The Man Hater

School for Wives

April 1925 •English

School for Wives is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Conway Tearle, Sigrid Holmquist, and Peggy Kelly. It provided an early role for the future star Brian Donlevy. Based on Leonard Merrick's 1907 melodramatic novel The House of Lynch, it was not well-received by critics.

hands

August 2023 •English

A personal reflection on hands, the word "tear," and caring for oneself that experiments with sound, silence, and definitions.

Little Victories

Invalid date •

Every day, a father works to accumulate the money needed to buy go-kart tires for his daughter and himself. At the racetrack or at home, nothing matters but each other's presence. But during their last autumn in the heart of nature and engines, his weakening health prompts him to reflect on the legacy he will leave to her.

Two in Love

October 1965 •Russian

Sergei, an aspiring musician, accidentally meets a deaf-mute girl, Natasha, and falls in love with her. He has to change a lot to prepare himself for a new relationship with a different and very vulnerable person. Natasha is like an alien or an alieness with whom Sergei has to find a completely new language to speak. Natasha tries hard to understand his musical world. The problem is that Natasha lost her hearing during the war and associates sounds with fear and pain. Even a symphony concert is torture for her.

At the Last Hour

January 1929 •Georgian

1918 year. One of the southern cities is captured by the Whites. An underground Bolshevik committee is preparing an armed uprising in the city.

Small Lion

April 2024 •English

An experimental silent, based around the daily life of captive house cats.

Bombs and Bandits

July 1917 •English

The Mayor and the Chief of Police have offices in the same building, and are both enamored of the chief's stenographer, Dolly. However, she gives most of her attention to young Sammy, secretary to the Mayor. Approximately, 11 minutes survive from this two-reeler.

Candela

December 2023 •

An insoluble quest.

Cops

March 1922 •English

Buster Keaton gets involved in a series of misunderstandings involving a horse and cart. Eventually he infuriates every cop in the city when he accidentally interrupts a police parade.

Same Day Delivery

April 2024 •English

A young man races to deliver a letter in time for his mother's birthday.

LE RENCONTRE (EL ENCUENTRO)

April 2024 •Spanish

Is Zat So?

May 1927 •English

A rich man hires a pair of brothers, one to teach him to box and the other to manage him. Meanwhile, the rich man must fend off his brother-in-law, who is after the family inheritance. The film is lost.

The Ace Files: Opening Act

November 2023 •English

Introducing the Ace Cinematic Universe

Rueben

April 2023 •English

It's a artsy flick about Rueben the fly.

The Fable of a Raisin and a Cake of Yeast

February 1923 •English

Silent cartoon.

Cala Mata

June 2024 •Catalan

A woman goes to a cold and inhospitable abandoned cove to try to summon the spirit of her only son, who passed away during the war.

Damned

July 2024 •English

Following a young man as he navigates his way through an essay, slowly finding that the subject matter is becoming a part of his life that he can’t shake off.

Se faire dire au revoir

May 2023 •English

A silent student short film with lots of drama. Courtesy of Collège Ahuntsic, Montreal Qc.

The Mysterious Island

October 1929 •English

On a volcanic island near the Kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Dakkar, his sister Sonia and her fiance, engineer Nicolai Roget have designed a submarine which Roget pilots on its initial voyage just before the island is overrun by Baron Falon, despotic ruler of Hetvia. Falon sets out after Roget in a second submarine and the two craft, diving to the ocean's floor, discover a strange land populated by dragons, giant squid and an eerie undiscovered humanoid race.

Edgar and the Teacher's Pet

March 1920 •

The story of Edgar Pomeroy, the first in a series, in which the boy Edgar imagines himself the triumphant master of his fate, revenging himself on a scornful young female classmate. But then the real events are seen in contrast with the ones Edgar has created in his mind.