ORDER NOW & GET 10% OFF! New Release: Available Now! B rush With Life: The Art of Being Edward Biberman brings alive a remarkable artist’s passionate journey through a turbulent century. Both epic and surprisingly intimate, the film presents a classic American immigrant saga, an inspiring search for artistic independence, and a great romance. Along the way, Biberman's growing commitment to social justice and struggle against McCarthy-era repression (his brother, director Herbert Biberman, went...

T his Film is an invitation to discover the beauty of France and its rich heritage. This fantastic journey will take you along a breathtaking route from the Eiffel Tower, Mont-Saint-Michel, the Palace of Versailles and to the castles of the Loire, from the small port of Honfleur, the Old Port of Marseilles, the basilica in Vézelay, the Palace of the Popes in Avignon, Monet's Normandy to Cézanne's Provence… Highlights: F RENCH C UISINE: N ormandy, the region where one eats well, offers an...

S alt of the Earth is an American Neorealist classic. B ased on actual events, this landmark film depicts a strike by Mexican-American mineworkers in New Mexico. With the exception of five actors, the cast comprises non-professionals, mostly participants in the real-life strike. The film is remarkably prophetic in its portrayal of the wives of the oppressed workers which seem to anticipate the women's liberation movement that would rise over a decade later. Against a backdrop of social...

O nce upon a time… there was a genius of American mass culture who was captivated and inspired by classical European art. Walt Disney was a gifted storyteller who surrounded himself with brilliant artists from Sweden, Denmark and England, all of whom helped to cultivate and animate his fertile imagination. T his documentary embarks us on a search to find the classical-art sources that inspired the first creations by the Disney studios. Like a journey through WONDERLAND, filmmaker Samuel Doux...

T he Château of Fontainebleau lies in the heart of the former forest of Biére and emerged over the centuries from of the dreams of the French Monarchs. It is hardly surprising that it bears the mark of those who added to its beauty. But the sheer size of the domain and the complexity of the various building can make visiting a formidable task. The camera proves to be the best of guides, revealing from its different angles (aerial views and long interior traveling shots) all that the human eye...

S aint Maurus, better known in France as Saint Maur, was the founder and abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Glanfeuil, St. Maur-sur-Loire. When St. Maur was only 12 years old, his father Equitius, an Italian nobleman, sent him to live with Saint Benedict at Monte Cassino to be trained in monastic rule. In his early thirties, circa 543, St. Benedict sent St. Maur into Gaul to establish his monastery on the Loire, by favour of King Theodebert. S cholars and the devout alike will find in this...

T his CD-ROM presents complete, full-screen colour facsimiles of six of Picasso’s sketchbooks. Tools enable you to zoom in on the works, turn them, to access a detailed commentary and to print texts and images. An index and a tile-format search let you easily access the sketchbook and drawing of your choice. The six digitized notebooks were selected among the 58 which is preserved by the Picasso museum, and fully exposes the passion of the drawing. A unique treasure never before available to...

O n the occasion of the exhibition “Paris 1400: The Arts under Charles VI,” organised by the Louvre Museum, the Condé de Chantilly Museum decided to present to the public for the first time in thirty years the original manuscript of the famous The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry, which came to be well-known thanks to the many reproductions of its illuminations. T his CD-Rom, available in English, French and German, is entirely consecrated to the French mediaeval manuscript The Very Rich...