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poster Ali Barbouyou and Ali Bouf, In Oil

Ali Barbouyou and Ali Bouf, In Oil

The opening title card explains that a painter has just finished his work when his assistant comes in and accidentally drinks varnish. The film then picks up as the painter goes haywire and sends the assi…

poster The Diabolical Church Window

The Diabolical Church Window

Here we have an old scholar/alchemist brooding over a book, challenged by the devil, and going through the familiar sorcery to create a woman by throwing pieces of clothing against a stain-glass church wi…

poster The Marvellous Wreath

The Marvellous Wreath

A magician performs tricks with a marvelous wreath.

poster Knock Off

Knock Off

91mn - Action, Adventure, Thriller

A fashion designer and his CIA agent business partner must join forces to stop a group of terrorists from smuggling explosives in counterfeit jeans during the handover of Hong Kong.

Exposé

Nonemn - Drama, Thriller, Horror

A paranoid writer is unable to get started on his second novel. He hires a secretary and then his troubles really begin.

poster Boules Game

Boules Game

1mn - Documentary

poster Caught in a Cabaret

Caught in a Cabaret

Charlie is a clumsy waiter in a cheap cabaret, suffering the strict orders from his boss. He meets a pretty girl in the park and tries to impress her by pretending to be an ambassador. Unfortunately she h…

Skinned

98mn - Thriller

An undercover cop hunting a serial killer who tattoos and skins his victims finds herself dangerously drawn to Nathan, unaware he's the very predator she's pursuing.

Camille

72mn - Drama, Romance

Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acq…

poster Kiri-Kis

Kiri-Kis

3mn - Comedy, Fantasy

A family troupe of acrobats, made up to appear Japanese, perform various unbelievable stunts in front of the camera, achieved through a trick of the camera.

poster Départ en voiture

Départ en voiture

1mn - Documentary

Three women get in a horse-drawn carriage, as servants load luggage on the roof, before it pulls away.

poster Elastic Transformation

Elastic Transformation

1mn - Fantasy, Comedy

A woman enters a room with a man. She creates a duplicate of him and changes his personality by throwing his clothes from one man to the next.

poster The Famous Box Trick

The Famous Box Trick

A magician performs a series of magic tricks involving a boy and a box.

Fencing

1mn - Documentary

Early Edison short showing two men fencing.

poster Call of the Cuckoo

Call of the Cuckoo

Mishaps befall a new home owner located next door to an insane asylum.

poster Going to Bed Under Difficulties

Going to Bed Under Difficulties

A man takes off his clothes in preparation for bed, only for new clothes to spontaneously generate, leading to comical consternation.

poster The Inner Circle

The Inner Circle

24mn - Crime, Drama

A lonely widower living in the Italian quarter of the city, whose only solace since the death of his wife is his little child, reluctantly becomes a member of a secret society existent among his countryme…

poster The Seven Ages

The Seven Ages

A couple who have known each other all of their lives are shown together at different stages of life. First, as children, they play together affectionately. Soon afterwards, they are at school together, a…

poster The Good Luck of a 'Souse'

The Good Luck of a 'Souse'

This film from George Melies is sadly one that's only available in fragments. The film starts off with a title card stating that a drunk man has just thrown his family out a window. We see a couple of the…

poster Alcofribas, The Master Magician

Alcofribas, The Master Magician

Two men in a cave perform magic.

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