Chinese documentary film directed by Xu Tong

A collection of restored prints from the Lumière Brothers.

2021 film by Zhang Yimou

2016 film by Oriol Paulo

2004 film by Hirokazu Koreeda

A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

《电影通史》按照年代顺序追溯了电影的演化，从早期的电影放映技术到多银幕影城的出现，直至如今的网络平台，展现了世界影坛的重要时期、主要流派和经典作品，并以电影的高速发展反观社会和文化的演变。图文并茂的文章深入全面地阐述了每一种电影类型，从最早出现的默片到史诗票房大片，以及21世纪出现的电脑动画与视觉特效。翔实的历史年表让读者对电影史上的重大事件一目了然。 书中从机位、布光、动画、表演风格及社会文化影响的角度详尽地分析了各个时期的代表作，对知名大片进行了让人耳目一新的解读，揭示出明星的闪光点和影片成功的秘诀，以及最具潜力的剧本折戟票房战场的原因。 电影改变了世界。从技术允许的第一天开始，人们就从古老的艺术形式中汲取养分，开创了电影这个新的艺术门类。是什么推动了早期电影的诞生？电影院具有怎样的建筑学和社会学意义？为什么一些电影能成为经典？是什么让一位导演、编剧或演员成为不朽的明星？ 这是一部由专家学者团队为广大电影爱好者编撰的图文版电影史，将翔实的资料、精炼的文字和大量珍贵的插图相搭配，满足读者求知的欲望和阅读的快感。精美的设计和精良的制作让本书赏心悦目，值得收藏。本次中文版根据2019年的英文第2版翻译制作。如果你爱好电影并希望更好地理解电影，翻阅此书将是一个绝佳的选择。 ●国际电影史专家、影评人和学者团队联合编撰，内容权威可靠。 ●图文详解影史经典，聚焦细节，看电影史像看电影一样轻松。 ●约1400幅高清图片，精心设计的美观版面，全彩印刷，完美呈现。 本书令人称羡地轻松填补了枕边读物和专业书籍之间的缺口。 ——《完全电影》（Total Film） 这本书对纷繁悠久的电影传奇进行了精彩的介绍，优美的行文、深入浅出的评论和清晰的版块设计贯穿始终。 ——《帝国》（Empire） 明星多过天上繁星，导演更是无可计数，除此之外，本书还有实用的术语解释和电影年表。 ——《苏格兰人报》（The Scotsman） 丰富的内容、犀利的观点、翔实的资料和精美的插图——对影迷来说，这是一份完美的礼物。 ——《伯恩茅斯每日回声报》（Bournemouth Daily Echo）

2021 animated film by Mike Rianda

In the wake of their parent's separation, three siblings spend the summer in the south of France with their estranged Grandfather. In less than 24 hours, a clash of generations has occurred between the teenagers and the old man. During this turbulent summer, both generations will be transformed by one another.

Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.

Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupt wizard Saruman awaits, and Sauron's fortress at Barad-dur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor. Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.

2020 Japanese animated film

A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the school's brass band.

Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig undergoes a personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an 'internationally ignored' but divinely talented rock diva, inhabiting a 'beautiful gender of one'.

1994 film by Gérard Corbiau

Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

A Russian Literature professor at the University of Havana is ordered to work as a translator for child victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster when they are sent to Cuba for medical treatment. Based on a true story.

A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.

2021 film directed by R. J. Cutler