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Publisher
Arbelos Films
Pub. Date
1981.
Language
Hungarian
Description
One of the great psychedelic masterpieces of world animation, SON OF THE WHITE MARE is a swirling, color-mad maelstrom of mythic monsters and Scythian heroes, part-Nibelungenlied, part-Yellow Submarine, lit by jagged bolts of lightning and drenched in rivers of blue, red, gold and green. A massive cosmic oak stands at the gates of the Underworld, holding seventy-seven dragons in its roots; to combat these monsters, a dazzling white mare goddess gives...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
On President Jefferson's (originally secret) orders, the US Corps of Discovery led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out to chart the new territories gained by the Louisiana Purchase, while recording its people, flora, and fauna. How did they cross Native American-occupied lands peacefully? What was the expedition's political significance? Find out here.
265) Corniaud
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
A clever fellow proves himself smarter than the gangsters who would exploit him. The trouble begins in Paris when the vacationing hero accidentally gets into an auto accident with a smuggler. The crook is most apologetic for the mishap and kindly offers to let him drive his Cadillac to Bordeaux and continue with his holiday. The poor traveler doesn't know that the vehicle is a black market on wheels carrying everything from jewels to heroine. He is...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Founded in 1540, the order of the Jesuits used global cultural exploration as a means to proselytize to local cultures across the world, from India and China to the Americas. Examine their controversial method of inculturation, and place the Jesuit project in the context of a larger intellectual shift towards cultural relativism.
268) Mr. Nice Guy
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Bon Appétit, action lovers! Jackie Chan stars as a television chef pursued by rival gangs of ruthless drug dealers who think he has an incriminating videotape. Of course, it's all a misunderstanding. When Jackie rescues the pretty journalist who shot the tape, she accidentally switches it with one of Jackie's. Now he has the evidence, and she has a video of Jackie making pasta. As the situation gets even worse, Jackie takes off his apron and treats...
269) Cyrano De Bergerac
Publisher
ECHELONSTUDIOS
Pub. Date
1950.
Language
English
Description
France, 1640: Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous Roxane; she, in turn, confesses to Cyrano her love for the handsome but tongue-tied Christian. The chivalrous Cyrano sets up with Christian an innocent deception, with tragic results. Much cut from the play, but dialogue not rewritten.
270) Śakra
Publisher
Well Go USA
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When a respected martial artist is accused of murder, he goes on the run in search of answers about his own mysterious origin story and the unknown enemies working to destroy him.
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Vick and the Bears find themselves stuck in the ancient past surrounded by gigantic animals that all seem to have one thing in mind — lunch! Now the Bear Brothers must find a way back home in an adventure unlike anything they’ve faced before.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Understand the complexities of Christopher Columbus who, in stumbling upon the Americas while attempting to reach Asia by heading West, touched off the massive Columbian Exchange of peoples, plants, commodities, and diseases. Dispel enduring myths, and explore Columbus's religious motives for launching what he called "The Enterprise of the Indies."
273) History's Greatest Voyages of Exploration: Episode 3,St. Brendan - The Travels of an Irish Monk
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Consider religious motivations for exploration. Men like the Irish monk St. Brendan--who sailed the Atlantic in a tiny leather boat--sought God and fled the world's corruptions, some searching for paradise and some merely for seclusion. Examine how legendary re-workings of such real adventures left a surprising legacy that would affect later exploration.
274) History's Greatest Voyages of Exploration: Episode 20,Dr. Livingstone and Mary Kingsley in Africa
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
First, consider how the most famous PR stunt in the history of exploration--journalist Henry Stanley finding ailing Scottish explorer Dr. Livingstone in a remote town in Africa--reveals how Africa long remained the "Dark Continent" to the outside world. Then, turn to Mary Kingsley, an Englishwoman whose writing revealed West Africa to a European audience.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Although traders had traveled the Silk Road since the Roman Empire, there was little awareness of what existed at the other--until Marco Polo's accounts of China opened Europeans' eyes to a mysterious, advanced civilization. Start with background on the medieval world, then look closely at Polo's travels and legacy.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1961.
Language
English
Description
Immediately following the success of Black Sunday, Mario Bava was recruited to direct (and photograph) the second of Reg Park’s Hercules films for producer Achille Piazzi. Freely departing from Roman mythology, the film gave Bava the opportunity to reimagine the sword-and-sandal genre. On its surface a jovial comedy adventure, Hercules in the Haunted World features a striking use of color, which would become one of Bava’s directorial hallmarks....
277) The Wonderland
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
日本語
Description
A girl without self-confidence meets a mysterious alchemist Hippocrates and his student Pipo who are on a mission to save the world. Together, they laid the groundwork for "Wonderland" and Akane is labeled as Wonderland's savior.
278) Father Goose
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1964.
Language
English
Description
Cary Grant stars in one of his funniest roles as a beachcomber sitting out WWII in peace - until the Allies recruit him to be a lookout on the South Pacific isle. During an enemy attack, he answers a distress call and discovers a beautiful French schoolmarm (Leslie Caron) and her seven girl students. And so begins a hilarious battle of the sexes between a messy American, a prim Mademoiselle, and seven mischievous little girls. Who will win is anybody's...
280) Empire of the Wolves
Publisher
Under the Milky Way
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
A disgraced policeman helps a young detective to hunt down a serial killer who targets Turkish women in Paris.
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