Don't Open the Box

The Juggler

January 1980 •French

A juggler in a park opens his magic box and takes out 3 balls. The audience marvels at his dexterity, until one ball escapes. The mutinous ball takes on magical properties as it draws the juggler into a series of adventures with many levels of meaning: appearance, fantasy and love. Without words.

Angry Cabaret

January 1994 •English

Club owners Angry and Cabaret have to scrounge up the money for rent fast, or risk having their business shut down.

Elliott's To Do List

October 2018 •English

A quirky high school girl has to learn that you can't fit friendship into a checkbox.

Guinea Pig: Devil's Experiment

September 1985 •Japanese

A duo of guys capture and brutally torture a young girl to the point of piercing her retina.

We All Came Home

November 2020 •English

In 1974, a soldier, having now returned home, is haunted by shadows from the past, but are they just in his mind?

Hoax

September 2017 •Indonesian

The Serenade

March 1916 •English

Plump and Runt are street musicians who are rivals for Florence's affection.

Roaming Romeo

January 1920 •English

Mickey's Little Eva

April 1928 •English

Mickey McGuire is putting on a bad performance of Uncle Tom's Cabin, but first he has to deal with the competition; another boy is putting on a wild animal show -- house cats inflamed by the "tamer" having white mice in his trousers.

Big Noise Hank

November 1911 •English

Hank Rouser, "Big Noise Hank," as a daring stranger had called him, was mad clear through. Julius Jones had faithfully promised to return that $500 after thirty days, and now it was long past due, and not even a line from Mr. Jones. So after a little friendly persuasion, in which Hank's six-shooter was brought into prominence, the bar was effectively cleared of its patrons, despite the protests of the barkeeper, and the bully sat down to dispatch a few terse sentences to his tardy friend, upon the receipt of which, Julius, with the aid of Caleb, his old family servant, quickly packed his traveling bag and started on a little journey, which he wrote to H. Rouser, would surely keep him away several months. (Moving Picture World)

Riders of the Purple Cows

October 1924 •English

When a gang of outlaws put Andy Clyde's ranch house under siege, daughter Alice Day recruits college heart throb Ralph Graves to save daddy.

Honest Injun

July 1926 •English

Johnny Arthur has been ordered to spend a year out west to toughen him up, so he and butler George Davis head out. The cowboys at the ranch don't like him, so Johnny and they play practical jokes on each other. However, when Virginia Vance is kidnapped, it turns out to be real desperadoes.

Whoa, Emma!

March 1926 •English

When wild horse Emma (Trixie the Horse) keeps opening the gates and freeing horses, ranch owner Molly (Molly Malone) hires Jimmie (Jimmie Adams) to deal with the problem. When he tames Emma, however, jealous ranch hands tie him up and kidnap Molly, so it's Emma to the rescue!

Dimensions of Dialogue

January 1983 •Czech

Three surreal depictions of failures of communication occuring on all levels of human society.

Zapata's Gang

February 1914 •German

Comedy about a film crew shooting a movie about guns and robbers, when real robbers turn up. Having to go home in robbers costume, they are mistakingly accused. In the end the real robbers are brought to justice. One of the earliest films portraying bisexual characters.

Thousand Year Sleep

June 2007 •English

Samantha, Lydia, Isabella, and Lisa. These four young women are about to learn that humanity is just an irrelevant flame burning nowhere in the vastness of space. Their dreams will be shattered and one man will marvel at the evil he has committed.

Paper Jam

April 2022 •English

Two deadbeat photocopier technicians discuss their recently deceased boss, who has been found dead the morning of. The conversation turns sour and some sinister and bizarre truths are revealed.

Forbidden

April 2022 •English

A man opens up about his fears in a long-overdue therapy session, only to learn there is something deeply more sinister to be afraid of.

I Was a Teenage Werebear

September 2011 •English

A repressed gay teen transforms into a beast after being bitten by a hunky classmate.

All American Drawback

October 1935 •English

The Dean and Board of Flunk Well College are arguing with its football coach, Bergen, about the team's star player, Charlie McCarthy, who is the only reason the team is a winning one, but who isn't doing well academically and could be pulled from the team if his grades and behavior don't improve. In other words, Charlie is a dummy in more ways than one. Beyond other problems Coach Bergen has with Charlie concerning the coach's girlfriend Joan, Coach Bergen has to get Charlie prepared to pass an exam administered by the Dean. Instead of cheating like he usually does, Charlie has his own way of dealing with the exam.