when a crash occurs... Stan wakes up from a coma after this serious accident, to find out that genealogists are looking for an individual whose identity corresponds to his. Instead of asking himself questions about this testamentary filiation, he subscribes for Professor Starkov's legacy, and embarks for the country of Las Estrellas... Purging odyssey where intuition and telepathy accelerates the journey in time. Dharma Guns revisits the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice fighting with the tyranny of Time-God...
A meteorite, strange vegetation, a colour: an experimental take on H.P. Lovecraft's spiral into madness, shot with a vintage camera on truly unique LomoChrome 16mm film.
Director Jonas Mekas travels through New York nights, through apartments, studios, backstage rooms, galleries, bars, and clubs. Encountering old acquaintances like Ken and Flo Jacobs, Yoko Ono, friends, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters. Mr. Mekas begins the film with the words 'I can't sleep.' Who hasn't been in this situation? Sleepy and yet wide awake at the same time, you find yourself in the world of those exhausted from the day's exertions, the drunk, the relaxed, the dancing, the brooding, the mourning, and the pensive.
The Muller company organizes a reception to mark the launch of a new product. During the evening, we discover that this is actually a coaching exercise for company executives. Gradually, rumours about the upcoming acquisition of the company start to emerge and everyone finds themselves trying to save their place.
Angstel trades in forged paintings, under the guidance of his mother, Milady. Their network extends into other murky affairs, provoking the wrath of a rival gang. Angstel falls in love with Ancetta, a prostitute, and flees with her to the north of Chile. - IFFR
A fascinating and unlikely reinvention story, The Royal Road simultaneously explores cinematic spiritual channeling, the conquest and colonization of Mexico and the American Southwest, fading historical Californian urban landscapes, and the passions found in butch identity to achieve an achingly beautiful and poetic defense of remembering. Probing roads from El Camino Real, to the Boulevard of Broken Dreams, to the road right outside the front door, Olson crafts a deeply intelligent and transcending observation of the human condition that reaches for redemption in the embrace of history, nostalgia, mindfulness, and sheer beauty. If you give yourself over to it, it will crack you wide open.
The world after the atomic age. An engineer disappears, together with his consortium (Kryo'Corp) and his discovery: a new energy source powered by the fusion of two primary substances. Ulysses, Kryo'Corp's heir, organises an expedition to the only place these substances occur.
Hong Kong as seen through a cab window. Inhabitants discuss their lives, problems and dreams as they are driven to their destination through the chaotic streets of Hong Kong.
In a loveless relationship, Zoé ditches her faceless boyfriend in a cheap motel room and sets off north without a penny to her name. She hitch-hikes, pilfers a meal from a gas station, encounters strangers who could be her next ride or a passing glimpse, ambling toward some unknown destination. At the end of her pilgrimage, Zoé reaches the English Channel; on the ferry a woman mysteriously disappears. A new coat gives Zoé a new identity, but even in a new country she's not quite sure she's escaped herself.