24 Hours: The World of John and Yoko

Beatles '64

2024 · ★ 6.5

Featuring never-before-seen footage of the band and the legions of young fans who helped fuel their ascendance, follow McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Starr as they land in New York City in February 1964 and solidify their status as the biggest band in the world.

Ringo Starr: Off the Record

2008

A conversation between Ringo Starr and The Eurythmics's Dave Stewart. Ringo talks about the early days and how he came into the band without an audition. Then the discussion turns to Beatlemania, and then Ringo plays Beatles songs on the drum kit. Another segment is when Stewart pulls out a box of LP albums and plays a flash card game with Ringo, asking him for improvisational comments on the records.

The Beatles: Parting Ways

2009 · ★ 6.5

Parting Ways treats The Beatles with the respect they deserve and details their lives since the world's number one band fell apart.

Magical Mystery Tour

1967 · ★ 6.6

While on a coach tour, The Beatles and a few dozen friends experience strange happenings caused by magicians.

Beatles

2014 · ★ 6

At long last, one of the most important novels in Norwegian history will be made into a film. Beatles relates the story of four Oslo boys born in 1951 and hooked on The Beatles, from the time they as seventh graders find themselves on the threshold of the adult world. The film is all about boyish pranks, hopes, disappointments, and of course about pretty girls, hopeless infatuations, drunkenness and parties. The world is changing, and so is the friendship between the boys. But the conclusion is, true friendship endures all - and no band in the world is better than The Beatles.

Concrete Angels

1987 · ★ 6.3

1964. The Beatles are coming to Toronto. To win a music competition, a young man forms a rock group with his friends.

A Piece Of The Action

Four bank robbers begin to doubt one another when they learn they could be getting the lowest cut of money.

Picturesque New Zealand

1952 · ★ 5

This Traveltalk series short visit to New Zealand starts in Auckland, a bustling, modern city. Next is Christchurch, home of Canterbury University, where rowing teams participate in a regatta. Nearby is Lake Wakatipu, which inspires artists to put their impressions on canvas. We then visit Rotorua, a city famous for its geysers, hot springs, bubbling mud pools, and other geothermal activity. At Ferry Springs there is lots of trout for fishing. Later, a group of natives performs a canoe dance.

The Farthest

2018 · ★ 7.8

The captivating tales of the people and events behind one of humanity's greatest achievements in exploration: NASA's Voyager mission.

Miriam: Home Delivery

2014 · ★ 10

'Miriam: Home Delivery' is a feature length documentary following one of the longest-practicing midwives in New York City. Miriam has a 'voice and a mission'. We are with her as she drives through the city, enabling those women who have made choices about how and where they give birth, against the cultural norm.

Countdown

2004 · ★ 5

Portrait of Augustinas Baltrušaitis, film and theatre director, as well as actor, who fell into obscurity and has now been relegated to the margins of society, as a result of specific political circumstances. Countdown is a film about the limits of memory, the effects of the implacable passage of time, and a hope that surpasses time.

Spring in Carpathian Ruthenia

1929 · ★ 6.2

Karel Plicka was also cinematographer of this short movie. Editor in charge was Alexander Hackenschmied. There is an extraordinary emotional charge, every shot is working on its own, such as photographs, paintings and poetic complement intertitles in this short. From the perspective of nature and the perspective is shifting to the people and their habits, work and clothes. Peculiar documentary shots underscore Ruthenians (men, women and children) who are interested in looking into the camera and the curious "eye" showing off their habits.