"Does art matter in a city on the verge of extinction?" 07 October 2017 Factual 90 mins
One of North America’s most amazing collections of art can be found in the crumbling ruins of Detroit. As the once great ‘motor city’ declares bankruptcy in 2013 and thousands of retired workers risk losing their pensions, Detroiters search their souls: should they sell the art to save the city?
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Singapore 07 October 2017
United States 27 October 2017
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01 January 1995
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01 January 1987
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07 June 1975
Examines the mesmerising construction of clear crystal glass pieces created by the craftsmen of Waterford.
01 January 1964
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24 September 2021
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18 September 2008
The Mona Lisa Curse is a Grierson award-winning polemic documentary by art critic Robert Hughes that examines how the world's most famous painting came to influence the art world.
09 September 2018
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15 October 1963
Robert Indiana with a few companions sitting, smiling, and smoking as life passes idly by.
11 November 1977
Georgia O'Keeffe appears on camera for the first time to talk candidly about her work and her life in this 1977 documentary.
01 January 2003
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These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 2017:
28 June 2017
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
28 February 2017
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border.
11 February 2017
When a change of circumstances leaves Miriam unable to pay her college tuition, she makes a surprising decision: to start performing in adult films, using the pseudonym Belle Knox.
09 March 2017
A low-intensity war is being fought on the streets of Europe and the aim is on fascism. This critically acclaimed documentary takes us behind the masks of the militants called antifascists.
06 May 2017
A couple looks to mend their relationship and build a new home in the Azores.
29 April 2017
A newly married detective and his pregnant wife move into their dream home unaware of its dark history.
21 October 2017
Orchids are counted among the rarest and most endangered, but also the most beautiful species of plant in Germany.
07 March 2017
With a devilish sway of the hips and a hint of Andalusian flair, Carmen, the beautiful cigar-maker sets her sights on a soldier: Don José.
31 March 2017
The short documentary film-"tesaer" (later, based on the material, the director will shoot a full-length film) is based on the fate of the Floriculture Pavilion of the former Exhibition of Achievements of the People's Economy, and its elderly employee Valentyna Voronina, who maintains this space, investing her own life into it, until suddenly changes come to her.
13 December 2017
Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers.
25 February 2017
With her husband away at work, and her son at school, Laura dreams of a home-renovation project to supplant her restless days.
27 October 2017
Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz.
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