Arabesque

When a plot against a prominent Middle Eastern politician is uncovered, David Pollock, a professor of ancient hieroglyphics at Oxford University, is recruited to help expose the scheme. Pollock must find information beli

Arabesque

John Whitney's pioneering work of computer animation, Arabesque, from 1975. This flowing, abstract short film is a wonder to behold, a work of art. Like many other computer graphics pioneers, this film suggests roots in

Arabesque

Sener and Müjde, who can never come together because of endless obstacles and misunderstandings, slowly drift into the plaintive world of arabesque music.

Arabesque

The film’s visual structure is principally composed of variations on the arabesque: arcs of light, water spouts, spider webs, burgeoning trees, flowers and foliage, a woman’s smile, arms stretching, an arm giving rhythm

Jane Birkin - Arabesque

Despair Arabesque

Experimental work by Isao Yamada (Color, 8mm).

Balanchine Essays - Arabesque

Toward the latter part of his life, George Balanchine talked about creating a "dictionary" of his technique, a visual reference for the students of ballet. The George Balanchine Foundation has helped to fulfill his wish

Arabesque - Greatest Hits

Arabesque in G Major

A film miniature set to classical music, inspired by the music of C. Debussy. The film's narrative is guided by delicate, almost calligraphic lines that dance to the music. The lines disappear and reappear, changing shap

Arabesque for Kenneth Anger

Filmed at the Alhambra in Spain in just one day, according to Marie Menken. Arabesque for Kenneth Anger concentrates on visual details found in Moorish architecture and in ancient Spanish tile. The date 1961 refers to th

Arabesque For Marie Menken

A film about a building, the newly restored Hoboken Railroad Terminal. As the title implies, it is an homage to Marie Menken and a take-off on her sketch of the Alhambra. It uses some of her fast-frame techniques, settin

Palestine Pastels & Arabesque Audioviuals: A Muslimgauze Visual Soundscape Series

'Palestine Pastels & Arabesque Audioviuals', pairs the haunting rhythms of Muslimgauze with a visual odyssey, transporting viewers on a journey through time, conflict, and the indomitable spirit of its people.

Arabesques and mouth guards

A short documentary about Brussels' roller derby team, Les Brussels Derby Pixies.

Arabesques on the Pirosmani Theme

Short film from Sergei Parajanov, a personal view of the director on the spectacular heritage of Niko Pirosmani (1862–1918), a Georgian primitivist painter.

Assholes. Arabesques

A series of multi-genre short films dedicated to the epidemic of socio-cultural nihilism that has engulfed Ukrainian society.

By Pain and Rhyme and Arabesques of Foraging

This timeless experimental film draws on the work of 17th century scientist Robert Boyle to present a varied combination of texts, objects, colours and textures. The traditional tone of the cinematic impressions takes us

L'Agonie des arabesques

L’Agonie des arabesques (2014) was created by Gérard Courant inside the Notre-Dame de Fourvière basilica in Lyon (France).

Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle

Jessica Fletcher is off to solve another murder mystery, this time in Ireland.

Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For

Jessica Fletcher, lecturing at a writers' conference, finds herself called on to solve the killing of a guest speaker, an arrogant Russian author who'd written a nonfiction, tell-all book about his tenure as head of the

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest

Jessica Fletcher searches for a woman who witnessed the murder of a man trying to expose a serious flaw in a top-secret government satellite code.