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Jun 9, 2017

0h 2m

★ 6.4

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Alice Diop's enchanting short film, a work of transcendent transformation, shows how the rough lines of Drancy station are immortalized in watercolor by the French artist Benoît Peyrucq. A tribute to a location fraught with historical and contemporary poignancy.

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Benoît Peyrucq

A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions at that time. Germany had just recovered a little from the worst consequences of the First World War, the great economic crisis was still a few years away and Hitler was not yet an issue at the time.

0.0

Kwaï

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7.5

Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki

Nov 14, 2017

A look at legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki following his retirement in 2013.

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10.0

Estação Metropolitana

Dec 20, 2022

Between one carriage and another, passengers tell their stories over a train journey.

6.5

The Way Things Go

Jun 1, 1987

Artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss create the ultimate Rube Goldberg machine. The pair used found objects to construct a complex, interdependent contraption in an empty warehouse. When set in motion, a domino-like chain reaction ripples through the complex of imaginative devices. Fire, water, the laws of gravity, and chemistry determine the life-cycle of the objects. The process reveals a story concerning cause and effect, mechanism and art, and improbability and precision, in an extended science project that will mesmerize the mind.

7.2

Été 44, un train pour l'enfer

Mar 11, 2021

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7.6

Faces Places

Jun 28, 2017

Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.

5.0

Train Entering Hove Station

Sep 22, 1897

Most movie fans know that the first filmmakers liked to shoot trains entering stations. This example by Sussex film pioneer George Albert Smith illustrates why. The train's rush towards the audience brings movement and visual drama. The flurry of human activity offers plenty for the audience to engage with - who are these people and where are they going? And the time pressure exerted by the fact that the train must soon depart adds narrative tension - will everyone get on and off in time?

0.0

A Small Passage of Time

Oct 17, 2025

An experiment with three dimensions in a moment of clarity: the focus of the camera's lens towards the present, the speed of the train and the material world distorted by the movements of the train.

6.4

A Railwayman's Word

Jan 1, 1953

A documentary about the hard work of railwaymen transporting coke from Tarnowskie Góry to Szczecin Iron works.

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0.0

Wij, Roger Raveel

Mar 28, 2021

Documentary about the belgian painter Roger Raveel (1921-2013) as part of his centennial celebration.

0.0

MBTA Ashmont - Mattapan Line: Traction Volume One

Jan 1, 2023

The Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line operates 2.6 miles of track from Ashmont Station to Mattapan Station just south of Boston. We capture this neat little commuter operation in the state of Massachusetts. They operate with all PCC trolley cars! This operation offers a vital link to commuters to get to Boston easily from the suburbs of Boston! It is a landlocked line that connects with the Red Line at Ashmont Station! Filmed in 2022 & 2023 at 7 of the 8 stations.

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0.0

The Travel Game

Jan 1, 1958

A light and somewhat satirical look at the problems and pleasures of Continental holiday travel. A passenger on the Hook Continental Express from Liverpool St. imagines the possible destinations of his fellow passengers.

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0.0

Europe by Train

Jan 1, 1965

A journalist chats on the unusual excursions possible from nodal stations on Europe's train networks. Douglas Browne, journalist and traveller, takes us about Europe re-telling his experiences of many countries (Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Spain) and letting us into the secret of making the journey over land and see an exciting part of a holiday or business trip.

10.0

Inlandsbanan: De som tog tåget

Sep 22, 1991

A journey along the Inlandsbanan, from Mora to Gällivare, in the last summer of 1991 when the passenger traffic is to be shut down. A decision and its consequences. A film about the view of Norrland in these EC times.

0.0

Paint Until Dawn: a documentary on art in the life of James Gahagan

Jun 8, 2020

Seeing is to painting what listening is to politics. Survival as an artist demands both. Paint Until Dawn is a documentary on art in the life of James Gahagan (1927-1999), who painted all night to push the limits of vision. His life and thought reveal a correlation between art and activism through an interesting angle: the creative process itself.

0.0

Winter Spring

Sep 23, 2024

A train moves through winter as a superimposed image of the same route in spring gradually emerges. Both moments coexist within a single frame, revealing two seasons happening at once.

5.0

Newspaper Train

Nov 15, 1942

The story of how newspapers were distributed during the Blitz, stressing the importance of an accurate and objective press on the home front.

7.3

Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405

Oct 14, 2016

56-year-old artist Mindy Alper has suffered severe depression and anxiety for most of her life. For a time she even lost the power of speech, and it was during this period that her drawings became extraordinarily articulate.

0.0

Segertåget

Jan 24, 2025

On the purple trains that run through the rapeseed fields of Skåne, anger is growing. The train company is planning yet another cutback. But this time the train staff are ready to back each other! For decades, companies have competed to win lucrative public procurement contracts to run Sweden’s railways. This competition has led to the deteriorating work conditions for employees, as companies seek to establish a competitive advantage over one another. The short documentary, Segertåget (“Victory Train”), follows train drivers and train conductors who, between work shifts and the online meetings of the pandemic, organize themselves in a fight for justice and better working conditions. A story of perseverance and solidarity in a time of constant deterioration.

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