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Avataro Sentai Donbrothers meets Kamen Rider Den-O: Aim for it! The Don-O
A short 3-episode crossover between Avataro Sentai Donbrothers and Kamen Rider Den-O that aired on Bandai official YouTube channel.
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Keep It a Secret: The Story of the Dawn of Surfing in Ireland
In the early 1970s, the world-class waves of Ireland were uncharted waters for the international surfing community. Amidst the ongoing conflict of the Troubles, pioneers in both Dublin and Belfast transcended political hostilities to host the 1972 Eurosurf championship. This look into the unsung history of the Emerald Isle’s now world-renowned surf scene details the power of sport to bridge any divide.
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Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
In a world, where the deities have descended from the heavens lies the town of Orario that features the Dungeon, which contains an assortment of monsters from goblins to dragons. Adventurers slay those monsters and take their shards, which are then used to craft magic items. To become an adventurer, people join groups called Familia. Each of which is named after and serves a resident deity. The adventurers and their attributes and abilities are ranked by level, improved by experience and supervised by their Familia's deity.
Bell Cranel, a novice adventurer, is the sole member of the Familia under the goddess Hestia. After being saved by top level adventurer Ais Wallenstein of the Loki Familia, he falls in love with her and decides to improve and become worthy of her attention. All the while mostly unaware that other girls, deities and mortals, also develop feelings for him. Especially Hestia herself.
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Bombs Away: LBJ, Goldwater and the 1964 Campaign That Changed It All
The political ad "Peace Little Girl" aired during the 1964 presidential campaign ushered in a new era of the television attack ad. The campaign also reshaped the American political landscape in other significant ways ultimately ending up with the establishment of the contemporary geopolitical map of red and blue states. Includes interviews with historians and participants in the campaign.
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It All Happens Here: Abel Ferrara and the Making of Bad Lieutenant
The crew of Bad Lieutenant discusses the making of the 1992 film.
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: The Bad Sleep Well
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Bad Sleep Well" (1960).
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John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It
This 56-minute documentary on America's most controversial and unique composer manages to cover a great many aspects of Cage's work and thought. His love for mushrooms, his Zen beliefs and use of the I Ching, and basic bio details are all explained intelligently and dynamically. Black Mountain, Buckminster Fuller, Rauschenberg, Duchamp are mentioned. Yoko Ono, John Rockwell, Laurie Anderson, Richard Kostelanetz make appearances. Fascinating performance sequences include Margaret Leng-Tan performing on prepared piano, Merce Cunningham and company, and performances of Credo In Us, Water Music, and Third Construction. Demystifies the man who made music from silence, from all sounds, from life.
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I KNOW LOVE IS REAL, BECAUSE I EXIST AND I'M SO FULL OF IT
A hybrid documentary about love, Gabby Lauren expresses her trouble understanding the notion of love throughout life. She turns to friends and interviews them, and in return, receives a collection of nostalgic and intimate conversations on what love is to them. Following two sisters, a couple and a cat lady consider the subject of love and how it has impacted their relationships and lives. This short film puts love in the forefront, a nostalgic collection of love in different forms. Portraying the growth of the relationships on screen and stepping into the warmth of their memories.
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Would It Kill You to Laugh? Starring Kate Berlant + John Early
Kate Berlant and John Early play celebrities reuniting after a public falling-out at a moderated TV event interspersed with absurdist sketches of varying characters, from strippers to a family of beavers.
