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1) Frozen II
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Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven leave Arendelle to travel to an ancient, autumn-bound forest of an enchanted land. They set out to find the origin of Elsa's powers in order to save their kingdom.
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A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of peculiar photographs. A horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its decaying bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that Miss Peregrine's children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They...
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As we expect more from technology, do we expect less from each other? In this TEDTalk, Sherry Turkle explains how our devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication - and asks us to think deeply about the new kinds of connection we want to have.
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Jorge Luis Borges-"invented" in collaboration with virtually everyone, including himself-defies easy identification. In this birthday tribute, which begins with the master reading his classic Borges and I, the then-80-year-old short story writer, poet, essayist, and philosopher joins TV and radio personality Antonio Carrizo in a Borgesian discussion of the multiplicity of existence; the influence of his family, his friends, and writers from the past;...
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Built at the dawn of the 20th century, the Glasgow School of Art is the masterpiece of the only British artist considered as a precursor of modernity, Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The most eminent practitioner of the "Glasgow Style", the equivalent of French Art Nouveau, Mackintosh devoted more than 10 years to fulfilling what is without doubt his most innovative architectural project, a masterwork that combines constructive rationality, Art nouveau...
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Theo and Polly host a party in Dream Park to celebrate their daughter Hermia's engagement to James, but when Xander, Hermia's true love, shows up to dispute the betrothal, it takes magical intervention to set things right. Peter Bowker adapts Shakespeare's unusual romantic comedy where the problems of mortal love are mirrored in interlocking plots between Fairyland and the modern world. Bill Patterson plays Theo, Imelda Staunton is Polly, and the...
8) Casa del Rio
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When British industrialist Walter Price visited California in the 1930s, he was so impressed by Pickfair - the glamorous residence of Hollywood stars Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford - that he decided to construct his own Art Deco mansion back in the Devon countryside. This program examines Price's luxurious creation, a palace fit for Tinseltown complete with a marble staircase built to look like a piano keyboard. Casa del Rio, as Price christened...
9) Modernismo
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It was an aesthetic movement with an ambitious program: linguistic innovation as a means of liberation from Romanticism and Neoclassicism, and as a way to clarify Latin American identity. As this program explains, Modernismo coincided with a burst of interest in stories and accounts that were tied to the creation of independent nation states. Viewers will discover valuable insights regarding this cultural tidal wave and the ways in which it transformed...
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Alongside the glittery promise of nanotechnology sits a Pandora's box of potential concerns that range from worrisome applications like nano-enhanced surveillance devices and weapon systems to unintended consequences such as nanopollution and nanotoxicity. This program takes a balanced look at the debate over potential nanotech risks as it presents viewers with the informed opinions of advocates and opponents alike. A voyage of discovery that spans...
11) Feuer & Flamme
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Felix Lehner's workshops in Switzerland and Shanghai are where the ancient art of metal casting meets the modern art world's most visionary ideas. No commission is too outlandish or exacting for Lehner's team of craftsmen, who have brought the fantasies of artists as diverse as Urs Fischer and Katharina Fritsch to life. Discover the mesmerizing world of molten metal behind the doors of Lehner's world-renowned Art Foundry.
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This television adaptation of Luigi Pirandello's classic comic play Henry IV aired in 1949, A fall from a horse leaves a modern aristocrat convinced he is actually Henry IV of medieval Germany. The man's family caters to his fantasy for 20 years, until a doctor comes to cure him of it.
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This program showcases the work of New York post-modern choreographer John Jasperse. "When Jasperse makes a new work, it should be seen: end of story," says Claudia La Rocca of The New York Times. The program features excerpts from Jasperse's latest work Truth, Revised Histories, Wishful Thinking, and Flat Out Lies which was recorded in 2010 at the Joyce Theater in New York. The work, co-commissioned by The Joyce Theater and the Forsythe Company is...
14) King Lear
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PBS Masterpiece Theatre's Emmy-nominated HD presentation of The Royal Shakespeare Company's multi-award winning production of King Lear was reviewed as the greatest version in a generation. In this masterful, sympathetic rendition of the tragedy, Ian McKellen gives a powerful, once-in-a-lifetime performance as the aging monarch, driven mad by his paranoid family fantasies of the "monster ingratitude" of his daughters. The play's stage director, Trevor...
15) Mood Indigo
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Set in a surreal Paris,Michel Gondry finds inspiration from Boris Vian's cult novel to provide the foundation for this visionary and romantic love story starring Audrey Tautou (Amélie) and Romain Duris.
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Take a loopy look at Acme students who get a hire education by seeking part-time jobs. A minaturized Babs and Buster tour Plucky's brain. Game-show bachelors Hamton, Plucky and Montana Max woo (un)lucky bachelorette Elmyra. Waiter Plucky takes an order for duck à l'orange. Various Toonsters battle monsters, solve mysteries, rock out in music videos, roll back to prehysteric prehistory and more.
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Eleven-year-old Luke's brother and his best friend Lara have both become the superheroes Star Guy and Dark Flutter. When Luke, comic book expert, is transported to a spaceship, he learns aliens--who all look like his gym teacher--are filming a reality show and their next episode is the destruction of Earth! With no one listening to Luke's warnings, he must figure out how to save Earth himself--with no superpowers but his own wits.