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.

Hours and historical meetings, Pierre Assouline has composed an anthology of the best extracts prese...

An animated telling of Kobe Bryant's titular poem, signaling his retirement from the sport that made...

Amanda Knox served four years in an Italian prison for the murder of her British flatmate Meredith K...

Casanova, a young patriot in 18th-century Sicily, upon learning that his father and sister have been...

A found footage / object film: the colorful 1960s in Italy, a joyful time, live-giving coating of bo...

A documentary film directed by seven famous directors, and narrated by several famous Hollywood acto...

Jim Carrey exhibits his talent as a painter and reflects on the value and power of art.

A portrait of Nam June Paik produced as a 'video catalog' for the exhibition 'The Electronic Super H...

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the e...
On the 8th September 1943, thousands of allied prisoners of war escaped into the Italian countryside...

The documentary is titled after Arkadaş Z. Özger’s poem “Hello My Dear” which had caused much contro...

Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo, better known as Pippa Bacca, was a 34 years old Italian artist. S...

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

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

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

An incredible historic document showcasing the roots of Old School Hip Hop movement with all its dis...

Cecil Taylor was the grand master of free jazz piano. "All the Notes" captures in breezy fashion the...