The Star Boarder

Film belge

April 1992 •French

Scene 23, Slow pan The wind whistles over the dykes of the Willebroek Canal. Armand sighs. The viewer should feel goose bumps under their thick sweater. Make it clear that at this moment, Armand is craving a cup of Borain coffee. Scene 456, Armand's farm Armand puts down his coffee cup. Through the window, he sees a beautiful Romanian refugee with AIDS playing the cello in the beet field. Behind Armand, his wife, a former RTBF announcer, commits suicide by hitting herself with hot potatoes. Scene 2,347, sublime landscape of Flanders Armand can't take it anymore: will he choose the position of deputy for the Vlaamse Blok or that of puppeteer subsidized by the CUCF? No one can say.

Going Ga-Ga

January 1929 •English

Anita and Marion realize that an abandoned baby they sneaked into an orphanage was kidnapped from a millionaire. For the reward, they proceed to break into the institution at night, dressed as men to beat curfew, to get the kid out again. This film survives only in very fragmentary form.

Hattmakarens bal

November 1928 •Swedish

The wealthy hat maker Cederström has two daughters, Marianne and Lotte. He has decided that Marianne should marry Melander even though she loves the poet Malm. Lotte on the other hand loves Melander.

The Magic Glass

June 1914 •English

A boy uses a professor's liquid to make objects transparent.

Belly

January 1996 •English

Puffy Buys Shoes

January 1914 •Hungarian

Out of the three-part burlesque, the only surviving one is the one called Pufi would buy a pair of shoes, with Hungarian inserts. The film is shot on a real-life location, in a Budapest shoe shop, and it portrays the mutual efforts of a puny sales assistant and Pufi, the bladder-of-lard customer, to find him a suitable pair of shoes. The content of the other two parts is not known.

Silent Movie

June 1976 •English

Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the studio's creditors attempt to thwart them.

Smith's Army Life

February 1928 •English

19th release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies.

Thumb Wars: The Phantom Cuticle

November 1999 •English

The hilarious story of a restless young farm-thumb, Loke Groundrunner, and his tasty companion, Princess Bunhead, who go on an quest to combat Black Helmet Man and the Evil Thumbpire.

The Vagabond

July 1916 •English

A tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.

Mrs. Pussy Loves Animals

November 1911 •French

Each time Mrs Babylas sees an animal, she just can't help herself bring it back home.

The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon

September 2008 •English

From Richard Gale, mad maker of CRITICIZED, comes a film that will never have you looking at cutlery the same way again. Set-up as an epic-length trailer for an upcoming release, HORRIBLY SLOW... depicts a man's endless pursuit by what has got to be one of the most determined and patient murderers the screen has ever seen.

The Bat

March 1926 •English

A masked criminal who dresses like a giant bat terrorizes the guests at an old house rented by a mystery writer.

The Monster

March 1925 •English

A general store clerk and aspiring detective investigates a mysterious disappearance that took place quite close to an empty insane asylum.

The Unholy Three

July 1925 •English

Three sideshow performers form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" - a ventriloquist, midget, and strongman working together to commit a series of robberies.

The Penalty

August 1920 •English

Blizzard, deranged from a childhood operation in which both his legs were needlessly amputated after an accident, becomes a vicious criminal, and eventually mob leader of the San Francisco underworld.

Qui?

January 1916 •French

Mademoiselle Blanche Durand, in her sixties who lives on the mezzanine level of her property, is found dead, stabbed, inside her home. To enter, the judge had to ask for help from an operator to remove the grate from the small window that faces the street. The door of the flat has two locks and a chain placed inside. Whoever committed the crime could not get out of there or out of the window, since it was embedded in the wall.

Robot Dreams

December 2023 •Spanish

A lonely dog's friendship with his robot companion takes a sad turn when an unexpected malfunction forces him to abandon Robot at the beach. Will Dog ever meet Robot again?

Evening Clothes

March 1927 •English

Attracted by his wealth, avaricious Germaine marries D'Artois, then leaves him for a more sophisticated man. D'Artois retaliates by moving to the city and learning the proper social graces. His new life style proves to be too expensive for him, and at the end he is left with nothing but one suit of evening clothes and his now contrite wife.

The Ace of Hearts

September 1921 •English

A romantic rivalry among members of a secret society becomes even more tense when one of the men is assigned to carry out an assassination.