The Wave

Behind the Tide Movies

Posted by at May 20, 2025

Behind the Tide (2014)
From Cornwall in the UK to the Sunshine Coast in Australia, creatives ride the wave of surfing nostalgia to forge a life outside of the mainstream.

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The Condom King of Newfoundland (2020) Movies

Posted by notbanned at April 27, 2020

Madhukar Parab belonged to the wave of immigrants that arrived in Newfoundland and Labrador in the 1970s. A struggling artist from India, he did whatever he could to make ends meet. Little did he know that he would become the owner of a condom packaging business in rural Newfoundland. His story really begins with a stop to refuel at the gas station, where a young Judy Barrett was dared by her co-workers to ask this diminutive newcomer out on a date. They soon fell in love. But the choice to marry someone from a different culture was met with opposition and racism from both sets of families. The new couple persisted.

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NHK - The Mystery of the 40-Meter Tsunami: The Great East Japan Disaster (2020) Movies

Posted by notbanned at April 7, 2020

The tsunami that struck northeast Japan in March 2011 was among the largest in Japanese history. But it didn't correlate with the intensity of the preceding earthquake. How did the wave get to be so astonishingly big? We investigate a little-known seabed phenomenon that may have contributed. It seems that if a landslide and slow-motion plate shifting occur at the same time, they can cause a tsunami of an enormous size. 9 years after the disaster, a true picture of what happened is beginning to emerge.

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BBC Panorama - Tsunami: The Survivors Stories (2011) Movies

Posted by fdts at Sept. 13, 2011

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The Hour of the Furnaces (1970) Movies

Posted by Someonelse at Sept. 17, 2011

The Hour of the Furnaces / La hora de los hornos (1970)
A Film by Fernando E. Solanas
DVD9 + DVD5 (VIDEO_TS) | NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | 250 mins | 8,14 Gb + 4,49 Gb
Audio: Spanish AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: part 1 - English, French, Spanish; parts 2 & 3 - Spanish only
Genre: Documentary, History, War | 2 wins | Argentina

This brilliant documentary launched the Third Cinema movement and put Latin American cinema on the international map. It combines new and old film footage to explain the history of Argentina and the wave of revolutionary fervor that swept many countries in Latin America. From the Spanish invaders to modern military concerns financed by foreign powers, this feature examines racism, social upheaval, native massacres and the precarious political situations that could change in the wake of revolutionary rebellion. In a noted sequence, director Solanas juxtaposed images of American commericalism and scenes from a slaughterhouse with snatches of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band playing over top. The scene climaxes with a rapid staccato montage of starving children, bleeding cows and Coca-Cola signs matched with the sound of machine gun fire. The sequence is as thrilling as it is haunting–a masterpiece of pure cinema. This feature took the Critics Award at the Pesaro New Cinema Festival.

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Carlos (2010) [The Criterion Collection #582] Movies

Posted by Notsaint at Nov. 6, 2011

Carlos, directed by Olivier Assayas, is an epic, intensely detailed account of the life of the infamous international terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez—also known as Carlos the Jackal. One of the twentieth century’s most wanted fugitives, Carlos was committed to violent left-wing activism throughout the seventies and eighties, orchestrating bombings, kidnappings, and hijackings in Europe and the Middle East.

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Very Crudely Yours: The John Waters Collection (1972-2005) [Re-UP] Movies

Posted by Someonelse at April 1, 2015

The only thing better than one John Waters movie for a solid evening of trashy entertainment is seven, and thanks to the folks at New Line Home Video, Waters fans can now enjoy a gleefully offensive, career-spanning collection of his most memorable films in this set that's sure to give the neuters nightmares! All seven films, including Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Desperate Living, Polyester, Hairspray, Pecker, and A Dirty Shame, are presented in their original aspect ratios in addition to featuring outrageously entertaining commentary by the director (other bonus materials vary from disc to disc), with a bonus disc offering a variety of audio and video clips detailing Waters' life from childhood to his current status as the Sultan of Sleaze!

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PBS - Nova: Surviving the Tsunami (2011) Movies

Posted by notbanned at June 16, 2015

The earthquake that hit the northern coast of Japan on March 11, 2011 was recorded at magnitude 9.0—the worst ever recorded in Japan. It generated an unprecedented tsunami, obliterating coastal villages and towns in a matter of minutes. In some areas, the tsunami climbed over 100 feet in height and traveled miles inland. Amazingly, amateur and professional photographers captured it all on video, including remarkable tales of human survival, as ordinary citizens became heroes in a drama they never could have imagined. As the waves rush in, a daughter struggles to help her elderly mother ascend their rooftop to safety; a man climbs onto an overpass just as the wave overtakes his car. These never-before-seen stories are captured in video and retold after-the-fact by the survivors who reveal what they were thinking as they made their life-saving decisions. Their stories provide lessons on how we should all act in the face of life-threatening disasters. This unique program was originally produced and broadcast in Japan by NHK, Japan's public broadcaster. Much of the Program has Hard Subtitles. English Soft Subtitles Merged, during English Narration.

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BBC - Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal (2018) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Dec. 4, 2018

Intimate series profiling Princess Margaret, whose life and loves reflected the social and sexual revolution that transformed Britain during the 20th century.

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BBC - Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal (2018) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Oct. 5, 2018

Intimate series profiling Princess Margaret, whose life and loves reflected the social and sexual revolution that transformed Britain during the 20th century.

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