Through the Breaking Glass

The Tight Rein

Two wealthy mill owners wishing to consolidate their riches plot the arranged marriage of their children despite that pair’s indifference to each othe

1916

The Girl of the Grove

The girl was young, pretty, and also a good businesswoman; When her father died she took up the reins of management and ran an orange grove with succe

1912

Cages

An old man crosses the desert with a valuable load, a row of cages with cherubs of sublime songs; when one of them is carelessly abandoned, he reveals

2009

The Gift

The Gift explores the complex relationship formed by a boy with the power over life and the woman he keeps from death’s door.

2013

Palomita Mía

Manuel Franco, Manolita's father, has died. Mother and daughter decide to cook their favourite dish to celebrate it; a tasty liver steak. When the chi

2006

Magic Dice

This is not only a colored film of great beauty, but one showing a series of clever trick pictures in which great ingenuity on the part of the operato

1908

The Little Match Girl

A poor child strikes matches for warmth and dies in the snow.

1914

Perder el tiempo

Ramiro hates to waste the time...

2009

Unusual Cooking

A chef comes into the kitchen and throws a lot of rags on the floor: he then casts a spell over them, and immediately they take the form of human bein

1908

Love's Miracle

Wealth does not always bring happiness. The girl was young, rich, but an invalid, and the noted physicians who eared for her shook their heads wisely,

1912

Los Caminantes, Revelación

A group of survivors take refuge in an apartment. But the zombies will not be their only problem, a fervent priest used his divine ability to extend t

2013

The Sorcerer's Scissors

A mix of spectacle, animation and dance, the film reveals an early delight in the potential for creative fun with film form. Its director, Walter R. B

1907

The Bitterness of the Singer in Front of the Utility of Barbed Wire

Chantal is employed one summer to look after Paul, 16. He is suffering from an incurable illness that contributes to his violent, aggressive temperame

2002

Making a Scene

For this year's Movies Issue, The New York Times Magazine commissioned lines from an eclectic and talented group of screenwriters — writers responsibl

2013

Driver

Private chauffeur Robert picks up a boy from a schoolyard. They spend the day together within the safe environment of the car and share a moment of be

2013

The Pursuit of Happiness

1930

The Werewolf

An old Indian legend tells of the supposed ability of persons who have been turned into wolves through magic power to assume human form at will for pu

1913

Baddesley Manor: The Phantom Gambler

Part of a series known as “Haunted Castles”.

1926

Drives

Carlos, a man who has a doubt, and a month before his wedding, decides to hire a gigolo to satisfy his homosexual curiosity.

2009

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Made by the Edison Manufacturing Company and directed by Edwin S. Porter, the film starred Gladys Hulette as Alice. Being a silent film, naturally all

1910