2017 film by Brett Morgen

Eight months after the death of his wife, Frank Goode looks forward to a reunion with his four adult children. When all of them cancel their visits at the last minute, Frank, against the advice of his doctor, sets out on a road trip to reconnect with his offspring. As he visits each one in turn, Frank finds that his children's lives are not quite as picture-perfect as they've made them out to be.

Marlo, a mother of three, including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant at first, she quickly forms a bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging nanny named Tully.

2018 documentary film directed by Tim Wardle

◆行遍大半个美利坚，带你看见一个充满区隔和断裂的美国社会 ◆一个你未从真正了解的西部世界，竟成了美国未来的预言 ◆“全球百位顶尖思想者”之一罗伯特·卡普兰的经典著作 ··· 【内容简介】 1995—1997年，卡普兰在故土美国及周边开始了一场旅行，从堪萨斯走到西海岸，从中部的密苏里走到西部的俄勒冈，从北部的加拿大边境走到南部的墨西哥。透过政治与文化的视角，卡普兰发现了一个转变中的美国——一个在种族、阶层、教育、地理上充满了区隔和断裂的美国。这里，财富在迅速增加，但贫富差距也在进一步拉大；传统的信念已经消逝，而新的信念仅仅处于萌芽状态。这个大国并非衰落，而是正在缓慢而不可逆转地蜕变出一种全新的身份认同。 ···· 【媒体推荐】 实在想不出还有谁能为美国的未来做出如此令人信服的设想。 ——《纽约时报》 · 美国西部这块曾经的荣耀之地，逐渐变成血土相连的民族主义之“最后堡垒”。在这块土地上，征服的神话和昭昭天命仍然充满生机……这就是为什么在今天这个全球化迅速发展的时代，对美利坚爱国主义的现状和未来进行探索是极有价值的。 ——《纽约书评》 · 最棒的游记不仅要描写一个地方，更要解释它。在这本书中，《大西洋月刊》资深主笔卡普兰用出色的修辞与深刻的洞见完成了这两个任务。 ——《柯克斯评论》 · 充满惊喜和非同寻常的启示，有料却令人不安，这是一幅新美国荒原的图景。 ——《芝加哥论坛报》 · 极其生动……卡普兰用尖锐凌厉的目光寻找社会真相，他尝试让美国西部公民讲述自己故事，这份努力让他的叙述生动无比。 ——《户外》 · 卡普兰这本书既重要又实用，它是对21世纪美国的社会发展趋势做出精准预测的必读书。 ——《书评》 ··· 【编辑推荐】 ◆美国向保守主义和本地主义转向只是从2008年金融危机爆发后才开始的？究竟是哪些美国人投票选出了特朗普？在好莱坞电影之外，美国中西部到底有怎样的世情风光？卡普兰用一次历时三年的旅行，横跨十几个州，全方位呈现美国中西部的真实面目。 ◆这是一部游记，文辞优美，令读者身临其境；这也是一部文化考察著作，卡普兰的志趣远远超过一般游客的观赏与记录，而是在政治和文化的视野中对美国社会、历史的变革给予思考，重新发现早已埋下撕裂隐患的美国社会。

【名人推荐】 丝绸之路是一条传说中在中古时期横穿欧亚大陆中心的商路，韩森的《丝绸之路新史》是对这个话题最可读和最可信赖的历史描述。作者在原始文献和优秀学术成果的基础上，使用了大量一手调查资料以及对馆藏文物的广泛研究。本书插图精美，前所未有地生动展现了在中亚绿洲间行走的商人 与驮兽，他 们运载着商品、思想、艺术、音乐和宗教。 ——梅维恒（Victor H. Mair） 美国宾夕法尼亚大学亚洲及中东研究系教授、敦煌学专家 这本书语言生动易读，同时内容非常丰富前沿。从各方面来说都非常成功。 ——魏义天（Etienne de la Vaissière） 法国巴黎社会科学高等研究学院中亚中古社会史教授 人们传统上对丝绸之路的印象是“笔直而通畅”，韩森颠覆了这个印象，以及丝绸非常重要的观念。相反，她详细展现了七个中亚绿洲的生活、历史与文化，让我们了解使用中文、俄语、日语及其他语种写作的学者的研究成果。她完成了一项盛举。 ——吴芳思（Frances Wood） 大英图书馆前中文部主任、国际敦煌项目指导委员会成员 尽管渊博而迷人，本书并非一部丝绸之路的罗曼史。韩森挑战了人们对这个中亚十字路口的惯常描述。她发现当地居民主要处于维持生计和以物易物的状态，而非从事大规模的长途商业贸易； 她发现中国军队在把丝绸带到丝绸之路上扮演着重要角色，而非商人。尽管她揭露了真相，这片地区却显得更加迷人。她巧妙地将古籍记述以及对丝绸之路的现代勘测结合起来，使那段历史栩栩如生，尤其是公元1000 年左右伊斯兰统治这片区域之前此地多元宽容的宗教氛围。这是一本让你读完就背上行囊出发的书！ ——滕华瑞（Gray Tuttle） 美国哥伦比亚大学东亚语言和文化所教授、现代西藏研究专家 【内容简介】 在世界历史上，丝绸之路是一个著名符号。但它实际上是什么样子的？在人们对它的想象中，一般是这样一幅朦胧景象：驮着丝绸的骆驼商队在尘土飞扬的沙漠中穿行，在中国与罗马之间络绎不绝。本书将要为你揭示，现实的情况与此大相径庭，而且远远比这副景象有趣得多。 本书通过大量惊人的考古发 现，彻底改变了人们对这条商路的惯常理解。几个世纪以来，尽管大量关键材料仍然尚未发掘，但是塔克拉玛干沙漠已经出土了许多迷人的东西。既有官员刻意埋藏保存的文书，也有目不识丁的当地居民利用官方文书做成的鞋垫和寿衣。作者探讨了丝路上从长安到撒马尔罕的七座绿洲，那里聚集着商人、使节、朝圣者和旅客，信仰着从佛教到祆教的不同宗教，有着非常宽容的国际化氛围。 本书试图告诉读者，从来没有一条单一的连续的丝绸之路，有的只是东西方之间的一连串市场。中国和罗马之间几乎没有直接的贸易活动，中国的主要贸易伙伴是今天伊朗地区的居民。丝绸并不是这些商路上最重要的商品，中国发明的纸张对欧洲产生了更大的影响，而金属、香料和玻璃与丝绸一样重要。相比之下，这些商路上传播的思想、技术和艺术图案具有更大的意义。 总而言之，本书综合利用中、英、法、德、日、俄六种语言的前沿研究成果，讲述了一个有关考古发现、文化传播以及中亚与中国之间互动的迷人故事。

Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when protecting his family.

In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.

1995 film by Martin Scorsese, Michael Henry Wilson

Follows the waves of literary, political, and cultural history as charted by the The New York Review of Books, America’s leading journal of ideas for over 50 years. Provocative, idiosyncratic and incendiary, the film weaves rarely seen archival material, contributor interviews, excerpts from writings by such icons as James Baldwin, Gore Vidal, and Joan Didion along with original verité footage filmed in the Review’s West Village offices.

1994 film by Freida Lee Mock

REVOLUTION OS tells the inside story of the hackers who rebelled against the proprietary software model and Microsoft to create GNU/Linux and the Open Source movement.

This movie is a selection from many hours of footage produced before and during the music festival that was to accompany "The Rumble in the Jungle" - the heavyweight championship fight between Ali and Foreman in '74. The festival was meant to bring the American soul/r&b/funk/blues musicians "back home" to Africa and give them the opportunity to perform alongside African stars, such as Miriam Makeba. The movie is centered on James Brown, the main star of the three-day festival. It is more about the event as such, its "technical" background, than about schoolbook history. Even then, it leaves a lot of ambiguities open for the viewers to see. We hear Ali comment on the peaceful life Zairians lead while American blacks are ever threatened by accidents or (white) hatred. But this peaceful life is controlled by the government that urges the people to love their dictator. Although this movie doesn't deal with the political tensions involved in this Zairian sojourn, the implications are there. One thing that some viewers might not like is that "Soul Power" leaves little room for the African artists, focusing instead on the American greats like Brown or B.B. King. Another is that it's so short - King has only one feature, Brown has no more than three. At the Berlin IFF (Berlinale), the director (or editor, as the movie is simply made up of footage produced over 30 years ago) explained that he couldn't afford more than he did; also, some of the performances at the festival were of lower quality. As it is, the songs that we hear in "Soul Power" are beautifully shot - and finely recorded. At any rate, this movie is worth watching. It's interesting and it's funny. Go see for yourself! (by jammasta-1 @imdb)

The first season introduced main characters of the series, including Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who were portrayed by David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson respectively, and recurring characters Deep Throat, Walter Skinner and The Smoking Man. The season introduced the series' main concept, revolving around the investigation of paranormal or supernatural cases, known as X-Files, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation; it also began to lay the groundwork for the series' overarching mythology. Initially influenced by Kolchak: The Night Stalker and The Twilight Zone, series creator Chris Carter pitched the idea for the series to Fox twice before it was accepted for production. The season saw the series quickly gaining popularity, with ratings rising steadily throughout its run; and garnered generally positive reviews from critics and the media. It helped to make stars of its two lead roles, and several of its taglines and catchphrases have since become cultural staples.

Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.

2007 film by Richard LaGravenese

1997 film by P. J. Hogan

When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

The only survivor of the Nostromo, Ripley is discovered in deep sleep half a century later by a salvage ship. When she is taken back to Earth, she learns that a human colony was founded on the same planet where the aliens were first found. After contact with the colony is lost, she finds herself sent back to the planet along with a team of warriors bent on destroying the alien menace forever, and saving any survivors -- if any remain.

2005 film by Jason Reitman