- The dark heart of the Nazi holocaust, Treblinka was an extermination camp where over 800,000 Polish Jews perished from 1942. Only two men can bear final witness to its terrible crimes. Samuel Willenberg and Kalman Taigman were slave labourers who escaped in a dramatic revolt in August 1943. One would seek vengeance in …
- The Haywain by John Constable is such a comfortingly familiar image of rural Britain that it is difficult to believe it was ever regarded as a revolutionary painting, but in this film, made in conjunction with a landmark exhibition at the V&A, Alastair Sooke discovers that Constable was painting in a way that was compl…
- 复活节岛上雄伟的雕像与四周败坏的环境形成了鲜明的对比。数十年来,复活节岛(或者在岛民口中的拉帕努伊岛)被当作是历史教科书中的一个典型:如果肆意地挥霍自然资源,文明的颠覆将是不可避免的。然而考古学家Jago Cooper博士却认为这是对复活节岛历史的一个重大误读。他认为这里的文化是一个成功的典范,而其最终陷落的原因远远令人震惊。J…
- Before Pink Floyd there was Spike Jones and His City Slickers who used everything from a Smith & Wesson to a kitchen sink to make music. Spike also gained a reputation for parodying the music he loved. His hayseed appearance complemented his humor. He and the City Slickers looked the way they sounded.His 1954 show for …
- Space Ghost in his 40's is no longer a super hero, and now he even goes by his real name Tad Ghostal. However to remain in the spot light he has started his own late night talk show filmed in outer space. With his co-host and former villian Zorak, and his director Moltar they interview celebs on earth through their vid…
- Ensemble cast of off-the-wall Warner Brothers characters, appearing in a wide variety of roles. Wakko, Yakko, and Dot Warner, are WB Studio creations who were just too "zany" to be of any use to the studio. Pinky and the Brain are two mice bent on world domination. Rita and Runt are a cat and dog team, who ge…
- In 2006, director Spike Lee created an astonishing record of the cataclysmic effects of Hurricane Katrina on the city of New Orleans with his epic award-winning documentary, When the Levees Broke. Five years later, Lee returns to New Orleans, to see how the ambitious plans to reinvent the Crescent City were playing out…
- Inspired by ESPN's anniversary, ESPN Films is launching 30 FOR 30, an unprecedented documentary series featuring 30 of today's finest storytellers telling thirty remarkable stories from the ESPN era. On their own, each of the films will be an intimate look at a specific story, relevant to larger themes from the modern …