紀錄片Have you always wanted to learn more about wine, but didn’t know where to start? “An Introductory Guide to Wine” gives you the basics you need to understand and appreciate this intriguing beverage. Through interviews and demonstrations with leading sommeliers, winemakers, wine educators and other industry professionals, you will discover what you like and how to describe your preferences to waiters and retailers. Learn how to find quality wines at value prices. Enjoy the beautiful California wine country over the course of three seasons and visit premium wineries for an inside look at how grapes are grown and wine is made. Experience the excitement of harvest at Clos LaChance, tour Robert Mondavi Winery, Franciscan Oakville Estate and Blackstone Sonoma. Visit the historic estate and underground caves of Schramsberg Vineyards and learn how sparkling wine is made. “An Introductory Guide to Wine” makes the fascinating world of wine accessible to everyone! Topics covered include:
特別專題太陽馬戲團《Journey of Man》是一段令人屏息的漫長路程，由太陽馬戲團演出人類從出生到成熟的各個階段。太陽馬戲團利用拿手的色彩、燈光、音樂和造型，同時結合世界各地的自然或歷史風光，創造史無前例的藝術巨作。從一開場用聲光效果代表宇宙形成，太陽馬戲團《Journey of Man》帶領我們穿越宇宙之子從誕生，到童年，到青少年，再到成年人的歷程。一部視覺感官的饗宴，無法比擬的藝術價值和前衛氣息，讓本片成為千載難逢的冒險歷程。
紀錄片Every hour of every day, our digital interactions are being recorded and logged. We live in the age of 'big data', where the seemingly mundane information of our everyday existence has enormous value. With the help of expert data trackers, this revealing doc offers a comprehensive look at how governments and large companies keep tabs on us. It follows the information trail of an ordinary Australian family on a typical day, asking where does it end? What are the consequences? And more importantly, Who's looking at our data? "We can say we value privacy, but everyday online and in the real world we're being watched." As 12-year-old Christina Pappas leaves for school, her data has already traveled to America, The Netherlands and beyond. Tracking websites are following her unseen from the Internet shadows. "What would you do if people you didn't know were following her around like that in the real world?" "I'd go crazy", her father replies. Everyday the world's largest companies, who have
紀錄片In the early ‘90s, writer John Healy was a star, on international TV, in the national press, constantly being interviewed about his first book, The Grass Arena. There was much about him that made him appealing to the media, not least a sense of danger. John Healy wasn’t just another award-winning author. He had a history of violence. And it seemed destined to follow him. The son of Irish immigrants, Healy lived rough on the streets of London for fifteen years, fighting and stealing to survive; a slave to alcohol, any alcohol – wine, strong cider, surgical spirits. Then he discovered chess. This became his new addiction. Alcohol was left behind. He became a rated chess player and a famous writer, for a time the darling of the British media. Then John Healy disappeared. Stories emerged to fill the vacuum, dark stories; he’d made threats of awful violence towards his publishers – he was mentally ill – a psychopath. Film maker Paul Duane avidly followed these rumours. Healy’s
劇情片Inspired by a true story. After a long absence abroad, a young Asian American woman Raffi Tang (Françoise Yip) is called home when her estranged mother is mysteriously murdered. Raffi becomes increasingly distraught as she struggles with her mother's loss and gets drawn into a web of deception and incompetence. Equal parts noir thriller and dysfunctional family drama, Doris Yeung's bold debut feature is a sobering tale of the pursuit of the American dream.
音樂紀錄片Just before Christmas 1985, 19-year-old James Vance watched his best friend Ray Belknap shoot himself to death with a .12 gauge shotgun in a churchyard outside Reno, Nevada. Then Vance pulled the trigger on himself. He survived but was severely disfigured. Vance later claimed his actions had been influenced by the heavy metal music of Judas Priest, prompting his family to sue the band. The drama of the ensuing trial provides the framework for David Van Taylor's disturbing look at teenagers today.
紀錄片Documentary following the world's best nature and wildlife film maker, Hugo van Larwick- and his team- during the production of the nature film 'Serengeti Symphony' in the Serengeti National Park, in Tanzania.
紀錄片A documentary film about army cooks and how the everyday needs of thousands of armed stomachs affect the victories and defeats of statesmen. About the field kitchen as a model of a world where food preparation becomes a fight strategy; a fight for great ideals standing on strong legs of the kitchen table. The film is based on eleven recipes of the cooks since the Second World War till the war in Tchechenia; from France through the Balkans to Russia.
