Comment j'ai deteste les maths / How I Came to Hate Math - by Olivier Peyon (2013)

What is striking when you talk with mathematicians is that sparkle in their eyes, and their sudden joyful voice trying to share with you a concept, a theory. They continuously use words such as invention, beauty, freedom. You then ask yourself : how such a rich language, this quasi-philosophical proposition about the world becomes rejected by a majority, 'the only discipline where one prides itself to be bad at it'! But for 40 years, mathematitians have become essential in sickness and in health!

Me and my brother - by Robert Frank (1969)

Julius Orlovsky, after spending years in a New York mental hospital, emerges catatonic and must rely on his brother Peter, who lives with poet Allen Ginsberg. When Julius wanders off in the middle of filming, Frank hires and actor (Joseph Chaikin) to play the character and begins a fictional version of his psychological portrait. Then, as suddenly as he vanished, Julius turns up in an institution where he and Peter must face their relationship.

Lumière et compagnie / Lumiere and company (1995)

40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes. The results run the gamut from Zhang Yimou's convention-thwarting joke to David Lynch's bizarre miniature epic.

L'homme qui plantait des arbres / The Man Who Planted Trees - by Frédéric Back (1987)

This film tells the story of a shepherd who repairs the ruined ecosystem of a secluded valley by single-handedly cultivating a forest over a thirty year period.

Je vous ai compris (2012)

The film’s story? “When in the night of April 21, 1961, hoping to end General de Gaulle’s policy [in Algeria] and to lead to the independence of the Algerian people, the first Foreign Parachute Regiment takes over power in Algiers, Malika, Jacquot, and Thomas prepare to face their destinies. All three are aged between 20 and 30. All three love Algeria. But each does so in their own way, which is not the same at the two others.”

L'arte della felicità / The Art of Happiness - by Alessandro Rak (2013)

A taxi driver who lives in Napoli spend his time on his uncle's car thinking about happiness. His former brother took a road for happiness practicing Buddhism while he is always sad and melancholic. He listens to a radioshow called the art of happiness as a remembering idea of what is the goal of life. Do we have just one life or are we living again and again forever?

Cheatin' - by Bill Plympton (2013)

In a fateful bumper car collision, Jake and Ella meet and become the most loving couple in the long history of romance. But when a scheming "other" woman drives a wedge of jealousy into their perfect courtship, insecurity and hatred spell out an untimely fate. With only the help of a disgraced magician and his forbidden "soul machine", Ella takes the form of Jake's numerous lovers, desperately fighting through the malfunction and deceit as they try to reclaim their destiny.

Rocks In My Pockets - by Signe Baumane (2014)

Latvia, the late 1920s. Anna, a young woman, pretty and educated, falls in love with an adventurous entrepreneur, 30 years her senior. But with marriage comes great jealousy, and the entrepreneur hides Anna away in the forest, far from other men, where she bears him eight children. The Great Depression hits them hard. Then Latvia is overrun with invasions by the Soviets, then the Nazis, then the Soviets once again.

Miniature Mentor # 14 - Miniature Sculpting With Aragorn Marks

The Gunslinger Masterclass is your answer to sculpting Dynamic Clothing. Aragorn Marks uncovers the secrets of sculpting with Fimo - secrets perfected inside the legendary Rackham Studio.

Fifi Howls From Happiness / Fifi az khoshhali zooze mikeshad - by Mitra Farahani (2013)

A documentary on provocative artist Bahman Mohassess, the so-called "Persian Picasso," whose acclaimed paintings and sculptures dominated pre-revolutionary Iran.

Miniature Mentor # 15 - Speed Paint (Repost)

Speed Painting with Thomas David is your answer to learning how to paint great miniatures in just an hour or two.

Sho o suteyo machi e deyou / Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets - by Shuji Terayama (1971)

An angst-ridden teen dealing with his dysfunctional family hits the streets. The story is inter-cut with various psychedelic, energetic vignettes.

Miniature Mentor # 13 - Plague Lord Festus. Master Class Todd Swanson (2010)

Golden Demon Winner Todd Swanson brings his amazing 2008 Slayer Sword winning Plague Lord Festus back to life in this Master Class tutorial.
Todd shows you the tricks and secrets he employed to create the amazing rust and weathering effects on this miniature. Todd covers it all from laying out the base color, to building the highlights and shadows, to applying multiple rust layers, corrosion and chipped paint.

A Hen in the Wind / Kaze no naka no mendori - by Yasujiro Ozu (1948)

A man returns from World War II to find his desperate wife has resorted to one night of prostitution to pay for their son's hospital bills.