Erua tells the story of an intriguing friendship between artist Toss Woollaston and a young Māori boy Erua who modelled for him each Wednesday evening in Greymouth, in the early 60s. Woollaston had seen the boy playing "like one dark bead shaken in a tray of pale ones". The image made him curious to find what Erua was like, and to try to draw "that".
Grant Tilly
Turei Reedy
Bub Bridger
Dinah Priestley
Erua tells the story of an intriguing friendship between artist Toss Woollaston and a young Māori boy Erua who modelled for him each Wednesday evening in Greymouth, in the early 60s. Woollaston had seen the boy playing "like one dark bead shaken in a tray of pale ones". The image made him curious to find what Erua was like, and to try to draw "that".
A filmmaker talks about his work and love life with an unseen friend behind the camera. We also watch four of his short films.
August tells the story of two former lovers, Troy and Jonathan, who reunite after a long ago painful breakup. After spending several years in Spain, Troy returns to Los Angeles and decides to phone Jonathan and meet for coffee. A seemingly innocent rendezvous turns into an attempt to revive passions past. Only this time it's not that simple as Jonathan has a new beau, Raul, and is trying to make the right decision a second time around.
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Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles with family problems and has his friendships tested by racism.
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สร้างจากเรื่องราวชีวประวัติของศิลปินผู้มีชื่อว่า เจ.เอ็ม.ดับเบิลยู. เทอร์เนอร์ จิตรกรภาพทิวทัศน์ชาวอังกฤษแห่งยุคโรแมนติก ผู้ถือได้ว่าเป็นรากฐานและต้นกำเนิดของงานศิลปะอิมเพรสชั่นนิสม์ ถึงแม้เขาจะเป็นบุคคลผู้อื้อฉาวในยุคของตัวเอง แต่ในปัจจุบันเขาได้รับการยกย่องว่าเป็นหนึ่งในศิลปินที่ยกระดับภาพวาดแบบทิวทัศน์ให้อยู่ในจุดสูงสุดของประวัติศาสตร์ศิลปะ เทอร์เนอร์ขึ้นชื่อว่าเป็นศิลปินผู้พิลึกพิลั่น ยิ่งอายุมากขึ้น เทอร์เนอร์ก็ยิ่งมีพฤติกรรมที่แปลกประหลาดมากขึ้นเท่านั้น เขาเป็นคนเอาแต่ใจ พูดจาโพงผาง เขามีเพื่อนสนิทและคนใกล้ชิดเพียงไม่กี่คน บั้นปลายชีวิตเขาอาศัยอยู่กับ โซเฟีย แคโรลีน บูธ ชู้รักคนหนึ่งของเขา และเสียชีวิตในบ้านของเธอในปี 1851
In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, accepts. After the unique beginning to their love affair, the well-connected and volatile artist assimilates Dyer into his circle of eccentric friends, as Dyer's struggle with addiction strains their bond.
Marine officer Alexandra is tough enough to kick any guy's ass in a bar fight, but there's one opponent she can't beat: military policy. When she returns to her conservative hometown from Iraq with a mysterious personal life, she finds herself charged with preparing a tempestuous teenage girl to boot camp.