Documentary

Sickert vs. Sargent brings to life two of the biggest characters in modern British art; Walter Sickert - the gruff, aggressive man-of-the-people; and John Singer Sargent - the urbane and charming dandy. The film focuses on some of the most beautiful and...

A fascinating documentary that presents the story of the writer's life and examines the social and political events that influenced his works. William Faulkner (1897-1962) was one of the greatest American novelists of all time. He is best known for his...

Paul Cezanne counts as the father of modern painting. Far from Paris, in the South of France, his obstinacy as man and artist made him a pioneer of a new way of seeing. Returning always to the same subjects - the Mont Sainte-Victoire, bathing figures, or...

Born in 1869 in France, Henri Matisse is regarded as one of the most influential figures in 20th century art. He studied law and was working as a clerk when he became seriously ill and was confined to bed for nearly a year.

This film tells the story of James Ronald Reuel Tolkien, English writer, poet, philologist and author of many stories, including most famously the Hobbit, and the Lord of the Rings. It describes the importance of the rural English West Midlands, where...

Strange and bizarre UFO encounters abound, but recent Alien encounters by highly credible eyewitnesses are so unusual and perplexing that they challenge our understanding of physics and the Universe as we know it. Many who encounter UFO's are amazed at...

Athens is still one of the liveliest cities in Europe, an ancient city which has stayed young. At an early stage the Athenians adopted a questioning attitude toward life and began to develop new ideas. Thus, about 2,500 years ago, in this city there...

The artist Marc Chagall died in March 1985, at the age of ninety-seven. For nearly eighty years he painted in a unique style that captivated generations of art lovers and both fascinated and infuriated his critics. This program was made very shortly...

Never has there been a figure as a magnetically attractive as King Arthur. For many centuries he has been the archetypal hero, instantly recognizable. This DVD explores the phenomenon of King Arthur, from his shadowy fifth century origins as a British...

Many ancient cultures teach that sacred knowledge continuously emerges from the universe in the form of the Primordial Teachings. These universal truths come into being spontaneously and are not made, they have no beginning and no end, they simply are,...

None of Errol Flynn's movie scripts ever came close to portraying the superstar known as Hollywood's all-time greatest sex symbol. Contains many excepts from Flynn's incredible film legacy.

Jean Cocteau was a poet, novelist, painter, and filmmaker who was acquainted with many of the most famous artists and writers of the twentieth century. His full artistic life is profiled here with rare archival interviews, clips, photos, and historical...