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A.J. Fikry's wife has died, his bookstore is in trouble, and now his prized rare edition of Poe poems has been stolen. But when a mysterious package appears, its arrival gives him the chance to make his life over and see things anew. A NYT Bestseller.

Inspired by true events from the spring of 1944 when the Nazis organized a football match between a team of camp inmates and an elite Nazi team on Adolf Hitler's birthday. A match the prisoners are determined to win, no matter what happens

BARÇA DREAMS is the most complete documentary ever to be made about the story of FC Barcelona, one of the top soccer clubs in the world, highly praised for its legendary figures like Leo Messi, the best footballer of all time, the prestigious coach Pep Guardiola, or the man who re册utionized this sport (soccer and football are used interchangeably throughout the entire text) with his innovative vision: Johan Cruyff. The film narrates the soccer club's long road to fame and acknowledgement, culminating in the generation of players of the stature of Leo Messi, Xavi Hernández and Andrés Iniesta, all of them trained in the famous school of La Masía. It also reveals the secrets of a powerful soccer club that causes admiration worldwide and is closely linked to the Catalan identity, making the motto "Barça: more than a club" a reality. It is a genuine emotional voyage to the heart and soul of the club which Joan Gamper, an undisputable sportsman, founded over a hundred years ago. It rekindles the dreams and ambitions of a long list of footballers who sought glory in one of the most admired soccer clubs in recent times.

With this new series Andrew Graham-Dixon returns to Europe taking us on a journey into the captivating watery world of the Low Countries and its art. This small myriad of regions we now know as Holland and Belgium produced some of the most celebrated names in art: Van Eyck, Bosch, Rembrandt, Rubens, Vermeer, Van Gogh, Mondrian and Magritte. As he travels by canal boat and of course by bicycle Andrew reveals just how important the Low Countries were in key moments in the development of western culture - the birth of oil painting in the late medieval ages, the triumph of the Dutch golden age, and the onset of polarizing modern art movements surrealism and abstraction. This is not the story of one nation, but of fluid, ever-shifting boundaries and the search for identity in an area that has always been politically contested. EPISODE ONE: The first episode will be about how the art of Renaissance Flanders e册ved from the craft of precious tapestries within the Duchy of Burgundy into a leading painting school in its own right. Starting his journey at the magnificent altarpiece of Ghent Cathedral created by the Van Eyck brothers Andrew explains their ground breaking innovation in oil painting and marvels how the colours they obtained can still remain so vibrant today. Andrew will describe how in the early Renaissance the most urgent preoccupation was not the advancement of learning, humanist or otherwise, but the Last Judgment. People believed they were living in the end of days; a subject popular with preachers and artists and intensely realized in swarming microscopic detail by Hieronymus Bosch. EPISODE TWO: In the second episode Andrew explores how the seemingly peaceful countries of Holland and Belgium – famous for their tulips and windmills, mussels and chips - were in fact forged in a crucible of conflict and division. He will examine how a period of economic boom driven for the first time by a burgeoning and secular middle class led to the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th Century. Andrew travels to Delft and Amsterdam to demonstrate the striking contrast between two of its greatest proponents, Rembrandt and Vermeer (one famed for his breathtakingly realistic domestic street scenes, the other for explosive rapid brushstrokes and raw colours, best exemplified in his contentious magnum opus – The Nightwatch.) Radically different in style, both men were united by the realization that they must become innovators in business as well as masters of their craft. Yet boom also meant bust - and in a story with very modern echoes they ultimately shared the same fate, financial destitution. EPISODE THREE: Following a brief period of decline, the third episode will look at how the entrepreneurial and industrious region of the Low Countries rose again to become a cultural leader in the modern age; how despite its small and apparent insignificance when stood up against the powerhouses of Europe it produced important forward thinking artists like Van Gogh, Mondrian, Magritte and Delvaux who changed the face of art forever. In this episode Andrew’s exhilarating journey takes us to a remote beach in North West Holland which inspired Mondrian’s transition to his now renowned abstract grid paintings.

Agrippingandshockingdocumentarycomposedofnumerouscolorizedarchivefootage.Apocalypse:VerduntakesustotheinfamousandbloodybattleofVerdunthatoccurredinFebruary1916,whenWorldWarIhadbeenragingfortwoyears.

柏林是一个富有想象力的地方，一个记录所有历史的城市。当柏林墙于1989年倒下时，柏林人在历史长河中的慌张之旅告了一段落。在本节目中，间谍、告密人、双重间谍和冷战柏林墙的讯问者讲述了自己紧张不安的双重生活，梦想与梦魇戏剧般地重现出来。柏林墙是一道丑陋的混凝土屏障，它分开城市，分离家庭，足足影响了一代人（1961-1989年）。几百人（大部分是年轻人）因为试图逃往西柏林而被杀死。建造柏林墙的人认为，他们建设了一个英勇的社会主义世界。但是，柏林墙不断毒害、腐化、残害包围在它里面的人，建造者的梦想变成了梦魇。Berlinisaplacethatisindispensabletotheimagination,acitywherehistoryticksalltheboxes.Thelongestofallthehelter-skelterridesthatBerlinershavetakenthroughtheplaygroundofhistoryendedin1989whentheBerlinWallshatteredintoamillionsouvenirs.TheBerlinWallwastheugly,concreteobstaclethatformorethanageneration(from1961to1989)splitthecityanddivideditsfamilies.Hundredsofpeople,mainlyyoung,werekilledtheretryingtoescapetotheWest.ThepeoplewhobuilttheWallthoughttheywerebuildingabravenewsocialistworld.ButtheirdreamturnedintoanightmareasovertimetheWallpoisoned,corruptedandbrutalizedthelittleworlditencircled.InTheSecretLifeoftheBerlinWall,thedreamsandnightmarescomedramaticallybacktolifeasthespies,informers,doubleagentsandinterrogatorsofColdWarBerlinweavetheirnervyspellsofdoublelivesanddoubledealing.Wallsdividetheworldintotwoandthisisafilmwithtwofaces-flawedheroesandheroicvillains,traitors,compromisedvictoriesandsaddefeats.Aworldofgoodintentionsheadinginbaddirections.Aworldwherenothingiswhatitseemstobe.

DirectorGaryHustwit(Helvetica,Objectified)completeshisdesignfilmtrilogywithUrbanized.Exploringthedesignofcitieswiththeworld’sforemostarchitects,policymakersandengagedcitizens,Urbanizedframesaglobaldiscussionabouthowthedesignofourcitiesaffectsourlives.

AnastronautnamedGaryandhisplanet-destroyingsidekickcalledMooncakeembarkonserializedjourneysthroughspaceinordertounlockthemysteryofwheretheuniverseactuallyendsandifitactuallydoesexist.TheshowstartedasashortpilotonaYouTubechannelownedbyOlanRogerswhobecamepopularforhisstorytelling.

Cuffs is a fresh, authentic and visceral drama that will take the audience on an exhilarating ride through the challenges of front-line policing. Adrenalized and vibrant, the show is packed full of dramatic incidents and colourful characters. From a booby trapped cannabis farm in a suburban semi to an elderly farmer’s wife with a shotgun, the stories are surprising and exciting. There will be more absurd altercations - such as a middle-class dog-napping or fisticuffs between pensioners - as well as the daily grind of speeding drivers, city-centre shoplifters and Saturday night drinkers.

冬天,蒂妲絲雲頓拜訪落腳於法國小山村四十餘年的挚友約翰伯格,兩人散步於靄靄白雪的村莊!或深或淺地,在小屋中聊起童年記憶與歷史承接。春天,透過凝視動物,經歷一場人類與動物關係的思辨。炎天,於山村中跟三兩藝術家漫談當代政治,佐以舊時影片!音樂,摸索藝術怎样述說政治。秋日,蒂妲再度帶著孩子拜訪約翰以及約翰之子,在視野遼闊的山村生涯中,發現傳承的意念存在於所觀看的每一片風景。四部短片象徵四序的更迭,而山村的風景!動物!生涯則是年復一年的循環,體現約翰口中[無窮延长的此時现在]。他的思惟及人生觀與陈旧的農舍!青葱的綠地!放牧的牛群相呼相應,說著這個天下方圆人物风物的故事,阿爾卑斯山裡的小村莊,則是最诱人的舞台。（以上來自2016台北金馬影展）The Seasons in Quincy is a feature-length documentary film in four parts by the Derek Jarman Lab at Birkbeck, in collaboration with Til da Swinton, Christopher Roth and Colin MacCabe. Together, the parts constitute a film portrait of John Berger, the British writer and thinker.In 1973 - Berger abandoned the metropolis to live in the tiny Alpine village of Quincy. He realized that subsistence peasant farming, which had sustained humanity for millennia, was drawing to an historical close. He determined to spend the rest of his life bearing witness to this vanishing existence, not least by participating in it. Berger’s trilogy Into their Labours chronicles the peasant life of this Alpine village and its surrounding countryside. Our portrait places Berger in the rhythm of the seasons in Quincy.The four parts of the film each address different strands of Berger's life and work. The first, Ways of Listening, directed by Colin MacCabe, deals with fathers and friendship. Spring, directed by Christopher Roth, considers Berger's writing on our relationship with animals in juxtaposition with the animals that surround him in the Haute Savoie. A Song for Politics, directed by Colin MacCabe and Bartek Dziadosz, reflects on politics through a conversation between Berger, Colin MacCabe, Ben Lerner, Akshi Singh and Christopher Roth. The last part, Harvest, directed by Tilda Swinton, revisits Quincy to meditate on belonging and continuity with John and his son Yves.來自http://www.jarmanlab.org/the-seasons-in-quincy-four-portraits-of-john-berger.html