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- The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.
- Debbie Ocean gathers an all-female crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City's annual Met Gala.
- In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher; his father's killer.
- A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.
- A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.
- An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a classical ensemble in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting but sharp old landlady.
- A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.
- The affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson, and a contemporary romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard.
- Two friends and business partners find their lives turned upside-down when strange circumstances lead them to be the temporary guardians of 7-year-old twins.
- A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.
- A bumbling fairy godfather tries to grant a girl's wish that her cabby father lands a Broadway role.
- In Depression-era New York, an impoverished painter has a chance encounter with an enigmatic, old-fashioned little girl in Central Park who inspires him and changes his destiny.
- On the verge of expulsion, a hapless art student must decide between life-long ambition and love when an audacious nude model makes a dangerous demand in the middle of class.
- Precocious Claudia and her brother run away from home and hide in the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
- The story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco".
- Based on the turbulent life of the temperamental French painter, Paul Gauguin, and his compulsive search for creative freedom which caused him to abandon his wife and five children in Paris for a life of contentement in Tahiti.
- A Harvard University student finds a strange letter that seems to be signed by George Washington. Murder, mystery and hijinks ensue.
- Go beyond the legend and meet the inspiring woman who repeatedly risked her own life and freedom to liberate others from slavery. Born 200 years ago in Maryland, Harriet Tubman was a conductor of the Underground Railroad, a Civil War scout, nurse and spy, and one of the greatest freedom fighters in our nation's history.
- In the 16th Century an Ottoman Sultan known as the second Solomon ruled half the civilized world. The Turks called him Kanuni, the Lawgiver. To the Europeans, he was known as Süleyman the Magnificent. During his 46-year reign, the Ottoman Empire flourished and witnessed a golden age. A contemporary of Francis I of France, Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and Henry VIII of England, Süleyman was an audacious military leader, celebrated poet, and enthusiastic patron of art and architecture. Shot on location in Turkey, and narrated by Ian McKellan, this film explores the breathtaking palaces and mosques of the Ottoman Empire and focuses on the dramatic life and personality of Sultan Süleyman.
- Martin Scorsese narrates this tribute to Val Lewton, the producer of a series of memorable low-budget horror films for RKO Studios. Raised by his mother and his aunt, his films often included strong female characters who find themselves in difficult situations and who have to grow up quickly. He is best remembered for the horror films he made at RKO starting in 1942. Starting with only a title - his first was Cat People (1942) - he would meticulously oversee every aspect of the film's completion. Although categorized as horror films, his films never showed a monster, leaving it all to the viewers imagination, assisted by music, mood and lighting.
- In November 1922, Howard Carter uncovered the tomb of Tutankhamen, an obscure pharaoh of the 18th Egyptian dynasty. The extreme wealth of the tomb reveals the munificence of this young king, who died before his 20th birthday. A century later, specialists are once again looking at the treasure. Combining 3D reconstructions, access to objects and expert insights, this document provides an overview of the discoveries being made.
- The Burning Times is a Canadian documentary about the witchcraft trials & persecutions that swept through Europe in the 15th-17th centuries. This was a period when those accused of being heretics or witches were tortured & executed, often by fire.
- Deep within the jungles of Mexico and Guatemala, and extending into the Yucatán Peninsula lie the fabled pyramids,temples and palaces of the Maya. This short film explores what happened to the ancient people and places
- The visual images consist entirely of Indian miniature paintings, while an off-screen narrator traces the rise of this art form within the courts of Akbar (1542-1605), who united what is now India and Pakistan, and his son Jahangir (1569-1627). Two schools of the miniature paintings, done by anonymous artists, flourished after Akbar established unity and peace across what had been many smaller states: the Moghul (Islamic) school and the Rajput (Hindu) school. The Moghul paintings record the events of the court, while the Rajput school connects physical beauty and, in particular, the longing of women to the transcendent values of the spirit.
- The French painter Edouard Manet painted four canvases depicting the execution in 1867 of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. This short dramatic film evokes the artist's studio and the events of Maximilian's death, using a single, uninterrupted shot to present the artistic thought process through the eyes of the painter. The narration, written by the film's director, takes the form of an imagined interior monologue, presented in voice-over style in French and German with English subtitles. It alludes to the narrative, historical and visual texts that Manet drew upon to form his four versions of the painting.
- Dr. Donald Redford, Univ. Of Toronto & Penn State, reveals the formative years of Akhenaten via uncovered inscriptions and art.
- A documentary focusing on Ford's time at Fox and his relationship with Darryl F. Zanuck.
- 150 years ago, the German Empire was proclaimed in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles: a revenge on the defeat of Jena in 1806. From the battle of Sedan in September 1870, followed by the surrender of France to Prussia, to January 18, 1871, the date on which King William I of Prussia was proclaimed emperor, the unification of Germany was largely built thanks to Otto von Bismarck. While in France the Second Empire had collapsed, the chancellor, through his power of persuasion, succeeded in obtaining the consent of the German princes.
- An important pilgrimage site in antiquity, the island of Philae has fascinated travelers for centuries. On this rock rising from the Nile, nicknamed the "pearl of Egypt", powerful rulers have built monumental sanctuaries from the time of the last pharaohs to the Romans. Subsequently, the temples were looted, vandalized or transformed, before the successive construction of two dams in the 20th century sealed the fate of the island. To save the precious vestiges from the rising waters, an international campaign coordinated by UNESCO was undertaken in the 1970s. The objective: to dismantle the monuments stone by stone to rebuild them on a neighboring island.
- Traces of the Brush: The Heartprint of Fu Shen, is an intimate and personal look into the life and work of Dr. Fu Shen, one of the most eminent Chinese art historians, calligraphers, educators and connoisseurs working today.
- The exhibition "The World of Franklin & Jefferson" is shown being assembled, and then on display, at the Grand Palais in Paris.
- Renowned for its merchants, artists, and saints, the city of Siena was one of the major centers of Medieval and Renaissance culture. Based in large part on contemporary sources and shot on location in Tuscany, this film focuses on the civic and religious institutions of the city - the municipal government, the cathedral, the Hospital of the Scala - and captures Sienese life and society during its golden age. Presented by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in association with Monte dei Paschi di Siena.
- When he was born in 1822, Frederick Law Olmsted's future profession of landscape architect did not yet exist in America. By the end of the 19th century, however, Olmsted had created hundreds of parks throughout the United States, thus defining landscape design for the country. This film documents the creation of Olmsted's first major work, New York City's Central Park, in 1858. The project was fraught with obstacles - political, financial, and topographical - yet the completed park serves as a testament to Olmsted's unique and pioneering vision. The glory of Olmsted's talent is that he was able to transform acres of raw land into natural art forms for all people to enjoy and appreciate in their own way. Told in the dramatic portrait style developed by award-winning director T. W. Timreck, this film blends documentary elements and dramatization, based on the words of the artist and his contemporaries.
- A documentary that presents the great French Impressionist as a daring observer of the nineteenth-century urban scene. It examines Manet's major paintings, using the artist's own words and those of his contemporaries
- Two musicians from Cape Breton Island visit Ireland.
- Merchants and Masterpieces introduces the fascinating collectors whose vision and generosity helped build The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Narrator Philippe de Montebello, former director of The Metropolitan Museum, tells the stories of J. Pierpont Morgan, Benjamin Altman and Robert Lehman - passionate collectors in pursuit of magnificent works of art. Personal interviews reveal the stories of other notable collectors, including David Rockefeller, who reminisces about his boyhood enchantment with his father's Unicorn tapestries; J. Watson Webb, Jr. recalls his grandmother Louisine Havemeyer as an adventurous art collector and suffragette who taught him a true appreciation for art; and Mary Rockefeller Morgan candidly shares memories of twin brother Michael's quest for art and life among the tribes of New Guinea. Drawn in part from Calvin Tomkins' history of The Metropolitan Museum, Merchants and Masterpieces includes rarely seen archival footage, on-location photography, and glimpses into the unequaled collections of The Metropolitan Museum. It offers viewers a rare opportunity to go beyond the art in search of the people who collected and lived with what are now The Met's masterpieces.
- Documentary of how the buffalo was hunted by both whites and Indigenous peoples in the 19th century.
- David Willcocks conducts his own arrangements of traditional carols accompanied by images of Christmas-related artworks from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Two paintings owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) are compared. They are called "masterpieces" by museum Director Philippe De Montebello. One: Rembrandt's self-portrait of 1660. Two: Velazquez' portrait of Juan De Pareja. This half hour contains two separate short films.
- This program examines the work of Dutch-born artist Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) during the most productive period of his brief artistic life--the fifteen months between February 1888 and May 1889 that he spent in the city of Arles, in the southeastern region of France known as Provence. During his 444 days in Arles, Van Gogh produced some 200 paintings and 100 drawings, inspired by the light and colors of the region. With the guidance of Ronald Pickvance, guest curator of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Van Gogh in Arles" exhibition, the film explores, in depth, several of Van Gogh's most famous works, including the portraits of the Roulin family, The Night Cafe, and Van Gogh's Bedroom. The film also examines several other major works of the Arles period, including The Harvest, Boats on the Beach, The Sunflowers, and introduces paintings from private collections, rarely reproduced. Filmed on location in the Netherlands and Provence, In a Brilliant Light: Van Gogh in Arles focuses on Van Gogh's art and not Van Gogh, the artist, dispelling many myths, while also breaking ground in contemporary scholarship.
- The painter Paul Gauguin and his last years in Tahiti, where he arrived in 1891, and in the Marquesas Islands, where he died in 1903.
- 1985– TV-143.4 (80)TV EpisodeA documentary on the famed painter and sculptor of Western Americana, Frederic Remington.