Leonardo Da Vinci and his muse the Mona Lisa must stand up to the interrogation of their worth in our modern world.
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Leonardo Da Vinci and his muse the Mona Lisa must stand up to the interrogation of their worth in our modern world.
For sheer power and audacity, no group in rock 'n' roll rivals the legendary Led Zeppelin. This documentary explores the early days of the band, from their formation up through the release of their first two albums. Featuring rare footage, interviews with the band's contemporaries and live cuts of classic Zepp hits such as "Whole Lotta Love" and "Communication Breakdown," this film traces the path the group traveled to international superstardom.
At the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, the stage director Nikolaus Lehnhoff signs a remarkable production of Wagner's LOHENGRIN, the third of the German composer's main operas. This production stars an incredible cast, including Hans-Peter König, Klaus Florian Vogt, Solveig Kringelborn, Tom Fox and Waltraud Meier, accompanied by the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Kent Nagano's baton.
The old servant and chronicler Dom Sabas tells how his desolate South American town is the scene of a ruthless power struggle. The landowning Assis family, reduced to a widow and son, tries to hold out against the young, despotic mayor. No less effective then actions are anonymous rumors and accusations, which often stir the inhabitants' moves.
Tio is a very well-known sculptor who has customers from every country who always flock to his galleries. The statues he made are always very realistic and he is always all out in every sculpture he makes, even to go as far as ignoring his girlfriend, Maya. One day, Maya was promised that they will have a big engagement announcement on television, however it never happened, and Maya was only made to be the base of his newest sculpture. Maya, who heard about it, got mad at Tio. Tio cannot take it anymore, and in the end, killed Maya, even after knowing that she is pregnant with their child. Tio decided to make a sculpture from her body so people would not know the truth.
The story of an Icelandic power lifter, Jón Páll Sigmarsson who was four times the World's Strongest Man.
The story of the serial killer "La Mataviejitas", a woman who murdered elderly people.
The story of Max: a man who becomes embroiled in time and space and the many dimensions of man's mind and his place within his own universe.
Another volume of highlights from the 1950s and 1960s television series about the vanishing train lines. Here a bevvy of beautiful locomotives take the enthusiast back in time, including a journey from Ryde to Ventnor and the chance to take a spin on the Cumbrian Coast Express.
A group of young archaeologists flies to Mexico to study the Mayan culture, but they find trouble when they stumble upon an unknown cursed temple.
Lila is an idealistic, serious lawyer who defends tortured women. In contrast to her, Andre with his flirtatious attitude, is a corporate lawyer with big clients. Then Lila represents her client, Dr. Gatot, who wants to divorce his wife, Angel, a dangdut singer. Both parents want to custody of their only child. This case brings Lila and Andre together as the latter is Angel’s lawyer. Their relationship develops into romance. Love makes Andre neglect the interest of his client, Angel, while Lila doubts the sincerity of his love.
This History Channel documentary traces the Ottoman Empire from its beginnings in the 14th century to its incarnation as one of the largest empires in history, spanning three continents.
This documentary takes a comprehensive look at skateboarding through the journey of the skateboard itself. From the maple forests of the Great Lakes Region to the urban streets where skateboards thrive, STUNTWOOD follows the wood through factories and the processes of becoming a skateboard and delves into how the board profoundly affects people, art, and public spaces.
"Secrets of a Hollywood Star" is another documentary made after "Calling Hedy Lamarr" in 2006. It features interviews with Hedy's friends in both Europe and Hollywood and her film/studio partners.
From two-time Emmy winner Robyn Symon comes an intriguing documentary which offers an intimate look at Werner Erhard, founder of the est program that sparked today's multi-billion dollar personal growth industry. In his first interview in more than a decade, Erhard gives a rare glimpse into the controversy surrounding his life and the est Training -- the program that has inspired millions of people all over the world.
Jessica and Gus, two apathetic teenagers, drift aimlessly from one day to the next until they meet each other. They make a tenuous and fleeting connection when Gus confides in Jessica about his dark past.
The dull daily routine of an insurance agent, who listlessly drives down the highway every day and conducts customer meetings while longing for his family, becomes a metaphor for a life that has come to a standstill and is threatened with being crushed by loneliness.
This is a story about a real life brother and sister and their journey to the zoo. On their way, they accidentally pick up a hitchhiker.
The life of a single mother living in Tehran gets unsettled by the visit of her enstranged sister.
After abandoning her four-year-old daughter in Lebanon to pursue a better life in Quebec, Sana cuts every link to her Lebanese ties and never looks back. That is until her daughter, now 21, shows up in Montreal for a visit. This film explores what it means to be free for a woman.
It's a sensitive, moving doc chronicling the life of Tétrault's brother Philip , a Montreal poet, musician and diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic. A promising athlete as a child, Philip began experiencing mood swings in his early 20s. His extended family, including his daughter, share their conflicted feelings love, guilt, shame, anger with the camera. They want to make sure he's safe, but how much can they take?
Kévin-Mohamed is a young high school student from an integrated and secular family. He befriends a girl from a strict religious family and falls in love with her
Ed Harris narrates this feature length documentary which takes a look at how Billy Vessels, Steve Owens, Billy Sims and Jason White became the first four Heisman Trophy winners for the University of Oklahoma.
A mockumentary about the lives of regular people putting their reputations on the line as budding comedians on open mic stages.
This 90 minute, 3-act documentary details the rise & fall of Maxwell Street, Chicago's great outdoor market, the birthplace of the electric blues and where "the only color that mattered was green".
The Japanese painter FUKAZAWA Takeshi expresses in pictures the novel written by Honoré de BALZAC “La grenadière”. Over 70 tempera paintings are beautifully brought to life and put together by FUKADA Koji for this Ga-nime that tells us the story of a mother and child in the 19th century, coated in a music that punctuates the whole experience. FUKAZAWA and FUKADA thus succeed in reproducing the ambiance of this mansion so dear to BALZAC, as the artistic pictures call to the imagination and the emotions of the viewer that only be so aroused by a Ga-nime.
A true to life sensual drama showing intense moments of infidelity across five different worlds in the same city; the sexy young things, who think they have nothing to lose; the upwardly mobile thirty-something couple bored with their perfect careers, house and family life; the gay pair in an open relationship with hidden rules; the frustrated urban duo mistaking familiarity for love; and the suburban family full of secrets and lies about to lose it all.
When a no-good band of thugs enter a quiet small town to unleash their terror, nothing could prepare them for the wrath of a gentle giant who would defend the honor of his one true love to the end of his life, and beyond.
Ana Catarina returns from Brazil with her father and her nanny to marry a man she doesn't know and doesn't like. A terrible coincidence happens when, on the same day, the young woman becomes a widow and an orphan, a fact that leaves her heir to an incalculable fortune and coveted by all the aristocrats in the region.
Two couples are at an isolated lakeside cabin and the tragic psycho-sexual interaction between these four people leads one of them, Piotr, to commit an unspeakable act.
After twenty years in the pop business, this is a celebration of the lives, work, and achievements of the Pet Shop Boys.
While searching for a "cure all" serum, Dr. Edward Kanopolus, "Dr. K", is being pressured for results by the pharmaceutical company funding the project. With time running out, tragedy and desperation drive him to make decisions that will jeopardize the lives of everyone around him and ultimately unleash a terrifying monster on a killing spree.
Documentary which focuses more on the impact of the film upon its release and how it has seeped into the culture since that time. It is always fun to hear John Waters speak on a subject he is passionate about.
The third installment in a loose series featuring the character Renáta Soukupová. Renáta is on the threshold of her thirties and is determined to conquer Bohemia back, to find her permanent and certainly beautiful existence here. And, of course, love, because she left France partly due to a failed romantic relationship. However, things do not turn out as the young woman imagines.
Benjo (Nash Aguas) is a prankster and a very mischievous kid. After sending many nannies away, his mother Grace (Sheryl Cruz) hired another nanny named Cecil (Iza Calzado). Moreover, he suspects that his new nanny is an aswang. On the advice of his teacher Mel (TJ Trinidad), he must do everything to save his little sister and family.
A look behind the heroic story of a Guatamalan immigrant who became the first US soldier to die in the American-led war in Iraq.
パルフェ~Another Story~ (Parfait ~Another Story~) is a DVD release tied to the Parfait (パルフェ) franchise. It is not the original visual novel itself, but rather a live-action drama adaptation based on the Parfait world and character universe.
A biographical study of seminal punk blues singer Jeffrey Lee Pierce and his band the Gun Club.
One of the ingrained rituals in Thai society is the blessing automatically given before certain ceremonies and events such as the playing of the Royal Anthem in movie theaters before feature presentations. This short presents a "Cinema Anthem" which comically praises and blesses the feature to come.
Storytelling through dance is an effective way to make dance accessible and exciting to young children. In The Toy Castle collections, members of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet comprise a brightly costumed cast of girl and boy storybook characters including Ballerina, Soldier, China Doll and Rag Doll who live in a toy dollhouse and come to life at night when the children are sleeping. Nutcracker Sweet presents twelve short dance stories that include themes from famous classical ballets like the "Nutcracker Suite," "Romeo and Juliet," and "Petrouchka" and holiday motifs such as "Twelve Days of Christmas," "Waiting for Santa," and "I Believe." (Ages 3 to 10)
Set against the background of the Spanish Civil War, the plot centers on socialist playwright Katherine McGregor and renowned photographer Georges Malraux, a Polish Jew who fled his homeland for Paris. The two first meet in Hollywood at a party announcing the film adaptation of Katherine's play Tempest in Spain, based on the opera Carmen. The two are reunited in Barcelona, where they unexpectedly find themselves falling in love as they become embroiled in a battle against fascism.
Interviews with Franco Nero and Vittorio Storaro about the film The Fifth Cord.
In Valais, during the 1950s, cowherds are confronted with an epidemic raging in the Sasseneire mountain pasture. Joseph, who wants to marry Victorine, wants to take his animals there despite the place's bad reputation. Barthélemy claims that an evil curse is responsible for the death of the cows. The mountain pastures are soon quarantined. Clou, who is innocent, is cruelly locked up.
A comprehensive history of European Jazz, exploring the origins of the US-influenced Jazz clubs after the Second World War, the first steps independent of American jazz and the various changes of direction that have repeatedly occurred in European jazz in the search for that "own voice" that European jazz musicians have helped to form. Featuring the great masters of European jazz such as Chris Barber, Jan Garbarek, Juliette Gréco, Stefano Bollani and Till Brönner, to name but a few.
Follows Hollywood filmmakers, The Booth Brothers as they uncover the shocking truth within the haunted halls of The Scariest Place On Earth, Waverly Hills Sanatorium, a monster of a building where it is said over 63,000 people died.
A girl gets involved in the affairs of a mysterious society that supervises the activities of the aliens on Earth.
It is time for thirty-something Ludovic Chambercy to succeed his father Jacques at the head of the family business: the Chambercy Galleries. But faced with his new duties, Ludovic begins to sweat, has panic attacks and even dizzy spells. He is diagnosed with hypegiaphobia or extreme fear of responsibility. This man with everything for a happy life seems to be shying away from the expectations of his family. Reluctantly, without a word to his father and girlfriend, Ludovic starts group behavior therapy. While his lies spark off an incredible series of tragicomic events, Ludovic strikes up a friendship with the other phobics in his group: Léon, trader in bric-a-brac, who can no longer stand untidiness; Clémence, a student who cannot bear even one second of her own company and Margaux, who can no longer touch or be touched. And if Ludovic is to find a cure at the end of the road, there will be a few surprises in store for him along the way...
Part two of the Treasure Island Kids Series follows Charlie, a rebellious teenager sent to summer camp by his parents. This is not any old summer camp, this is the real Island.
A short overview of Brando's career.