Tikimentary: In Search of the Lost Paradise

Tikimentary - In Search of The Lost Paradise is a road-movie in search of the ultimate Tiki experience. Take a trip through San Diego's Tiki Oasis, The Hukilau, in Fort Lauderdale and the Luau By The Lake, in fabulous Lake George. Visit some of the best Tiki home bars of the US, and meet their owners. Discover the secret connection between Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room and burlesque queen Mimi Le Meaux. An intimate portrait of this new exotic urban tribe: the so-called "tikiphiles". They drink tropical drinks, dress in vintage clothes, listen to Exotica music, but most of all are a big and colorful family.

2010-06-01 | en

Bosko and the Rebirth of Tiki

This documentary portrait of Bosko Hrnjak follows the artist through his childhood in Los Angeles, education at Art Center College of Design and his unsung, pioneering work as the first individual to revive the lost art of carving Tikis, sculpting Tiki ceramics and building the first proper home Tiki bar. Based on extensive interviews with Hrnjak and his wife and collaborator Truus de Groot, the film contains further commentary from fellow Polynesian Pop luminaries such as Jeff "Beachbum" Berry and Sven Kirsten.

2020-02-27 | en

Korla

Organist Korla Pandit was an alluring enigma, a television pioneer and the godfather of exotica music. He never spoke a word on 900 episodes of his groundbreaking 1950s TV program but captured the hearts of countless Los Angeles housewives with his soulful, hypnotic gaze and theatrical performance of popular tunes and East Indian compositions on the newly developed Hammond B3 organ. In the ’90s he resurfaced as a cult figure with the tiki/lounge music aficionados and ended up immortalized in the film Ed Wood. Often pegged as a “man of mystery,” Korla lived up to that billing when he took an amazing secret with him to his grave in 1998—one that is finally revealed in KORLA.

2015-09-29 | en

Murder, My Sweet

After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.

1944-12-14 | en

Don't Make Waves

Carlo Cofield vacations to Southern California, where he quickly becomes immersed in the easy-going local culture, getting entangled in two beachside romances.

1967-06-20 | en

Donovan's Reef

After her great aunt's death, a high-society woman arrives on a Hawaiian island in search of the heir - the father she has never met.

1963-06-12 | en

My Dream Is Yours

Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace him. In New York, he finds Martha Gibson, a single mother with a great voice. He arranges for her to move to Hollywood, but then has a problem trying to sell her to the show's sponsor. Doug tries every trick he can think of to make Martha a star, and as the two work more closely, he falls in love with her. Complicating matters further, Martha meets and becomes attracted to Garry.

1949-04-15 | en

Dangerous Money

A treasury agent on the trail of counterfeit money confides to fellow ocean liner passenger, Charlie Chan, that there have been two attempts on his life.

1946-10-12 | en

Witness for the Prosecution

An ailing barrister agrees to defend a man in a sensational murder trial where the unconvincing testimony of the defendant's wife becomes a subject of confusion.

1957-12-17 | en

Blue Hawaii

Chad Gates has just been discharged from the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surf-board, his beach buddies and his girlfriend.

1961-11-22 | en

Road to Bali

Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers. This takes them to an idyllic island on the way to Bali where they vie with each other for the favours of Princess Lala. The hazardous dive produces a chest of priceless jewels which arouses the less romantic interest of some shady locals.

1953-01-29 | en

Hell's Half Acre

A woman travels to Hawaii to find out if a man in prison there is actually her missing husband.

1954-06-01 | en

Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.

Lt. Robin Crusoe is a navy pilot who bails out of his plane after engine trouble. He reaches a deserted island paradise where he builds a house and begins to adjust to life. He is in for trouble however when a local girl is banished to the island by her father, who then comes after Crusoe.

1966-07-29 | en

Tikimentary

Every year a group of people get together for a weekend where they listen to Exotica Music, dress in Hawaiian style clothes, appreciate Polynesian Art and consume mean Tropical drinks. They are the Tikiphiles and Tikimentary is their story.

2009-06-01 | en

Aloma of the South Seas

A young South Seas native boy is sent to the U.S. for his education and returns to his island after his father dies to try to stop a revolution.

1941-08-27 | en

Rainbow Island

Three merchant seamen fleeing the Japanese take refuge on a Pacific island, where they come across a doctor and his daughter who take care of the natives, a hostile tribe that wants to kill the sailors for trespassing on their sacred ground.

1944-10-05 | en

Squeezed Up - Tales of Polynesian Pop and Kustom Kulture

Ten Days, Nineteen Cities, Twenty-Eight Locations, Two Hot Rods, Five Guys, and a Race. Squeezed Up is an unforgettable road trip across Southern California, combining Hot Rodding, Polynesian Pop, Tiki culture, Tattoos, and Kustom Kulture into a stunning and crazy master-piece. Experience every bump in the road with "The Wild Bunch," as they journey to preserve the past, while meeting with Painters, Surfers, Tattoo Artists, Bartenders, Tiki Makers, Hot Rod Builders, and more. Don't take yourself too seriously, conserve history, preserve and don't consume. Keep what makes you feel alive and live it. Come and join us on the road.

2020-02-09 | en

Pearl of Paradise

After unearthing a rare black pearl on a South Pacific island, two beachcombers unleash the wrath of a mysterious force.

2024-04-06 | en

Explorer: Lake of Fire

In 2001, satellite imagery captured a mysterious “thermal anomaly” on an unexplored volcano at the ends of the Earth. What lies inside could provide new clues to help predict volcanic eruptions around the globe. But the island is so remote with conditions that are so extreme. No one has ever been able to reach the top to investigate what lies inside.. until now.

2023-10-26 | en

Le Retour de l'école à l'ancienne

2017-09-17 | fr