NFTV: Vanishing Shadow Weekend

It has been hailed as "extraordinary" (The Guardian), "visionary and haunting" (Rolling Stone) and "a grand work of art, full of symbols and imagery that reach beyond language to something primal and original" (AV Club). Now forget everything you have ever seen as the modern masterpiece from director Alejandro Jodorowsky returns like never before. It is unlike any f...Read More

Stanley Stanfield, son of the founder of a great newspaper, and Carl Van Dorn, electrical genius, have invented a Vanishing Ray with which they hope to expose Eade Barnett, whose persecution of Stanfield's father caused his death.

Stanfield raced ahead of the train, eluded his pursuer, and hid in Van Dorn's mountain laboratory. Barnett's estranged daughter telephoned Stanfield that Cadwell, for whose murder he was sought, was alive, and she asked him to call that evening.

Stanfield dragged Gloria from the path of the "Destroying Ray," then, wrestling the machine from Van Dorn, turned it on the henchmen, who grabbed Gloria and, using her as a shield, made their escape.

Ignoring a road signal, believing it a trick to stop them, Gloria and Stanfield were caught in an avalanche of rock and dirt, but ploughed through and with the aid of the "Vanishing Ray" outwitting the pursuing henchmen.

With Van Dorn's electric torch, Gloria burned open the vault door and rescued Stanfield. Needing time to work out his scheme to get control of the Tribune, Barnett imprisoned McDonald on a rocky, inaccessible island, intending to use McDonald's absence as an excuse for postponing the stockholder's meeting.

Having failed in their attempt to fly to McDonald's rescue, Stanfield and Gloria returned to Van Dorn's laboratory. To their surprise, McDonald telephoned from his office and they hurried to see him. Van Dorn, worried, set a trap for intruders before his vault, then learning from McDonald that Stanfield had gone with Gloria to Barnett's office, taking his "Destroyin...Read More

After rescuing Gloria from the trap before the vault, Stanfield discovered that Van Dorn, wherever he was, had his deadly "Destroying Ray." Fearing he might attempt Barnett's life, Stanfield telephoned to warn him and discovered Barnett was holding Van Dorn prisoner.

After escaping when their car crashed over the bank, Stanfield went to Barnett's office for a showdown. A terrific battle resulted.

Stanfield's stock and the prized "Vanishing Ray," are in Barnett's possession. Dorgan, sent out to capture Stanfield, wearing the "Vanishing Ray, entered Van Dorn's laboratory unseen and, aided by two henchmen, overpowered and took Stanfield, a prisoner.

Believing Stanfield has perished on the burning ship, the henchmen carried news of his death to Barnett. But Stanfield, contrary to their belief, was very much alive and watching Van Dorn demonstrate his newest invention, an iron man or robot of ponderous strength.

The henchmen fled in terror, pursued by Van Dorn and the iron monster. Gloria released Stanfield and they hurried after Van Dorn, but the professor and robot had disappeared.

Out of his senses due to a bullet wound, Van Dorn sends his big robot after Barnett and his henchmen. After a reign of gunfire, which does little to stop the robot powered by Van Dorn, the robot trudges on inside the house, where he attacks Stanfield.

'Roots Rock Reggae' depicts an unforgettable moment in Jamaica's history when music defined the island's struggles and immortalized its heroes. Director Jeremy Marre films Bob Marley and the Wailers, and Lee 'Scratch' Perry record in his legendary Black Ark studio with The Upsetters. Jimmy Cliff rehearses with Sly and Robbie, while Inner Circle's historic live gig i...Read More

"Tonight I shall meditate upon that which I am." The fury of Black Flag is captured in full in their performance at Bierkellar in Leeds, UK on May 19, 1984. Henry Rollins leads the band through Black Coffee, Rat's Eyes, My War and more in this raw and iconic performance, now streaming in our Punk Documentaries and Concerts section.

The Beatles said that Harry Nilsson was their favorite American musician. Nilsson won two Grammys® and was the recipient of seventeen gold records, yet he is relatively unknown today. Who is Harry Nilsson?, a wildly entertaining, star-studded documentary, tells the story of one of the most talented singer-songwriters in pop music history. His hits includes the Gramm...Read More

Before Charlie Ahearn shot his seminal hip-hop film "Wild Style" in 1982, he was directly exposed to the bourgeoning hip-hop, break-dancing and graffiti movement, while shooting his super-8 martial arts epic "The Deadly Art of Survival" around the projects (next door to his apartment) in the Lower East Side in 1979. It stars Nathan Ingram, a true to life martial art...Read More

From director Frank Henenlotter (Frankenhooker, Brain Damage) and co-producer Mike Vraney (the late founder of Something Weird Video) comes the epic documentary critics call "fascinating" (Video Watchdog), "titillating" (Time Out Los Angeles) and "jaw-dropping" (Seattle Weekly): Henenlotter and legendary exploitation monarch David F. Friedman - in his final film app...Read More

Dreams. They come from a place still unknown to science. It remains a mystery how their extraordinary power can excite you with visions of pleasure or overwhelm you with feelings of terror. But what if someone could control these dreams? What if some dark, sinister force could enter someone’s mind and command them at will? For Scott Bruin, that disturbing fantasy ma...Read More

August, 1983. The reassuring voice of Pat Prescott is summoning you through the TV into an alternative dimension of wonder that is... Night Flight. “Def Leppard is still out on tour supporting the Pyromania album, and Night Flight has ALL the latest information.” Tonight's episode contains a lost Alan Vega video for “Video Babe,” a new “Video Artist” segment with an...Read More

In tonight’s original episode of Night Flight (Air Date 4/19/85) we Take Off to Rock Documentaries. Hop on board for a journey through some of the most famous Rock Films in history starting with the 1964 T.A.M.I. Show up through the Talking Head's Jonathan Demme-directed classic "Stop Making Sense." In between we'll cover Rock Docs like Neil Young's Rust Never Sleep...Read More