Comic Books Go to War
The universe of comic books is a worldwide pop mythology, a Pantheon in cheap newsprint and saturated colors. For almost 100 years comic books have provided fantasy, escape, and compensation for adolescents who often fee
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The universe of comic books is a worldwide pop mythology, a Pantheon in cheap newsprint and saturated colors. For almost 100 years comic books have provided fantasy, escape, and compensation for adolescents who often fee
A socially committed student commune gathers in its yearly camp to welcome new members, debate on feminism, culture critique and direct democracy, but also sit by the fireplace and sing songs of the movement.
The Film is inspired by the work of Urvashi Butalia and Ritu Menon, who co-founded the first feminist publishing house in India: Kali for Women. It looks back on thirty years in publishing and focusses on the feminist po
May, 1998. Simon, a university student who loves collecting books, owns thirteen of them. One day, in his small rented room, he is visited by a mysterious young boy, a Book Devourer who seeks to seize all his books. One
Warmly presents how Mimi meets and falls in love with books.
This psychedelic trip tells the story of Dr. Gonzo (from Fear and Loathing) in a Herculean struggle to purchase Kafka's Metamorphosis without paying tribute to our gluttonous, corporate overlords.
Books are everywhere in Meena's house - in cupboards, drawers, and even piled up the stairs! Her parents love to read, but Meena never even opens a book! When her cat Max accidentally knocks down a huge stack of books, h
A stressed, under-prepared college student spots a girl across the empty library as he crams for his exams.
"The Books Of John" is a movie that follows the lives of three different people, Frank McLean, Will and Caryn. Frank finds himself alone after losing his longtime partner suddenly and without warning. Months later he fin
In Merath, five civilizations preserve conflicting accounts of a shared war. When reconstruction specialist Rovan enters an ancient sealed structure, he discovers an underground population for whom sunlight is fatal. His
Jimmy looks for the right Uncle Lenny.
In 1929, the German Book Traders’ Association declared 22 March, the anniversary of Goethe’s death, the “Day of the Book”. To boost general awareness of the date, the politically versatile educational filmmaker Hans Cürl
An eight film series by Lewis Klahr
A candid and in-depth look at the creators, the culture, and the collectibility of comics.
These are the only rules written at Reading Club 2000 — a 24/7 public library that shatters norms and rewrites true access to education. Mang Nanie, a passionate community advocate, strives daily to foster literacy by se
Entering the world of several booksellers in the Safavi building on Enghelab Street and discovering new secrets of old bookstores
A short film about books in the USSR.
Film accompanying the book of the same name by Nelvana Enterprises founders Michael Hirsh and Patrick Loubert, with partner Clive Smith as designer and illustrator. It looks at the "Canadian Whites" series of comic books
This film about Library services in Australia shows some of the work of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library, the National Library with its varied resources and examples of State, University, special and public service
A popular children’s book author is trying to separate herself from her overreaching illustrator, until she discovers a dark secret of his that his been hiding in plain sight.