Notes on the Popular Arts
An exploration of American escapism through dream sequences. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
- Year: 1978
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- Keyword: preserved film
- Director: Saul Bass, Elaine Bass
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4.50 1970 HD
‘A beautiful, mysterious yet satisfying optical illusion…celebrates the early passing of a steam on the Thames. Using freeze-frame...
7.00 1952 HD
A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself.
6.60 1969 HD
A lyrical recreation of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ decision at age eight to stop chopping cotton and start singing for a living. Preserved by...
7.40 1953 HD
In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her...
6.60 1959 HD
A Los Angeles detective and his Japanese partner woo an artist while solving a stripper's murder.
1 1982 HD
This fascinating making-of documentary investigates the controversy and political atmosphere surrounding the production of Salt of the Earth,...
6.59 1964 HD
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.
7.00 1949 HD
A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wild ride are an earnest reporter, a heretofore...
5.50 1968 HD
Les Blank's poetic documentation of 1967's Los Angeles Easter Sunday Love-In. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2002.
5.00 1944 HD
The Town was a short propaganda film produced by the Office of War Information in 1945. It presents an idealized vision of American life, shown in...
6.71 2021 HD
In a modern America where witches are real and witchcraft is illegal, a sheltered teenager must face her own demons and prejudices as she helps two...
7.00 2023 HD
Fearless alpine climbers Ueli Steck and Dani Arnold enter into a death-defying rivalry to set speed records on the Swiss Alps' great north faces.
6.60 1983 HD
This comedy has everyone's favorite 6 Swedish gals enjoying their stay in the alps. When the girls aren't enjoying the pleasure of their own company...
5.10 2016 HD
Four friends break into an abandoned insane asylum in search of a death certificate which will grant one of them a large inheritance. However,...
6.90 2023 HD
A flight attendant and her boyfriend must steal a cache of diamonds to clear an old debt — but the plan spins into a mayhem when the plane gets...
6.80 2023 HD
When her good tenants go bad, a landlord finds herself terrorized by a cult that seemingly has her husband enthralled — and her daughter in its...
6.50 1998 HD
Roughly chronological, from 3/96 to 11/96, with a coda in spring of 1997: inside compounds of Aum Shinrikyo, a Buddhist sect led by Shoko Asahara....
6.50 2020 HD
Stanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair in debt, an opportunity to recoup the cash leads to a...
7.40 2009 HD
A recap of Death Note episodes 27–37, with new footage. L's successor must ponder L's defeat if he hopes to succeed where his famed predecessor...
6.40 2022 HD
To fulfill his mother’s dying wish and avoid being removed from her will, an inflexible bachelor hires an actress to play his fiancée.