The Islamic State, a hardline Sunni jihadist group that formerly had ties to al Qaeda, has conquered large swathes of Iraq and Syria. Previously known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the group has announced its intention to reestablish the caliphate and has declared its leader, the shadowy Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as the caliph. The lightning advances the Islamic State made across Syria and Iraq in June shocked the world. But it's not just the group's military victories that have garnered attention - it's also the pace with which its members have begun to carve out a viable state. Flush with cash and US weapons seized during its advances in Iraq, the Islamic State's expansion shows no sign of slowing down. In the first week of August alone, Islamic State fighters have taken over new areas in northern Iraq, encroaching on Kurdish territory and sending Christians and other minorities fleeing as reports of massacres emerged. —VICE News

A mansion, a lawn, some trees: an unmoved frontal view, 9 minutes long. We hear an off-screen voice. It si the co-director, who commands what goes on in the image. He calls up participants while the other co-director climbs a ladder and holds up a cornet that emits smoke and sparks.

After the death of their abusive father, two estranged twin brothers must reunite and sell off his property.

Delves deep into the anxiety, thrill and uncertainty of six aspiring animation artists as they are plunged into the twelve-week trial-by-fire that is the NFB's Hothouse for animation filmmakers.

Waterline Slim en zijn band zijn onvermoeibare bluesmuzikanten, net als de meesters die voor hen kwamen. Hun lot is om te spelen in kleine bluesclubs, bars en restaurants op het hele continent door de blues naar hongerige oren te brengen. Als je eenmaal Watermelon Slim hebt gehoord of gezien, zul je het nooit vergeten. Deze concertdvd was als de titel die live werd opgenomen in de Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale Mississippi.

Hayflower begint haar zomervakantie op een badmintonkamp dat wordt verwoest door Cynthia, een weggelopen kip. Quiltshoe maakt een nieuwe vriendin, Anita, die tot ieders verbazing een kip blijkt te zijn. Onder leiding van agenten Bellybutton en Goggleclock wordt een grote kippenjacht gelanceerd.

Ultra Music Festival 2015. Midden in de stromende regen. Dash Berlin schreef geschiedenis door het publiek te verrassen met een van de meest emotionele, krachtige en energieke sets die het festival ooit heeft gezien en bleek zich helemaal thuis te voelen op het grote hoofdpodium.

Dinner Time is noted as the first sound cartoon short made after Warner Bros.' success with The Jazz Singer and produced even before Walt Disney's first sound cartoon, Steamboat Willie (though released after).

A witty and mind-expanding exploration of data, with mathematician Dr Hannah Fry. This high-tech romp reveals what data is and how it is captured, stored, shared and made sense of. Fry tells the story of the engineers of the data age, people most of us have never heard of despite the fact they brought about a technological and philosophical revolution.

Kiyoshi, a brilliant detective, inquiries on mysterious cases with his childhood friend, Ishioka, a novelist.

Vang de vonk in het donker op in Disneyland Park. En neem afscheid van een van de meest gevierde tradities van het Magic Kingdom: de Main Street Electrical Parade. Waar anders dan in de Main Street Electrical Parade zou je een verlichte, 12 meter lange vuurspuwende draak kunnen zien? En nog een laatste keer de energie van de legendarische melodie horen?

The only surviving play from the anthology series, Out of This World, presented by Boris Karloff.

Based on the novel by L. P. Hartley, The Hireling is a dissection of antiquated but hardly dormant British class distinctions as a lonely socialite and her chauffeur become more than friends.

A place-specific film-excavation of Bixiga neiborhood – São Paulo. Choreography of forces that cross present time. Filmancy, clairvoyance is the vision of what is taking shape.

Mystery writer Marian Carstairs is hard at work trying to finish her latest novel. Her three children meanwhile are entertaining themselves by trying to solve a murder in their own neighborhood. In between gathering clues, the kids play matchmaker by trying to fix up their widowed mom with the handsome detective investigating the case.