L Art Du Crime

Fired for insubordination, PJ Antoine Verlay, good cop but a blood strand and having difficulty working as a team, is attached to the OCBC (Central Office for the fight against Traffic in Cultural Goods) thanks to the intervention of the commander Pardo, his friend who becomes, therefore, his new superior. A clever investigator, but a stranger to everything related to culture, Antoine will have to work with Florence Chassagne, renowned art historian, who lives, speaks and breathes culture, to the point that - fruit of her great imagination - it happens to her in the midst of daydreams, to see and talk to the great artists who have disappeared as if they were familiar to her.

The art market in France was surprisingly flourishing under the Occupation. Almost two million works of art changed hands between 1940 and 1944. Over 35,000 trains left Paris loaded with artwork and spoliated objects, in particular those belonging to Jewish families. What practices and what networks did those in the art market put in place during this five-year period? Who were they? What role did the French national museums play in this market?

A remarkable walk through the life and work of the French artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), one of the most important creators of the 20th century, revolutionary of arts, aesthetics and pop culture.

Maayunnu, Maarivarayunnu, Nisvaasangalil... or "Dust Art Redrawn in Respiration" is about s documentary crew arriving to document the life of two couples. In their conversations the couples tries to trivilize the man's 'concerns' and express their views on social life, individual freedom, borderlines in relations, power in relations etc. among other things. As the interaction progresses, a controlling voice, and then a commanding presence which determine how they should be presented and heard are revealed.

Who, apart from moviegoers, knows Alice Guy (1873-1968) today? However, she was the first woman behind the camera and the first female director and producer of fiction films in history.

In 1989, a group of avant-garde artists who had collaborated in private for years received permission to organize their own exhibition at the National Art Museum of China. However, one of the terms was to exclude performance artists from participating. The seven artists who were left out took action. At the opening ceremony, their lives changed as the sounds of gunfire rang out.

A documentary that explores the history & stories behind the art that helped create the world's most popular role playing game. The movie profiles artists - both past & present - & features former company insiders, game designers, authors, & fans.

About the ancient folk art of Kalamezhuthum Pattum Ritual of Kerala, India, featuring veteran Kalamezhuthu artist Kallat Manikandan. Kalamezhuthu is the art of drawing images of deities with five natural colour powders.

Artist Ethan Minsker was stuck at home during the coronavirus lockdown of 2020. He made fanzines, street art, a papier-mache city and more from the trash he found in his apartment. Then he ran out of space.

“In 2009, La Maison Rouge presented a new type of exhibition, entitled Uprisings, dedicated to Jean-Jacques Lebel, whose curation was provided by Jean de Loisy: a gigantic and multifaceted installation addressing the main axes of plastic and poetic activities and policies of this extraordinary artist, polyglot and practitioner of the rhizome. Directed by filmmaker Danielle Schirman, specialist in portrait artists, the film bears witness to a rare enterprise through its interdisciplinarity and its libertarian requirements. "