Oscilloscope Laboratories (Firm)
Language
Swahili
Formats
Description
In the Kenyan bush, a small-time ivory dealer fights to stay on top while forces mobilize to destroy his trade. When he propositions his younger cousin, a conflicted wildlife ranger who hasn't been paid in months, they both see a possible lifeline. The plummeting elephant population in Africa has captured the attention of the world, and as the government cracks down, both poachers and rangers face their own existential crises - what is the value of...
Language
Español
Formats
Description
With visually stunning landscapes and immersive sound, GODS OF MEXICO is a poetic survey of the vast landscapes and rich diversity of several communities of rural Mexico. Using richly saturated color and hypnotic black-and-white interludes, filmmaker Helmut Dosantos takes viewers through salt pans, deserts, highlands, jungle, and underground mines—paying tribute to those who fight to preserve their cultural identity amidst the shadows of modernization....
3) Joyland
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Urdu
Description
The youngest son in a traditional Pakistani family takes a job as a backup dancer in a Bollywood-style burlesque, and he quickly becomes infatuated with the strong-willed trans woman who runs the show.
4) Moon Garden
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A little girl in a coma is thrust into a surreal industrial dreamworld. Haunted by a spectre that feeds off her tears, she must follow her mother’s voice to find her way back to consciousness.
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Mark Pellington's adaptation of Dan Wakefield's seminal novel about a young man coming of age in the 1950s is a timeless story of freedom and repression, friendship and family, sex and love, and the psychological and spiritual struggle to be true to one’s self even if it means going against society’s expectations. In his debut as a feature filmmaker, Pellington constructs an elegant and morally complex tale about two young high school alumni and...
7) Oma & Bella
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Two older Jewish women, best friends who live together in Berlin, are Holocaust survivors who have remained in Germany since the war. Oma and Bella spend their days telling stories and cracking jokes, dispensing advice, and devoting the majority of their time to their greatest love of all, cooking.
8) Ma ma
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
Description
Just as Magda is diagnosed with breast cancer, she meets Arturo, a devoted husband and father in the midst of unspeakable loss. Their chance encounter leads both down a path of strength, grace, love, and rebirth.
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Persian
Description
When the Taliban puts a bounty on Afghan director Hassan Fazili's head, he is forced to flee with his wife and two young daughters. Capturing their uncertain journey, Fazili shows firsthand the dangers facing refugees seeking asylum and the love shared between a family on the run.
10) Art and craft
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
It follows the story of Mark Landis, one of the most prolific art forgers in U.S. history. His impressive body of work spans thirty years, covering a wide range of painting styles and periods. While the copies could fetch impressive sums on the open market, Landis isn't in it for money. Posing as a philanthropic donor, Landis has given away hundreds of works over the years to a staggering list of institutions across the United States.
12) The king
Publisher
Oscillscope
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Forty years after the death of Elvis Presley, a musical road trip across America in his 1963 Rolls Royce explores how a country boy lost his authenticity and became a king while his country lost her democracy and became an empire.
13) No ordinary man
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Billy Tipton was a transgender jazz musician whose career spanned the 1930s through the 1970s, but this fact wasn't known until after his death in the late 1980s. At the time, his story was framed as that of an ambitious woman merely trying to get ahead in a male-dominated music scene, but by collaborating with trans artists, that story is correctly celebrated as that of a trans culture icon.
14) The love witch
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However her spells work too well, and she ends up with a string of hapless victims. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and murder.
15) Truth to power
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The Grammy-winning lead singer of System of a Down, Serj Tankian, helps to arouse a political revolution on the other side of the world, encouraging Armenia's struggle for democracy through his music and message." --
16) Combat obscura
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
For years, Miles Lagoze served in Afghanistan as a Combat Camera, shooting footage and editing videos for Marine Corps recruiting purposes. In this devastating film, Lagoze assembles his own footage and that of his fellow combat cameramen into a never-before-seen look at the daily life of Marines from the ultimate insider's point of view.
17) Amanda
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Italiano
Description
Born into an upper-class family with a doting mother who foots the bill for her indolent lifestyle, 24-year-old combative Amanda searches for boyfriends but only finds misfits who are repelled by her intensity. She longs for connection but has never had a friend of her own, until she discovers a long lost childhood bond, spurring a mission to convince another recluse that they are still best friends.
18) Ms. Purple
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A poignant drama about sister and brother, Kasie and Carey, who were raised, and are now seemingly stuck in Koreatown. Abandoned by their mother and brought up by their father, the siblings continue to struggle with profound emotional wounds from the difficulty of the parental dynamic.
19) Claydream
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Known as the "Father of Claymation," Will Vinton revolutionized the animation business during the 1980s and 90s, creating such iconic characters as the California Raisins and Domino's The Noid. But after thirty years of being the unheralded king of clay, Vinton's carefully sculpted American dream came crumbling down. Structured around interviews with this charismatic pioneer and his close collaborators, along with a treasure trove of clips of their...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
Each year, His Holiness the Dalai Lama travels the world, offering teachings and public talks to individuals from many different faiths and backgrounds. In 2010, His Holiness traveled to New York City to teach A Commentary on Bodhicitta by Nagarjuna and A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life by Shantideva. In his talk, His Holiness discusses ways in which one can achieve the realization of selflessness and ultimately achieve inner peace, which generates...