Elva

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.

热爱吟诵诗歌且幽默健谈的杀手贝罗特（BenotPoelvoorde饰）自费请来一支摄制组为他拍摄纪录片。在镜头前，他毫无保留且毫无隐讳地展现每次行凶的全过程，并悉心讲解不同的杀人技巧。摄制组成员从最初的观众逐渐演变成贝罗特的帮凶，这一种疯狂之人仿佛失控的汽车，飞速向毁灭的终点驶去……本片成本仅为15000美元，却成为比利时当年商业上最成功的影片，并且荣获1992年戛纳电影节SACD奖最佳影片和青年特别奖、1993年法国电影评论协会奖最佳外语片奖、1992年Sitges–Catalonian国际电影节最佳男主角（BenotPoelvoorde）和最佳影片奖、1992年多伦多国际电影节Metro媒体奖。本片导演RémyBelvaux于2006年9月4日去世，享年40岁。

时尚杂志《Elva》的总编辑戈碧（汪明荃饰）是个霸道能干的女强人，不仅在工作上强横，在家里也是大权在握，儿子戈德（黄宗泽饰）就在母亲的影响下长大，对母亲百依百顺，如今也进入了《Elva》工作。一日，戈碧出席某时装大师的丧礼时，不仅出尽风头，还在传媒面前批评女星Helen的衣着，令她十分难堪。丧礼过后戈碧回程途中因没扣安全带被为人热心却又十分冒失的女警丽敏（胡杏儿饰）截查，强横的她寸步不让，由此对丽敏心生不满。一次《Elva》杂志社被人捣乱，丽敏前往调查时不小心打破了室内的名贵摆设，内心愧疚的丽敏趁晚上无人时偷入杂志社将新的摆设放回原处时邂逅了戈德，更对英俊的戈德一见钟情。戈碧因为对Helen的批评引起了她的狂热影迷的不满，遭到了劫持，丽敏为了救人向对方宣称自己亦很痛恨戈碧，骗取对方信任后成功解救了戈碧。然而戈碧却因此还很在心。丽敏前往医院向戈碧道歉，戈碧对她不屑一顾。随后戈德对母亲对丽敏的做法感到不好意思，于是带她四出游玩，希望补偿一下。游玩中丽敏向戈德表白了自己的心迹，戈碧得知后要儿子想尽办法令丽敏知难而退……

托马斯（RafaelCardoso饰）刚出生时，好几个星期双眼仍旧紧闭，身为医护人员的母亲认为，只要孩子准备好，便会自己睁开眼。而最先映入托马斯眼帘的，便是比自己大6岁、同母异父的哥哥弗朗西斯科（JocatildeGabrielVasconcellos饰）。那一眼，似乎注定了两人无悔的爱情。随着年龄增长，托马斯对弗朗西斯科日渐崇拜，弗朗西斯科对托马斯更是呵护备至。两人互动亲昵过火，让父母不知所措。虽担心兄弟俩逾越「常轨」，但家人仍选择包容他们相爱的可能。经过人事物的变迁，弗朗西斯科和托马斯终于成为爱侣。然而托马斯需要为奥运赛事远赴俄国泳训三年。血浓于水的两人是否禁得起分离的考验？本片为巴西最具争议的同志电影。导演跨越血缘与性向，讲述一对兄弟间至死不渝的爱情，在梦幻与冲突、乱伦与唯美之间传达动人的画面效果。

供职于某旅游杂志的记者皮特麦克卡尔（MichaelVartan饰）参加了一个在澳大利亚卡卡度国家公园举行的水上冒险旅行团。不过这次旅程对寻求刺激的人们来说似乎过于枯燥，美丽的女导游凯特瑞恩（RadhaMitchell饰）带领大家进入尚未开发的水域。正当游客们享受这令人惊叹的湖光山色之时，不远处的天空升起了求救的信号弹。凯特不顾大家返回的要求，执意要去查看情况。当来到一片神秘的湖泊之时，游船遭到撞击，开始下沉。众人被迫下船，却不知自己已经来到食人鳄鱼的领地。一场实力悬殊的杀戮旋即展开……本片荣获2007年澳大利亚电影节最佳视觉效果奖、2009年Fangoria链锯奖最佳录影带第三名。

MartinGonzalezisalowerclassboywhodiscoverstheworldofdrugtraffickinginthewaytoupwardmobilityfundamentallytowintheloveofSophia,agoodgirl,aprioriunattainable,whichishislovesincechildhood.Hisboldness,unconsciousnessandyouthleadhimtobecomeactiveandvitalpartofthedangerousCartelNortedelValle,acriminalorganizationthatdefinesitselfasabloodthirstyandpowerfuldevicethatovercametheCaliCartelincunningmilitarypowerofcorruptionandeconomicstrength.Severalyearsofdrugandappropriate(bad)friendshelpedMartintomoveupthesyndicate,andfinallygettingtheattentionofSofiaandwinherlove.

青年休·麦克艾利斯特（BrandonKylePeters饰）按照未婚妻未婚妻劳瑞·苏利文（DanielleLilley饰）的意愿，在远离喧嚣都市的僻静角落买了一座数十款长的大房子。乔迁当日，劳瑞对新房子既满意又惊奇，稍后没多久，马克（JoseMiguelVasquez饰）、安柏（EmilyCutting饰）、肯尼斯（ChristopherdePadua饰）等朋友驱车前来，准备为小两口开一个盛大的乔迁派对。马可他们百无聊赖，四处闲逛，结果强行进入一个无人居住的旧房子。青年男女百无禁忌，四处闲逛，根本不知自己已经惹到了什么。夜幕降临，喜欢热闹的男女们纷纷云集到休的新居，大开狂欢派对。喜欢肯尼斯的女孩独自落寞地再次来到那栋空房子，谁知却被隐藏在这里的恐怖之人残忍杀害。那边厢狂欢无度，这边厢血腥杀戮的闸门缓缓开启……

Selva, thirteen years old, discovers that when we die we just shed our skin. We can turn into wolves, goats, shadows, or anything as long as your imagination allows it.

An adaptation of Shyam Selvadurai's 1994 - novel Funny Boy, the film centres on the coming of age of Arjie Chelvaratnam, a young Tamil boy in Sri Lanka who is coming to terms with his homosexuality against the backdrop of the increased tensions between Tamil and Sinhalese people before the breakout of the Sri Lankan Civil War.