Ο Μίστερ Μπιν, φύλακας στο βασιλικό μουσείο τέχνης, πρόκειται να απολυθεί αφού τον έπιασαν να κοιμάται εν ώρα υπηρεσίας. Όμως, την τελευταία στιγμή, επεμβαίνει ο διευθυντής του μουσείου, με μια καλύτερη ιδέα. Προκειμένου να αποκαλυφθεί η απίστευτη ανικανότητά του, προτείνει να τον στείλουν στις ΗΠΑ με την ιδιότητα του κριτικού τέχνης, για να βγάλει λόγο στα αποκαλυπτήρια ενός διάσημου πίνακα ζωγραφικής. Έτσι ο Μίστερ Μπιν βρίσκεται ξαφνικά στο Λος Άντζελες, σπέρνοντας τον όλεθρο στα μουσεία, τις γκαλερί, τα νοσοκομεία και τα αεροδρόμια.
Ο Γερμανός συνταγματάρχης Φον Βάλντχαϊμ πασχίζει να προλάβει την επέλαση των συμμάχων ώστε να κλέψει όλους τους πολύτιμους πίνακες της Γαλλίας. Τους φορτώνει σε ένα τρένο κι ενώ η γαλλική αντίσταση το γνωρίζει αλλά παίρνει διαταγές να μην βλάψει το όχημα. Ο σταθμάρχης Λατίς είναι αυτός που θα ηγηθεί της αντιστασιακής ομάδας που θα προσπαθήσει να αποτρέψει την έξοδο του θησαυρού από την χώρα.
Ο ντετέκτιβ Σταν Όμπρεϊ επαναφέρεται στην υπηρεσία του για να ερευνήσει μια σειρά από φόνους που μοιάζουν μ` εκείνους ενός κατά συρροή δολοφόνου που πίστευε ότι είχε εξοντώσει στο παρελθόν. Ο δολοφόνος δημιουργεί μια σκηνή εγκλήματος και τοποθετεί τα θύματά του με τέτοιον τρόπο ώστε να θυμίζουν την Αναμόρφωση, την εικαστική τεχνική της Αναγέννησης όπου οι εικόνες αντικατοπτρίζονται και αντιστρέφονται. Ο θάνατος κυριαρχεί στον χώρο και η ωμότητα κόβει την ανάσα. Η υπόθεση ξυπνάει στον Όμπρεϊ οδυνηρές αναμνήσεις. Καθώς ο δολοφόνος ξεσκεπάζει ένα-ένα τα σκοτεινά σημεία της ζωής του Όμπρεϊ, αποκαλύπτεται μια άλλη ανατριχιαστική εκδοχή των γεγονότων και όσο οι αμφιβολίες πληθαίνουν, τόσο η αλήθεια φαίνεται ολοένα και πιο τρομακτική.
Ενας διάσημος ζωγράφος προσπαθεί να κάμψει την αντίσταση του γυμνού του μοντέλου και να ολοκληρώσει έναν πίνακα, που θα είναι το αριστούργημά του.
Documentary on the marijuana pipe glassblowing industry and culture surrounding it.
World War II was not just the most destructive conflict in humanity, it was also the greatest theft in history: lives, families, communities, property, culture and heritage were all stolen. The story of Nazi Germany's plundering of Europe's great works of art during World War II and Allied efforts to minimize the damage.
A precocious young girl and her younger brother run away from home and hide in the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
The first major profile of the American Pop Art cult leader after his death in 1987 covers the whole of his life and work through interviews, clips from his films, and conversations with his family and superstar friends. Andy Warhol, the son of poor Czech immigrants, grew up in the industrial slums of Pittsburgh while dreaming of Hollywood stars. He went on to become a star himself.
Every day dozens of decommissioned school buses leave the United States on a southward migration that carries them to Guatemala, where they are repaired, repainted, and resurrected as the brightly-colored camionetas that bring the vast majority of Guatemalans to work each day. Since 2006, nearly 1,000 camioneta drivers and fare-collectors have been murdered for either refusing or being unable to pay the extortion money demanded by local Guatemalan gangs. LA CAMIONETA follows one such bus on its transformative journey: a journey between North and South, between life and death, and through an unfolding collection of moments, people, and places that serve to quietly remind us of the interconnected worlds in which we live.
A police chief's daughter, a sales agent for a home-security firm, meets an art gallery owner. Love and envy lead them to hatch a plot to steal overlooked but valuable paintings from her wealthy clients.
A beautifully done video of Burning Man 2001, 2002 & 2003. Lots of people interviews, Center Cafe activity and extensive coverage of artist David Best and the Temple construction and burn. This documentary captures the swirling columns of dust that were created during the intense heat of the 2002 Temple burn.
One and a half years before the begin of the Second World War during the annexation of Austria in March of 1938, Hitler conceived the megalomaniac idea of creating the largest European art center in his home town of Linz. At the beginning of the war on the 1st of September 1939, not only did his armies advance but also his art thieves began to fan out in their great foray of art plundering; an expedition on a previously unheard of scale began. Not only did the task forces of diverse National Socialist organizations pillage the occupied countries; Nazi bigwigs like Goering also took whatever they felt was valuable. This documentary includes the long and eventful journey of an exceptional masterpiece of European art: the Ghent Altar, created by van Eyck.
When practicing for a role, actor Jack is mistaken for the killer Ace. He doesn't realize this until it's too late and is carried off to gangster boss Leo Smooth, who wants Ace to do a job for him. Fearing for his life, Jack plays his role, but always searching for a way out of the well-guarded house.
A documentary short which follows follow Quandamooka artist Megan Cope in the creation of her work 'Whispers' and the lead up to the opening of the exhibition at Sydney Opera House in 2023.
56-year-old artist Mindy Alper has suffered severe depression and anxiety for most of her life. For a time she even lost the power of speech, and it was during this period that her drawings became extraordinarily articulate.
A documentary on the life of painter Frank Frazetta, who revolutionized science fiction, fantasy and comic art with breathtaking realistic paintings of fantastic heroes, most famously Conan the Barbarian.
In an increasingly urban nation, Canada’s national parks are a treasured escape into extraordinary beauty and rugged wilderness. If the Group of Seven were an introduction to the landscape’s majesty, National Parks Project is the next logical chapter. Fifty-two contemporary artists from across the country, whose talents are as diverse as the parks they set out to explore, used their surroundings as a source of inspiration to blend musical and cinematic skills into collaboratively crafted vignettes. Epic in its ambition to celebrate these locales during Parks Canada’s centennial year, this omnibus film resonates with the knowledge that our unprotected land is more vulnerable than ever. Including films by Zacharius Kunuk, Peter Lynch, Sturla Gunnarsson and John Walker, and music by Sarah Harmer, Sam Roberts, Cadence Weapon and The Besnard Lakes, among many others, National Parks Project is a one-of-a-kind documentary experience.
Balkan Baroque is a real and imaginary biography of the Yugoslavian performance artist Marina Abramovic. Rather than a mechanical reproduction of the artist's work, the film tries to create a new reality by translating the performances into cinematographic images that intensify the fictional context of the film. Abramovic plays herself, but ,appearing in multiple forms, blurs her own identity. Memories and fantasies intermingle with day to day rituals. The chronological narrative often breaks to reflect the interior voyage of the protagonist from the present to the past and back to the present. The result is a visually impressive film. Balkan Baroque had its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, 1999.
With a strong emphasis on founder Larry Harvey and temple artist David Best, this video expresses the scale and power of the Burning Man experience. Superb cinematography and editing are combined to make this is one of the most moving Burning Man videos ever produced.
50 years ago, Sydneysiders were shocked and the art world astonished by Christo's wrapping of the Little Bay coastline. Hungarian migrant and entrepreneur John Kaldor, who initiated this monumental work, has said “it all started with a stale sandwich, in Christo's studio in 1968 New York.” Now, Project 34 (by Asad Raza) is about to be unveiled, and UK artist Michael Landy is designing the exhibition to celebrate 50 years of Kaldor Public Art Projects.