On the verge of being broke, a sock shop owner enters a vlog contest where she has to date twelve men with different zodiac signs and prove that love compatibility based on zodiac sign is just a myth. After the contest is done, will she discover that the myth is in fact true, or would she break it and find Mr. Right?
The Old Vic in association with Bristol Old Vic, Jonathan Church Productions & Global Creatures’ present their Olivier Award-winning production, A Monster Calls. Thirteen-year-old Conor and his mum have managed just fine since his dad moved to America. But now his mum’s very sick and she’s not getting any better. His grandmother won’t stop interfering and the kids at school won’t look him in the eye. Then, one night, at seven minutes past midnight, Conor is woken by something at his window. A monster has come walking. It’s come to tell Conor tales from when it walked before. And when it’s finished, Conor must tell his own story and face his deepest fears. On publication, A Monster Calls became a bestseller with children and adults alike with its dazzling insight into love, loss and healing. It garnered huge critical acclaim, including an unprecedented double win of the Carnegie and Greenaway Medals for outstanding children’s literature and illustration.
As part of its contemporary programs, the Louvre has invited twenty young creative figures to present their take on the museum in the form of a 3:30 min film. The “Louvre Looks” initiative brings together creatives under forty – whether they come from the visual arts, poetry, film, experimental music, or fashion. They created new films in the palace itself and thus reconnect with the past of the Louvre – which hosted artist studios even before became a museum. These films go live every Thursday on YouTube. Over the course of twenty weeks, you will be given the opportunity to discover many fresh insights into the Louvre. The first film was conceived by painter Ariana Papademetropoulos and is titled Mon Seul Désir (My Sole Desire). The artist herself appears in a dream: the Salle des États and the Grande Galerie become a dreamscape – a dreamscape that is the museum itself.
Eight Super Grandmasters battle it out in the strongest chess tournament in history. This inside scoop covers all 14 grueling rounds while delving into cultural experiences including chess boxing, visual artists and top chess legends.
A road movie with music. A song-soaked, foot-stomping trip straight to the heart of what it means to be Mexican, and to be American, and the complex joy of being both at the same time.
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.
When Luke takes his girlfriend Sam on a romantic date deep in the woods to propose marriage, he discovers something otherworldly that puts them both in mortal danger.
Tupac Shakur endures as one of hip-hop's most iconic figures and its most potent enigma - he elevated rap, changing it from a passing trend to a complex art form. Seen as a poet whose tales of urban alienation captivated young people of all races and backgrounds, he set the stage for the current and continuing evolution of the hip-hop phenomenon.
A roast in the traditional sense, where friends take down one of their own, no holds barred. In this unfiltered hour and a half, Rich Vos takes an unreasonable amount of hits from a group of comedians.
A collaborative film project between Mercator Films and Evergreen Gravel Racing which explores the intersections between adventure cycling, conservation, and Indigenous Sovereignty. The film follows 10 cyclists as they disappear into the landscape surrounding the Dark Divide 300, a 330 mile Pacific Northwest bikepacking route through Nisqually, Cowlitz, and Squaxin Island land in Washington state. Tribal leaders from the area provide context on what the land means to them presently, has meant to their Tribes historically, and what the adventure cycling community can do to become better stewards to the land we occupy. The route will be run as an endurance bikepacking race in summer 2023.
We were both moving to new places. Quinn to Los Angeles, myself to New York. We were on a rare holiday, and with seemingly nothing else to do, we walked up and down the bike path on the North Shore of Oahu. A hand painted sign caught our attention with an inspiring mantra. - Everest
Emily, an up-and-coming musical artist, stuck in quarantine with no way to make a living, struggles with maintaining her sanity while dealing with the loss of her best friend, the lingering effects of a breakup, and the current state of the world. She attempts to center herself by meditating and practicing various self-care routines but ultimately her reality starts to blur as she becomes possessed by a demonic, carnivorous plant.
Imagine if one day you could be anything you wanted. What would you choose - to remain yourself, or to become someone completely different? For our hero, this question is many times more difficult, because he never had a life or a personality. However, that will change today.
Ex-American Raiders Special Forces Commander Captain Robert Tomlin finds himself tasked to uncover an ancient mystery, hidden deep within the multiverse. Captain Tomlin and his band of brothers must unlock its secrets to save us all.