Chernobyl – for most, an image of death and disaster, and for a few, still simply home. Even though it was the site of the greatest disaster in the history of nuclear power and resultant radioactive contamination, after only a few months some people began returning to the barbed wire-enclosed area. They did so illegally to live again in their humble cottages, passed down from generation to generation.
In the Faroe Islands, a family of theatre people are working on staging ‘King Lear’ with the mother in the lead role – a beloved actress who suffers from Alzheimer’s.
Documentary following an investigation by The Sun into Madeleine McCann's disappearance, which uncovers further evidence that could point towards the prime suspect's involvement in this unsolved crime
With depth, intimacy, and humor, FLOAT! captures filmmaker Azza Cohen's magnetic grandma’s life-affirming journey learning to swim at 82, inspiring audiences to defy societal expectations of aging and to boldly look forward at every stage.
John Calder, Samuel Beckett’s British publisher, moved to Montreuil, a town to the east of Paris, where Calder met with Billie Whitelaw, the muse, so to speak, of Beckett’s stage work, who is now relegated to a nursing home for actors.
I broke up with the woman I lived with for several years, A painter who lives in a room by the sea. I stayed with him for a few days, Or animals visit every few months. Sometimes a canary, Sometimes it's a frog, a chameleon, a rabbit, an owl, a winged insect... On a beautiful moonlit night, someone taught me a long time ago. The only piano song you can play When I was playing (Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 14), He notices an interesting fact. While the animals are playing the piano,Dancing a strange dance.
Physicist Ted Hall is recruited to join the Manhattan Project as a teenager and goes to Los Alamos with no idea what he'll be working on. When he learns the true nature of the weapon being designed, he fears the post-war risk of a nuclear holocaust and begins to pass significant information to the Soviet Union.
Uses astonishing visuals to tell the intersecting stories of George Mallory, the first man to attempt a summit of Mount Everest, and Conrad Anker, the mountaineer who finds Mallory's frozen remains 75 years later.
Driven to maintain social order, policing in the United States has exploded in scope and scale over hundreds of years. Now, American policing embodies one word: power.
Presents a intimate group of philanthropic women honored by Lifetime and Variety as some of the most powerful women working in media and entertainment.
Director Christopher Nolan and creative collaborators unmask the incredible detail and planning behind The Dark Knight, including stunt staging, filming in IMAX, the new Bat-Suit and Bat-Pod and other exclusive features.
This documentary short subject details the making of the 1957 MGM musical, "Silk Stockings". Hosted by its star Cyd Charisse, the film gives behind-the-scenes glimpses of how this film was made with interviews by musical director Andre Previn and supporting actress Janis Paige.
To right the wrongs of his all-American sex education, 36-year-old Alex Liu goes on a quest to uncover naked truths and hard facts—no matter how awkward it gets. From neuroscience labs to church pews, A Sexplanation features provocative conversations with psychologists, sex researchers—and even a Jesuit priest. With humor and grit, Alex takes audiences on a playful, heartfelt journey from a shame-filled past to a happier, healthier future.
A two-part documentary made for French TV about Georges Perec, directed by his former partner Catherine Binet. It features a mixture of archival footage, scenes from Perec’s films and to-camera readings of excerpts from his work by various actors and friends of the author (Michael Lonsdale, Marina Vlady, Alain Cuny, Sami Frey, Edith Scob, Harry Mathews and others).
A public celebration of the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America at the Lincoln Memorial and the National Mall in Washington D.C., on January 18, 2009.
Moneypenny and Q discuss the rumors that James Bond is getting married. Promotional clip show to coincide with the release of the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice (1967) featuring clips from the earlier 007 movies.