A Look at Liv (1979)

In these three delightful documentaries—The Great Chase, a rollicking compendium of the greatest hits of silent-cinema chase sequences, The Love Goddesses, a look at cinema's most alluring female sex symbols, and Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist, an Oscar-winning remembrance of the ground-breaking American stage and screen star—director Saul J. Turell pays tribute to the movies in engaging, eclectic ways.

Noted Celebrity Photographer, Michael Grecco, sets out to capture the essence of the AVN Awards and Convention where the best in American Pornography is displayed, celebrated and honored.

Fly back in time with this nostalgic compilation of films from the 1960s! Look at Life was a regular British series of short documentary films of which over 500 were produced between 1959 and 1968 by the Special Features Division of the Rank Organisation. Shown in Odeon cinemas up and down the country in the 1960s, the films always preceded the main feature film that was being shown in the cinema that week. Undiscovered until now ROB CURLING presents six Look at Lifes from the Brooklands aircraft musuem, showing the aircraft industry as it was in the 1960s.

Justin Paton is on a mission to show the rest of us why looking at a painting is worthwhile and to help us figure out how to do it. In this thought-provoking series, Paton demystifies art and answers the questions we might be too embarrassed to ask. What is there to see in an abstract painting? Why do portraits grab us? Is it wrong to feel exhausted by big-city museums? Why should we care about paintings anyway?

An examination of the life and work of the revered and controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.

Looking at the organisation behind London's taxis, their maintenance, regulation of meters, training for "The Knowledge" to picking up passengers and driver welfare.

What did the old parliament look like when Vikings settled Iceland in 874 A.D.? How has the Icelandic environment changed since man first arrived? Is the human species a blight on the face of the Earth? What will the future look like here? Will the glaciers melt whether we like it or not? Will there be a volcanic eruption in the Reykjavik area? Will soil erosion blow Iceland back into the ocean? Can natural waterfalls replace energy with pollutants - and at what cost to the landscape?

An unflinching and uncompromising portrait of one of the most controversial photographers.

Hubble is a global superstar and a household name. Now it faces the most dramatic moment in its life, the final visit for repairs and fond farewells from astronauts. The dangerous massive mission to revive the greatest science tool today is under way and once again Hubble and all the brilliant scientists and astronauts responsible for her, will make history. With unprecedented access to NASA’s training facilities, it follows a team of world-class astronauts through training, into space, and back to Earth.

An examination of the life and work of the revered and controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.