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.

Hayflower starts her summer holiday on a badminton camp which is ruined by Cynthia, a runaway chicken. Quiltshoe makes a new friend, Anita, who, to everyone's surprise, turns out to be a chicken. Under the leadership of constables Bellybutton and Goggleclock, a big chicken hunt is launched.

Ultra Music Festival 2015. In the middle of the pouring rain. Dash Berlin wrote history surprising the crowd with one of the most emotional, powerful and energetic sets the festival has ever seen and proved to be right at home at the big main stage.

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.

『天才探偵ミタライ〜難解事件ファイル「傘を折る女」〜』（てんさいたんていミタライ なんかいじけんファイル かさをおるおんな）のタイトルで、2015年3月7日21:00 - 23:10にフジテレビ系の土曜プレミアムで放送された。 御手洗潔（玉木宏）は、天才的な頭脳を持つ、脳科学者にして名探偵。石岡和己（堂本光一）は御手洗の親友であり作家。 物語は、石岡がラジオで聞いた謎めいた話を御手洗に聞かせるところから始まる。それは、あるリスナーが目撃した話で、白いワンピースを着た髪の長い大人の女性が、土砂降りの雨の中、傘を閉じたという。女性は、畳んだ傘を車道に置いて塀の影に隠れた。車が傘をよけていくと、女性は傘を車道の中央に置き直し、ようやく車が傘をひくと、その女性は折れ曲がった傘を拾い、雨の中、立ち去ったという。 御手洗が好きそうな謎めいた話を披露できて満足な石岡だったが、御手洗は、瞬時に女性の謎の行動の原因を解明し、その女性が歩いていた場所の近くで大量の血が流れた殺人事件が起こったはずだと断言する。御手洗は自身の仮説を証明するために、深夜にも関わらず、警察に殺人事件が起こったはずと連絡をする。すると、翌朝、御手洗の仮説通りに、遺体の第一発見者から警察に通報が入る…。 警察と共に現場検証を行う御手洗と石岡。事件現場となったマンションの室内には、御手洗の仮説通り、部屋の住人の刺殺死体が横たわっていた。しかしながら、室内には御手洗の仮説を上回る状況が発生していた。マンション室内の別の部屋に、御手洗が犯人と目していた白いワンピースの女性の死体もあったのだ…。 出演者

Catch the spark after dark at Disneyland Park. And say farewell to one of the Magic Kingdom's most celebrated traditions - The Main Street Electrical Parade. Where else, but in The Main Street Electrical Parade, could you see an illuminated 40-foot-long fire-breathing dragon? And hear the energy of its legendary melody one last time? It's unforgettable after-dark magic that will glow in your heart long after the last float has disappeared.

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.