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A group of teenagers are haunted by a despicable act they committed when they were younger. Their actions caused the deaths of three innocent people. Now, on the anniversary of those deaths, an ominous calling card in the form of a carved pumpkin has been placed at each of their homes. Someone is out for revenge...the question is who?

Based on a true story, Carver depicts the real life events of five 20-something's that went camping in the mountain town of Halcyon Ridge and never returned.

It has been thirty years since the last Fox Creek Carver murder. Assuming the killer's dead, four local college students go to the woods to conduct a research project on the famed serial killer, but soon realize that his spree never ended.

Sulo, a lonely artist, lives in the countryside. One day as he is going to see his ex-girlfriend, he meets a girl with a trailer full of cardboard boxes and helps her move her things into her new flat.

Newlyweds experience marital problems when the wife's highly successful job as an attorney overshadows her husband's stagnant career.

A documentary insight behind the scenes of Roberts Altman's Short Cuts.

Maud has two men in her life - George and Errol. In an effort to decide which boyfriend to keep, she visits a clairvoyant who tells her that her ideal partner may, in fact, be a third person she has yet to meet. Recorded in a single studio, with minimalist sets.

A group of ladies seeking the perfect faces soon realise when they conjure a demonic plastic surgeon, that no surgery comes without a price.

On Canada's Pacific coast this film finds a young Haida artist, Robert Davidson, shaping miniature totems from argillite, a jet-like stone. The film follows the artist to the island where he finds the stone, and then shows how he carves it in the manner of his grandfather, who taught him the craft.

When Raymond Carver died in 1988, he was mourned as a national literary figure and shortlisted for the Pulitzer prize yet only ten years earlier he was marooned in a drying-out clinic. From his experiences, his alcoholism, bankruptcies, years spent in trailer parks and motel rooms, BBC 'Omnibus' shows how Carver produced stories and poems about the other side of the American dream - about the people whose dreams go belly-up.

Actor/singer Brent Carver sings and performs Shakespeare.

The story of Dr. George Washington Carver (1864-1943), black educator and horticulturist. He is perhaps most well known for developing over 140 products from all parts of the peanut plant, including the shells and husks. He also developed products based on sweet potatoes and soybeans, and developed a cotton hybrid that was named after him.

Ernesto is a security guard at a supermarket where he spends every day watching customers through surveillance cameras. At night, he changes his guard uniform for Carver's suit and patrols the neighborhood until Alicia proposes a real case: hunt down the drug dealer who killed her brother.

The world is a bleak desolate place where the people live in elevated cities. As the ground is uninhabitable, the citizens spend most of their lives wasting their time in virtual reality. Carver is a dream-breaker whose job is to enter the world of VR and fix what is wrong. And what is wrong is that his gal pal Dinah has been murdered in VR which should not be possible. But Carver soon finds that Dinah has constructed a transducer which allows people to enter VR without other equipment, but creates a rift. That rift causes people to enter VR, but also allows the creatures from the game to enter the real world.

Color footage of inventor George Washington Carver at Tuskegee University in Alabama. Dr. Carver is filmed at his apartment, office, laboratory, and garden.

You probably remember that George Washington Carver invented over 300 uses for peanut butter. Did you know that while at Tuskegee Institute he became one of the world's foremost experts in horticulture? In fact, George Washington Carver almost single-handedly reinvented land management in the South following the ravages of too much cotton and tobacco farming. He was so brilliant that Henry Ford and Thomas Edison tried to hire him, but he said no. Do you know why? Because he wasn't after fame or fortune. The most important thing in George Washington Carver's life was that he was a Christian. He simply marveled at God's creation and wanted to help all mankind. This 2-part DVD hosted by Wintley Phipps you'll discover someone who grew up "colored" in segregated America with poverty, frailty, sickness, and the KKK, but who saw each and every obstacle as a blessing and an opportunity to learn.

A look at some of the last stone carvers working in the United States, those completing the sculptures adorning the Washington National Cathedral. They discuss their craft and the cultural forces which helped define it, as well as the fading use of stone ornamentation in architecture and the history of stone carving, and they tour the cathedral to point out the history behind some of the work.

A vain woman hires a hitman to murder herself.

A rancher, thrown from his horse, must cross an inhospitable desert and avoid those who live there.

After taking a deformed-looking pumpkin home to carve, two friends begin to experience a pumpkin-like illness and must try to remedy it before it is too late.

Renowned Haida artist Bill Reid shares his thoughts on artistry, activism and his deep affection for his homeland in this heartwarming tribute from Alanis Obomsawin to her friend's life, legacy and roots.

In the 50 years since he carved his first totem pole, Robert Davidson has come to be regarded as one of the world’s foremost modern artists. Charles Wilkinson (Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World) brings his trademark inquisitiveness and craftsmanship to this revealing portrait of an unassuming living legend. Weaving together engaging interviews with the artist, his offspring, and a host of admirers, Haida Modern extols the sweeping impact of both Davidson’s artwork and the legions it’s inspired.

In 2032 an eight-year old boy, displaced by global warming, fends for himself as an environmental refugee in a hostile northern metropolis. Haunted by memories of flooding that left him homeless and orphaned, the boy forms an unexpected friendship with an Inuk ice carver who helps him confront his past.

An estranged grandson and his grieving grandfather reconnect through an unfinished bucket list, healing old wounds and rebuilding their bond.

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A slice of life documentary featuring Marina Cole, a chainsaw carver who turns driftwood and other recycled materials into beautiful works of art.

Joanna, recently divorced, decided to return with her daughter to the town where she was born. There, she confronts the memories of the past when he meets his former lover, now married.

Louis, a reclusive caretaker, who is kept up every night by wild sex in the apartment above him, is obsessed with making dioramas of ideal suburban scenes. His isolation is broken when Harry, his 10-year-old neighbour decides they must find him a wife. Renee, Louis' perfect match magically appears, and his lessons on how to talk to girls begins. When Louis is ready to take the plunge he musters up all his courage and follows Renee hoping to introduce himself. To his dismay, he realizes that Renee works at a Peep Show and is forced to battle his prejudices and fears in order to find the family he is longing for.

A contemplative coming of age drama. With her grandmother's impending death, 18 year old Mary finds it difficult to connect, instead growing ever closer to her cousin Cameron.

Suffering from a terminal illness, a young loner decides to make big decisions for the little time that he has left while coping with the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.

An astronomer and his daughter embark on a camping trip to see the eclipse.

Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Aboriginal boy who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.

In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm. Paddy wants to keep moving. A sheep-shearing contest, the birth of a child, drinking, gambling, and a racehorse will all have a part in the final decision.

A novelist wakes up with a gun in his hand and a corpse in the house he woke up in. He doesn't remember how he got there or even if he committed the killing.

Ben is a control-freak, charmer, abuser and warped product of the digital age. He films everything. Jess is just out of rehab. Their worlds are dominated by each other. Jess now needs some space and time apart from Ben and is invited by her friends to their house in the woods for the weekend. People arrive and the party kicks off… but not everyone attending has been invited.

Albert Leroux, headwaiter at an exclusive Paris hotel, falls hopelessly in love with Elizabeth Foster, an American heiress, though he is convinced that she will never admire a waiter.

No Defense is a 1929 romantic drama directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Monte Blue. It was a silent film with part talking and sound-effects by the Vitaphone Company. It was distributed by Warner Brothers.

Jether, a shepherd, is lured from his home by Tisha, priestess of the goddess Ishtar. He journeys to the city of Babylon, where he lavishes Tisha with gifts and spends his share of his father's wealth on riotous living.

After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.

Sheila is a self-obsessed aerobics fanatic who accidentally ingests some toxic hair gel while doing her usual morning workout to Aerobisexy Vol. 14, transporting her into the world of Aerobics Cult Leader John Flexi. Executive Produced by writer/director Sam Fox's Foxy Films and Candice Molayem of Animal Crackers Clothing. Produced by Greatgrandma Film Collective and featuring Bonavega, Number One Popstar and music from DJ Harvey.

A dark, sweet film about Dorian, a romantic young runaway who makes art out of everything she sees. She watches the world from a Brooklyn rooftop and folds one thousand paper cranes to get her wish, the love of graffiti artist Lorenzo.

A couple's long overdue, romantic dinner plans are foiled when they become entangled in an illegal, underground bullfight in the basement of their Manhattan luxury apartment building.

750 miles. Icy water. No motors. No support. Described as the Iditarod on a boat with a chance of drowning or being eaten by a Grizzly bear, this epic endurance race attracts intrepid, unhinged characters who find their edge on this punishing course.

Ghost hunters find film director's haunted mansion and anger the flesh-eating ghouls inside.

Maniacal presents the story of Gilbert Gill, a confused young man who is alienated from his family and society. Like the Columbine killers and other sociopaths, Gilbert goes on a bloody killing spree, targeting local youths. He is finally hunted down by the local sheriff and his own father, in one of the most terrifying stand-offs I've seen in years...

Inspired by the ghost of Johnny Appleseed, a young man undertakes a mission to populate the countryside with seeds... marijuana seeds that is.

Accusations of guilt turns a father into a fugitive, leaving his son to find and bring him home after struggling to put the pieces together.

In rural Indiana, Noah and his impoverished family wrestle with the mysterious return of his now mute sister, Lauren, who was kidnapped and held captive for over a decade.

Sensing betrayal, a hired hit-man confronts his business partners in a showdown that will have only one survivor.

Young Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago. Torrio invites Capone to move to Illinois to help run his Prohibition-era alcohol sales operation. Capone rises through the ranks of Torrio's gang and eventually takes over. On top, he works to consolidate his power by eliminating his enemies, fixing elections to his advantage and getting rich. In his spare time, Capone courts the principled Iris Crawford.

Mama and daughters get forced by circumstances into bootlegging and bank robbing, and travel across the country trailed by the law.

A World War I deserter competes in the first long-distance motorcycle race.

A man cuts off his ankle monitor & attempts to get back his valuables so that he can repay his mother before going on the run.

Thirty years after slashing a Hamilton High couple on Prom Night 1957, psychotic priest Father Jonas gets loose from the chapel basement where the other church fathers had been secretly keeping him locked up and drugged.

A man and woman are struggling to adjust to life with their new baby. Their situation begins to unravel when they suspect a menacing stranger could be lurking, watching... or even entering their home.

A yuppie seeks help from two townspeople in finding his wife and daughter, during a blizzard storm. Based on the short story by Stephen King.

A funny, sexy look at the fragmenting family and the absurdity of modern existence. Inspired by Rashomon, the film has seven-year-old Cielle, her black British mother Marcia, and Marcia's latest boyfriend Frank describe a minor domestic ‘accident’. One event, three different versions. But which, if any, is the truth? Festivals include: Berlinale (Winner: Best Short Film), European Film Academy Awards (Nominated), Rome, St Petersburg, Drama, Foyle, Geneva, Tampere.

This incisive, urgent documentary examines the history of anti-Black racism in hockey, from the segregated leagues of the 19th century to today’s NHL, where Black athletes continue to struggle against bigotry.

A famous gunfighter gives up his evil ways, and settles in a quiet town. But, the town is being terrorized by a gang, drawing our hero back to gunslinging, but this time in the name of good.

Your favorite Homecoming Friends gathered together in Fort Worth, for an exciting celebration in gospel music...Texas style. They filled the Tarrant County Convention Center and had people tappin' their toes, clappin' their hands, and kickin' up their heels. Everyone there celebrated the important contribution made by the great state of Texas to our gospel music roots and continuing heritage.

The Gaither Homecoming family sings its way through Alaska's majestic landscape in this rare and beauitful Alaskan Cruise experience. In this musical journey, gospel music's finest voices gather for a concert on the ship's deck to celebrate and to worship the Creator of all this beauty. Your host, Bill Gaither, also gives you a glimpse into many of the off-stage moments during the cruise, as the Homecoming family shared meals, storytelling, laughter, and as always, singing!