What to Watch Right Now

(Japanese with English subtitles) After meeting a handsome truck driver (Nao Omori) in the midst of an urban mini-mart, a 30-something freelance writer (Shinobu Terajima) embarks on a life-changing emotional journey of sexual self-discovery. Ryuichi Hiroki (I Am an S&M Writer, Tokyo Trash Baby) directs this critically acclaimed road movie based on the novel by Mari Akasaka.

It concerns itself with position of woman as subject and way women experience patriarchal law and heterosexual order.

First of April : April fools galore in the studios where a radio broadcast takes place ;the MC pretends to shoot dead all the artists .Eventually ,up comes the "letters to the editor " man :this time , the poor guy is shot dead for good.The radio host is abducted ,and while he is in captivity ,he still believes he is the victim of a long "April fool"!Meanwhile , as the captain is an incompetent,three of the artists decide to investigate :Louise shows flair and insight.

Michel, was born in Latin America, "on the other side of the world", as the script emphasizes, of a French father he hardly knew at all. He goes to Paris to start a new life. His only possession is a painting which his father left him, along with the advice: "If you ever need to sell the painting, do so in France, where it's worth a fortune." But Michel discovers that his father's tumultuous and secret past comes along with the valuable painting. Meanwhile, Clara, a middle age Spanish-Argentine mother gets a strange present from a now dying childhood friend in Buenos Aires. It's a roll of Super 8 film which brings back very strong, and emotionally charged memories from the 1970s and before.

France, free zone, autumn 1940. The parallel and crossed story of a newlywed couple, whose husband is a teacher, and that of two teenagers who love each other in secret.

In this MGM short film, part of the Theater of Life Series, an Los Angeles Police Department motorcycle Sergeant reflects on the growing traffic levels on the nation's roads. People drive further and faster than they ever have. People are impatient and don't give way to pedestrians, leading to frazzled nerves all-round. Accidents occur regularly leading not only to costly damaged cars but also to loss of lives.

Alain is a young man who has just left his parents and finds himself lost in Saint-Nazaire, where he gets involved in shipbuilding and meets a girl...

Film showing the intricate process, teamwork and smelly chemicals involved in lithography.

A blind boy visualizes what he hears and experiences on a regular basis.

Sister Marion Irvine and Gail Roper tell how they overcame personal obstacles, as well as social pressures against female athletes, to become world-class competitors. They help motivate viewers to strive to become the best they can be, regardless of age.

Another dandy compilation from old records, and right up to the previous numbers in the series in point of entertainment. After some glimpses of co-eds of 1900 riding bicycles, Civil War vets on parade, Buffalo Bill in a western picture and Wallace Beery making his film debut as a female impersonator, there is an amusing oldtime drama with Henry B. Walthall in a leading role. Aided by genuinely humorous running comment, the reel is rich entertainment.

Providing further items of interest in laboratory discovery and invention, this latest number of the Popular Science series displays the newest method of obtaining finger prints, a hair trimming comb certain to be a veritable blessing for milady's coiffure, the technique of reproducing on glass microscopic animal life, and in conclusion some interesting shots of work done to make modern air travel comfortable and safe. Color and vocal commentary add value to make this subject interesting and educational.

Training of thoroughbreds as jumpers and show horses supplies interesting camera material for this subject. Routine of training from first lesson to prize-winning performances in the show ring is pictured, with Ed Thorgersen's running description making every step understandable to the uninitiated. Photography is exceptionally good.

This short starts with a short biography of Nostradamus and highlights some of his prophecies that came true in his own day (e.g., telling a young priest that many years later he would become Pope Sixtus V). Then we come to the present and learn that Nostradamus' writings foretold WWI. Several of his prophecies are then applied to the events leading to WWII, as well as to current war events.

With skiing fast becoming a national sport, this film should have universal appeal. The ascent by aerial tramway of New Hampshire's snow covered Cannon Mountain, affords dazzling views of the winter ski scene. Hans Thorner, Swiss-American ski champion provides thrills aplenty as he negotiates hairpin turns and precipitous drops to complete the mile and a half run in less than two minutes.

Tom Cannon, a tap-dancer senior at State University sets out to find a College Queen for the upcoming competition. He selects Cindy Harris, a girl who is working her way through college as a waitress and can sing and dance. They win and she is named College Queen. Songs include "I'm Learning a Lot in College" and "Down the Old Ox Road."

Primitive sculptures trace the evolution of religious motives in early man.

On the march for progress, mankind kept wasting plenty of natural resources underground, water and energy, polluting the environment without analyzing the losses and problems human beings would endure while trying to obtain more and more things to preserve life. But half of those resources could be better saved if people would look above their heads and see a great natural possibility that can be used to generate clean energy. Mixing animation with real footage, Saul and Elaine Bass present an informative short film that advocates the use of solar energy.

1)Segment 1: in the Middle Ages ,a drama company arrives in a castle where the lord's daughter is to marry a man she has never met:as it often happened at the time,she only saw her fiance's "picture".The soon-to-be-husband can strike horror into the girl's heart:a half-wit who stammers and limps.The bride falls for one of the thespians and tries to escape from a doomed fate ...but in the castle they blow the Mort - 2)segment 2:in the 19th century....They say there's a curse on the marriages since the tragedy told in part one. Then again ,the lord of the manor's daughter is to marry a(handsome,this time)man;a little dressmaker's apprentice,Juliette is also in love with the fiance:one night she puts on the wedding gown but the young man catches her when she is wearing the white garment;the curse strikes.3)segment 3:just before WW2,the Nouveaux Riches buy the properties of the nobles who are broke .Not only the lord short of the readies wants his son to marry a rich heiress,but he also "hires" a noble dowager as a go-between.Although immoral to a fault,several reversals of situation lead to true love ..and perhaps the end of the curse.

Miracles, in Sweden? A village curate with paltry attendance at his services gets a call one Sunday in December to meet an emissary from the Vatican who has come to test a child for special powers (he's the young son of a farming couple in the curate's parish; he's come to the Vatican's attention via a roundabout chain of odd events). The curate takes the visitor to the farm, convinced that nothing is out of the ordinary. Then, event by event, the curate comes to think otherwise and must figure out a way to save the child from a life in Rome. Are miracles afoot? The very fact the curate's car starts in mid-winter may be a sign of things to come.

The hero ,Burt Brickford, is a former marine,some kind of cross between Lemmy Caution and Hergé 's "captain Haddock' ,without a beard but with a liking for whiskey.He is hired by a wealthy man on a boat en route to so called treasure hunting;but it is not so, and it seems that this business is a bit shady.Besides,the crew is sinister- looking;fortunately there are three gorgeous ladies who make Burt's task worthwhile.