An aging, decadent landlord’s passion for music becomes the undoing of his legacy as he sacrifices his wealth in order to compete with the opulent music room of his younger, richer neighbour.
Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites, is found standing over the body of a dead white man, holding a pistol that has recently been fired. Quickly arrested for murder and jailed, Beauchamp insists he's innocent and asks the town's most prominent lawyer, Gavin Stevens, to defend him, but Stevens refuses. When a local boy whom Beauchamp has helped in the past and who believes him to be innocent hears talk of a mob taking Beauchamp out of jail and lynching him, he pleads with Stevens to defend Beauchamp at trial and prove his innocence.
While Hans Jurgen Höss enjoyed a happy childhood in the family villa at Auschwitz, Jewish prisoner Anita Lasker-Wallfisch was trying to survive the notorious concentration camp. At the heart of this film is the historic and inspiring moment – eight decades later – when the two come face-to-face. This is the first time the descendant of a major war criminal meets a survivor in such a private and intimate setting, Anita’s London living room. Together with their children, Kai Höss and Maya Lasker-Wallfisch, the four protagonists explore their very different hereditary burdens.
Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married to Franca and father of Sabine. He starts a love affair with air hostess Nicole, which Pierre is hiding, but he cannot stay away from her.
After learning the finer points of carrier aviation in the 1920s, career officer Jonathan Scott and his pals spend the next two decades promoting the superiority of naval air power. But military and political "red tape" continually frustrate their efforts, prompting Scott to even consider leaving the Navy for a more lucrative civilian job. Then the world enters a second World War and Scott finally gets the opportunity to prove to Washington the valuable role aircraft carriers could play in winning the conflict. But what will it cost him and his comrades personally?
Based on the autobiographical work of New Zealand writer Janet Frame, this production depicts the author at various stage of her life. Afflicted with mental and emotional issues, Frame grows up in an impoverished family and experiences numerous tragedies while still in her youth, including the deaths of two of her siblings. Portrayed as an adult by Kerry Fox, Frame finds acclaim for her writing while still in a mental institution, and her success helps her move on with her life.
18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror.
A wealthy man hires a poor girl to play his mistress in order to get more attention from his neglectful family.
Martin Scorsese spends an evening with larger-than-life raconteur Steven Prince—a former drug addict, road manager for Neil Diamond, and actor—as he recounts stories from his colorful life.
An intimate portrait and saga of four film pioneers--Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack who rose from immigrant poverty through personal tragedies persevering to create a major studio with a social conscience.
The crew of the merchant ship Glencairn hope to survive a transatlantic crossing during World War II. Adapted from four Eugene O'Neill one-act plays.
Explore Woodstock 99, a three-day music festival promoted to echo unity and counterculture idealism of the original 1969 concert but instead devolved into riots, looting and sexual assaults.
Starstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a role but he is reluctant.
After crooked nightclub owner murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mother's boarding house.
Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at the tiny Catholic college he is trying to bring back to football respectability.
Steve Shippy and Cindy Kaza uncover the truth about a 1972 plane crash.
A behind-the-scenes look at Rick Disharoon and his small-town, family-owned business, The Metal Shop, as the team gets the chance of a lifetime: to build an epic monster truck for Danny McBride and one of Hollywood’s biggest television shows, “The Righteous Gemstones.”
In 1973, the Loud family became a television sensation of a new kind. It was long before a metal rock star showed his eccentric family on the small screen and decades before housewives had screaming matches with each other on camera in public. CINEMA VERITE tells the behind-the-scenes story of the groundbreaking documentary "An American Family," which chronicled the lives of the Louds in the early 1970s and catapulted the Santa Barbara family to notoriety while creating a new television genre: the reality TV series.
Marion and Mingus both come from failed relationships but, by bringing their children together, they've managed to form a small yet happy family. Tensions in their household soon begin to spike when Marion's jovial father shows up on their doorstep with his randy daughter and her peculiar boyfriend in tow. As the motor-mouthed houseguests shatter every taboo imaginable, the happy couple begin to question their commitment.
Tells the story of a woman who gets involved in politics with no previous contact with world events.
Tiger sharks in the Bahamas seem to have acquired a taste for pork.
World-renowned paranormal investigator, Ghost Nation’s Jason Hawes invites you to the world’s scariest locations: abandoned amusement parks, menacing medieval castles, shadowy fortresses and more. He reveals the details of the haunting at these locations through spine-chilling firsthand accounts, eerie re-enactments and eye-opening interviews with locals and historians.
A group of shark experts set out to discover which shark species has the deadliest bite. Using bite force meters, biomedical imaging and a cutting-edge super slow-motion camera rig, they'll document and analyze shark bites like never before.
Dr. Riley Elliott tracks two of the ocean's most legendary apex predators.
John and Callahan Walsh celebrate the captures from investigations that left the largest impacts. With the perps finally behind bars, families can breathe easier knowing that justice has been served.
Discover the shock and heart behind vets transforming pets with extreme cases.
Chef Maneet Chauhan walks you through her favorite recipes for all the most craveable Indian dishes, from shopping for ingredients at a local Indian market to serving up dishes in a traditional style.
After 25 years on Inside the NBA, Ernie Johnson and Charles Barkley still have a lot to talk about.
A spike in attacks on sea lions off the coast of Southern California sends shark researchers searching for an oversized, aggressive mako shark they believe could have family ties to the legendary record-breaking mako called "The Beast".
Hosts David Bromstad and Kelsey Barnard Clark challenge America's best charcuterie board artists to make delicious and impressive spreads using fresh meat, cheese, produce and baked goods.
View an amazing collection of automobiles in Arizona that are all for sale! Hosted by Alain de Cadenet, Mckeel Hagerty and Ken Gross, this series features rare and amazing automobiles that might never cross the block again!
MotorTrend Holiday Hooptie Challenge II
In this documentary special, Chip Gaines fortuitously meets professional runner and rare cancer fighter Gabe Grunewald. Together they set out to train for a marathon and, along the way, find a friendship that alters Chip's perspective forever.
Margarita is an internet television series of comedy drama, fantasy and teenage romance created by Cris Morena for Max. It is a series derived from the soap opera Floricienta (2004-2005). The plot focuses on the life of Margarita, the daughter of Florencia Santillán and Máximo Augusto Calderón de la Hoya.
One South: Portrait of a Psych Unit" offers an intimate and uplifting look at one of the few inpatient units in the U.S. that specializes in treating college students for serious mental health issues. At an inpatient psychiatric unit at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Queens, N.Y., young adults arrive in acute crisis every day to deal with depression, anxiety or personality disorders. The series follows the trajectory of a hospital admission, from intake to discharge, and spends time with patients through the ups and downs of treatment.