Narrated by Sir Derek Jacobi - star of the landmark television series "I, Claudius" - this documentary explores art and culture around the Bay of Naples before Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. The bay was then the most fashionable destination for vacationing Romans. Julius Caesar, emperors, and senators were among those who owned sumptuous villas along its shores. Artists flocked to the region to create frescoes, sculpture, and luxurious objects in gold, silver, and glass for villa owners as well as residents of Pompeii and other towns in the shadow of Vesuvius. The film concludes with the story of the discovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum from the 18th century onward.

The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and ...

William Friedkin attends an exorcism with Father Gabriele Amorth, as he treats an Italian woman name...

"...a charming depiction of life as I knew it with my grandparents in my own village..." Clara Cale...
A documentary by Olivier Gonard, shot partly in Paris’s Musée d’Orsay, that examines Olivier Assayas...

Rome, 1968. A football passionate PE teacher formed the first woman team. Thirty eight years later, ...

"Meat Joy is an erotic rite — excessive, indulgent, a celebration of flesh as material: raw fish, ch...

Going to the very heart of the Bible's most challenging Book, this one hour documentary decodes the ...

In 2009, art detective Dr Bendor Grosvenor caused a national scandal by proving that the Scottish Na...

Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) explores Video Art, revealing how different generations ‘hacked’ the tools...

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the e...

Alastair Sooke champions pop art as one of the most important art forms of the twentieth century, pe...

A docu-film that traces the victorious ride of Mancini's Azzurri, from the debut match to the final ...
This MGM Passing Parade series short takes a look at changing definitions of art in the United State...

Celebrating Billy Connolly's 75th birthday and 50 years in the business, three Scottish artists - Jo...

An experimental shortfilm in line with "Lux Æterna", showcasing the footage from Cecil B. DeMille's ...

This ninety-minute film takes audiences on an epic journey across nine countries and over 1,400 year...

After the World War I, Mussolini's perspective on life is severely altered; once a willful socialist...

Max Gimblett: Original Mind documents the life and process of eccentric, creative genius Max Gimblet...