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.
Short documentary about artist Keith Haring, detailing his involvement in the New York City graffiti...
Feeling unfair about the power's portrayal of all its opponents, at the dawn of the '68 protests a y...
Ferruccio Castronuovo was the only authorized eye, between 1976 and 1986, to film the brilliant Ital...
For nearly half a century, Dale Chihuly has traveled the world, creating and installing his artwork....
Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely ...
A story about one of the most famous and mysterious archaeological sites in the world.
Folding towels, straightening out sheets, taking bathrobes out of the dryer, stripping beds, cleanin...
Pictura is a documentary film directed by seven famous directors, and narrated by several famous Hol...
In the beginning was sex. To the ancient cultures, sexuality, love and sex were inextricably connect...
At the turn of the sixteenth century, Michelangelo (Mark Frankel), Raphael (Andrea Prodan), and Leon...
A 17th-century nun becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair with a novice. But it is Benedett...
London, England, 2008. Some of the most distinguished experts on the work of Italian artist Leonardo...
The inspiring story about the professional rock smasher Clive Tapps. A devoted man who plans to fulf...
In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous...
The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devo...
Narrated by Uncle Jack Charles and seen through the eyes of Indigenous prisoners at Victoria’s Fulha...
After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the e...
Going to the very heart of the Bible's most challenging Book, this one hour documentary decodes the ...
The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her slideshows, ...