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The notable non-theatrical film distributor Thomas Brandon produced Tall Tales, a 1941 celebration of the American folk song featuring Josh White, Burl Ives, and Will Geer.

Shortly after the end of World War II, a con man on the run finds himself in a passionate love affair that may well cost him his life.

Transmitted by Australian visual artist Jonathan Zawada, Tall Tales is a fairy tale for the modern world; depicting rising tides, kings & queens, amazon logistics and robotic arms under iridescent skies. We wanted computers to do our accounting – instead, they try to paint our pictures and sing our songs.

When Apollo, a kind-hearted travelling performer, lands in the village of the Funny Little Bugs, it’s not too long before he upsets the life of the kingdom. As Apollo falls into a trap set by Wendy, the jealous and treacherous cousin of the queen, he is framed for kidnapping Queen Marguerite, causing panic in the hive! In reality, Marguerite is held by the Vermin, Wendy’s accomplices, while she takes over the throne. With the help of his new friends, Apollo embarks on a perilous rescue mission. To free the Queen and save the hive, the Little Bugs will bravely face many dangers and be more imaginative than ever!

In this newly-edited featurette comprised of largely unseen footage from Phantasmagoria, Phantasm star Angus Scrimm discusses his portrayal of the iconic Tall Man throughout the franchise

Due to psychological issues with performing his secret mission the undercover detective visits a private psychiatrist and tells her about the reason for his visit. When she thinks the detective is just another ordinary patient with a need for a "cathartic" conversation and discussing his heady action detective experience, she realizes he's a much more complicated case, a case she might not be able to take in her stride.

On reasons of the Russian humorous saying.

Mater the tow truck travels from country to country as he retells his infamous but unbelievable stories.

A film about the many faces of time as it flows from the future to the past, through cyclic, biological, curved and paradoxical time.

Ludwig Von Drake takes viewers through the stories of American folklore. First up is Casey of Mudville who valiantly struck out. Then the tale of Captain Windwagon Smith. Conclusion has Paul Bunyan and Babe his blue ox.

Three orphans take on a pair of snooty toffs in the Old Town Dog Show.

Two children are entertained, and scared, by grandpa's "tall tales" on his porch in the Florida backwaters.

A group of friends decide to stay in and tell tall tales that conjure vampires, killers, demons, and doom. Will it too late when they realize they're in a tall tale of their own?

The first in a series of shorts, based on answers to a four year old's questions. Tall Tales are white lies I tell my son about why he has to be quiet in certain places, why he has to go to bed by a certain time, where cars come from, where dreams come from, why people wear eyepatches and how milkshakes were invented.

This is an animated short about why children need to be quiet on trains. Tall Tales are white lies I tell my son about why he has to be quiet in certain places, why he has to go to bed by a certain time, where cars come from, where dreams come from, why people wear eyepatches and how milkshakes were invented.

A documentary featurette on the production of Mater’s Tall Tales

The story of famous actor and director Orson Welles is told through his two visits to the Republic of Ireland; first in his youth as a promising young actor and finally in later years as a washed up icon of the silver screen.

Drag Queen Story Hour features drag queens reading stories to kids in libraries and schools. Amidst a building controversy, we learn that kids and drag queens have more in common than you might think.

Tale about a dreamer who was very tall and disturbed everyone. But one day his music awakened a sense of beauty in the townspeople.

Climb aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge as Captain Jack Sparrow is captured by a crew of zombies in the latest CGI Animated adventure from Lego Pirates of the Caribbean 4!

A 20th century man lands on the Moon and discovers that Baron Munchausen has beaten him to it, accompanied by Cyrano de Bergerac and the characters from Jules Verne's novels about the conquest of the satellite.

Two brothers camping with their cousin try to frighten each other by telling stories. They start with urban legends, but then there are two main narrations: one involves strange happenings at an elementary school; the other, a teenage boy with a peculiar interest.