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The Tents: New York Fashion Week
(2010) [PG]
New York. The name is enough to make fashionistas weak at the knees. But only a few years ago, New York's now-famous fashion scene was a mess of mismanagement. The Tents traces the genesis of New York as a fashion powerhouse, the success of which is linked almost exclusively to the setting up of... More
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The Artist (Blu-Ray)
(2011) [PG]
Hollywood 1927. George Valentin is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller, it seems the sky's the limit - major movie stardom awaits. THE ARTIST tells the story of their interlinked... More
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The Artist
(2011) [PG]
Hollywood 1927. George Valentin is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller, it seems the sky's the limit - major movie stardom awaits. THE ARTIST tells the story of their interlinked... More
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Bill Cunningham New York
(2010) [PG]
A cinematic profile of the noted veteran New York City fashion photographer.
We all get dressed for Bill, says Vogue editrix Anna Wintour. The Bill in question is 80+ New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham. For decades, this Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist has been obsessively and... More
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Anonymous
(2011) [M]
A political thriller advancing the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays; set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her. More
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The Trip (2010) (Blu-Ray)
(2010) [MA]
When Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend. But, when she backs out on him, he has no one to accompany him but his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon. More
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The Trip (2010)
(2010) [MA]
When Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend. But, when she backs out on him, he has no one to accompany him but his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon. More
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Certified Copy
(2010) [M]
James (William Shimell) is an author, in town to talk about his new book on the value of copies in art. Elle (Juliette Binoche), is a French gallery owner in search of originality. At the end of his address, they meet, and together they tour the countryside, the local galleries, cafes and... More
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Paris, The Luminous Years
(2010)
In the early decades of the twentieth century, a storm of modernism swept through the art worlds of the West, uprooting centuries of tradition in the visual arts, music, literature, dance, theater and beyond. The epicenter of this storm was Paris, France.
Paris The Luminous Years,... More
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Bacon's Arena
(2006) [M]
Francis Bacon (1909-1992) is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century. This special edition DVD has been created to mark the centenary of his birth (2009) and is produced in association with the Estate of Francis Bacon. The film was nominated for an... More
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Gonzo : The life and work of Dr. Hunter S.Thompson
(2007)
GONZO is directed by Alex Gibney, the Academy Award nominated director of 'Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room' and the director of the Academy Award winning documentary, 'Taxi to the Dark Side'. While Gibney shaped the screen story, every narrated word in the film springs from the typewriters... More
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The Universe of Keith Haring
(2008) [M]
Keith Haring's legacy is all around us. His images are everywhere: on walls, posters, T-shirts, watches - in our memories and imaginations; modern icons. "Art is for everyone!" - this is how Keith Haring put it when he summed up the meaning of his stylized silhouettes with which he decorated... More
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Exit Through the Gift Shop
(2010) [M]
The story of how an eccentric French shop keeper and amateur film maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner with spectacular results. Billed as 'the world's first street art disaster movie' the film contains exclusive footage of... More
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The Last Station
(2009)
As Sofya, Helen Mirren portrays the wife of Leo Tolstoy, a woman locked in a battle with her husband's admirers during the final year of his life, over the disposition of his royalties. Mirren herself comes from a family with a deep Russian heritage, as she was the daughter of an educated,... More
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Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky
(2009) [MA]
Paris 1913, Coco Chanel is devoted to her work and madly in love with Arthur "Boy" Capel. At the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Igor Stravinsky premieres his Rite of Spring. Coco attends the premiere and is mesmerised. But the revolutionary work is too modern, too radical: the enraged audience boos... More
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The Joy of Learning (Le Gai Savoir)
(1969) [M]
Patricia and Emile meet nightly on a sound stage to discuss learning, discourse and the path to revolution. Scenes of Paris' 1968 student riots, the Vietnam War, and other big events of the late '60s, posters, books, photographs and cartoons, serve as a backdrop to their discourse. Words... More
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Herb and Dorothy
(2008) [G]
HERB & DOROTHY tells the extraordinary story of Herbert Vogel, a postal worker, and Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, who managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history with very modest means. In the early 1960s, when very little attention was paid to Minimalist and... More
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Bright Star
(2009) [PG]
Bright Star tells the story of John Keats the great romantic poet through the eyes of his love and inspiration - Fanny Brawn. Inspired by the actual love letters between the couple and Keats' sublime poetry, Bright Star will reveal a great untold love story from the heart of one of literature's... More
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Edward Burtynsky: Manufactured Landscapes
(2006) [G]
Internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of 'manufactured landscapes' ? quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines and dams ? Edward Burtynsky creates stunningly beautiful art from civilisation's materials and debris. This astounding documentary by award winning director... More
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Peter Beard: Scrapbooks from Africa and Beyond
(1998) [PG]
The most compelling and comprehensive movie ever produced about the life and work of Peter Beard, the photographer & writer who relentlessly fought in defence of Africa's fauna, this is the definitive portrait of the world's greatest adventure photographer. Narrated by Charlotte Rampling, the... More
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Annie Leibovitz - Life Through a Lens
(2006)
Annie Leibovitz has produced some of the most iconic images of the last 30 years and is, literally, our most influential woman photographer. She has shot the rich and famous, the profound and powerful, the exceptional and notorious. Her camera has documented the horrors of war most recently in... More
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Black Venus
(1983) [R]
Former Miss Bahamas Josephine Jacqueline Jones sparked an international firestorm with her debut starring role as Venus, the stunning ebony seductress whom no man - or woman - can possibly resist. But when Venus becomes the muse and lover of an impoverished young sculptor, she succumbs to a... More
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The Animatrix
(2003) [M]
Anthology of nine short anime (Japanese animation) films tied in to the 1999 blockbuster "The Matrix" and its sequels. "Final Flight of the Osiris": The crew of the hovercraft Osiris attempt to warn their city of an imminent attack. "The Second Renaissance, Parts 1 & 2": The story behind the war... More
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Junebug
(2005) [M]
When Madeleine (Embeth Davidtz), a British-born dealer in regional, “outsider” art, travels from Chicago to North Carolina to pursue a local painter for her gallery, she and her brand-new husband George (Alessandro Nivola) extend the trip to include an introduction to his family. Madeleine... More
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Jack Kerouac: On The Road With The King Of The Beats
(2001) [PG]
This is the award - winning biography of the King of the Beat Generation. Jack Kerouac's writings, including his extraordinary novel "On The Road," took American literature to new levels of creativity and in the process inspired unprecedented social and cultural change. Kerouac's life is examined... More
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Power And Terror Noam Chomsky In Our Times
(2002) [G]
Whether Noam Chomsky, the MIT linguist and political philosopher, is the most important intellectual alive, as the New York Times once famously called him, is open for debate. But without a doubt, Chomsky, now 73, is one of the most straight-talking and committed dissidents of our time. A... More
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Leunig Animated (2 disc set)
(2002) [G]
No-one looks at the world quite like whimsical Australian cartoonist Michael Leunig. His poignant, often controversial cartoons never fail to touch a chord. Michael Leunig is cartoonist, artist, philosopher, poet and social commentator. "Leunig" is an animated series produced by Australian actor... More
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Year Of The Horse
(1997) [M]
This film documents Neil Young and Crazy Horse's 1996 concert tour. Jim Jarmusch interviews the band about their long history, and we see backstage footage from the 1970s and 1980s. More
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