With the rapid emergence of digital devices, an unstoppable, invisible force is changing human lives in ways from the microscopic to the gargantuan: Big Data, a word that was barely used a few years ago but now governs the day for many of us from the moment we awaken to the extinguishing of the final late-evening light bulb. This massive gathering and analyzing of data in real time is allowing us to not only address some of humanity biggest challenges but is also helping create a new kind of planetary nervous system. Yet as Edward Snowden and the release of the Prism documents have shown, the accessibility of all these data comes at a steep price. The Human Face of Big Data captures the promise and peril of this extraordinary knowledge revolution.
From members of Winnipeg’s infamous Astron-6 collective comes a loving homage and absurdist send-up of the Italian giallo genre. Rey Ciso was once the greatest editor the world had ever seen — but since a horrific accident left him with four wooden fingers on his right hand, he’s had to resort to cutting pulp films and trash pictures. When the lead actors from the film he’s been editing turn up murdered at the studio, Rey is fingered as the number one suspect. The bodies continue to pile up as Rey struggles to prove his innocence and uncover the sinister truth lurking behind the scenes. (Tiff 2014)
下巴伐利亚的警察弗朗茨(塞巴斯蒂安·贝策尔 Sebastian Bezzel 饰)因为工作失误而被下放到慕尼黑,接手管理他的是那里出了名的严厉女上司。在好友的帮助下,弗朗茨总算在新城市落地生根了,但此时的他并不知道,一场狂风巨浪正在黑暗里汹涌的等待着他。 不久之前,弗朗茨父亲的汽车被盗了,当弗朗茨接到通知说车找到时,他万万没有想到,和汽车一起被发现的,还有后备箱里一具被保鲜膜紧紧包裹着的尸体。经过警方的调查,尸体的身份为一名来自塞尔维亚的女学生,更蹊跷的是,她的腹中还怀着孩子。与此同时,弗朗茨自己的个人生活也发生剧变,他和苏西之间的感情正在经历前所未有的考验。
虎克(伊利亚·伍德 Elijah Wood 饰)的父亲在他很小的时候就抛弃了他,可是近日来,这个男人的行为非常的反常,竟然开始主动关心起自己的儿子来,实际上,他心里打着自己的算盘。原来,虎克得到了一笔价值不菲的遗产,这就是父亲接近他的原因。不仅如此,虎克的父亲甚至打算杀死亲生儿子来获得这笔钱。
为了避开父亲,也为了保命,虎克踏上了冒险的旅途。在途中,虎克结识了名为吉姆(考特尼·万斯 Courtney B. Vance 饰)的黑人奴隶,吉姆因为担心自己被卖掉而从雇主家里逃了出来。就这样,虎克和吉姆结伴前行,虎克决定帮助吉姆重新获得本就应该属于他的自由。
Two villages in Rayalaseema, Nallagudi and Kommadi are engaged in a feud for decades lead by Basi Reddy and Narapa Reddy respectively. The son of Narapa Reddy, Veera Raghava Reddy, returns from London after completing his education. Basi Reddy attacks and kills Narapa Reddy on their way home. Raghava instinctively takes a sword and kills his opponents. After talking to his grandmother about the feud, he realizes that violence became a way of life for the people in these villages and he leaves for Hyderabad seeking a solution to the feud. Raghava meets Aravindha in Hyderabad and falls in love with her. She strongly believes in solving problems without bloodshed and sets him on a path of self-discovery. He decides to return to his village and put an end to the feud.
Gary Busey plays Buck, a former Vietnam veteran/ex-con recently released from the state prison. He returns to the small Midwest town where he grew up only to discover the place overrun by a large motorcycle gang bent on causing trouble. When the bikers murder his wife and traumatize his young daughter, Busey, with the help from a fellow Vietnam vet, as well as his former cell-mate, a drug kingpin living in Miami, Buck arms himself to the teeth and wages a war against the motorcyclists to destroy them once and for all.