Art Theft
The First Monday in May
HDA behind the scenes look at the preparations for the 2015 art exhibit, China: Through the Looking Glass held at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, commonly referred to as the Met Gala, which has become one of the hottest tickets in town.
Tabloid Vivant
HDFame. Celebrity. Wealth. Max, an up and coming artist hungry for fame, meets Sara, a budding young art critic who suffers the same obsessiveness about her work as he does his. The two begin a tumultuous relationship based on using each other to get ahead and sequester themselves in a cabin in the woods, set on creating a work of art that they feel will completely revolutionize the art world. They want to make a work of art that is alive; even if it takes their own lives to do it.
The Family Fang
HDAnnie and Baxter, the adult children of the controversial husband and wife conceptual performance art couple famous for their quirky macabre public performances, have never got over the fact that their parents kept using them during their childhood in their often gory and disturbing satirical public performances. They often clash with their now elderly parents over this and blame them for their problems in their adult life. However, the two become worried when they're told by the police that their parents have gone missing during their trip outside of town. The brother considers the possibility that something horrible might have happened to them, but the sister is convinced that it's just another one of their stupid games or twisted conceptual performances. She convinces him that they should go and look for them themselves.
The Trust
HDWaters and Stone are two nobody police officers who work in the evidence room of the Las Vegas Police Department. When Stone discovers an unusually high bail receipt in connection to a drug bust, the two friends set in motion a plan to find the source of the money.
Up for Love
HDDiane is a well-known lawyer, divorced for three years. She loses her mobile telephone and receives a call from the person who finds it. That person is Alexandre, a charming man and the perfect gentleman. They make a connection over the phone and agree to meet up the following day. But when Alexandre arrives, there's a surprise in store when Diane discovers he is only 4' 6" tall. From that moment on, Diane tries to overcome the prejudices of society and her own fears to experience the best time of her life...
Killer Looks
HDA lazy, and often drunk, private detective teams up with a young woman who likes karate movies and bad puns to solve the murder of a fashion photographer.
Man of Tai Chi
HDTiger Chen is a Tai Chi student who is rather rebellious and uses Tai Chi to fight despite his master's concerns. When the temple where he studies get threatened from modern redevelopment, he fights in an underground fight club to get money the temple needs. However he soon realizes that his employer has other negative motives.
PawParazzi
HD"Pawparazzi Snap!", a gossip show hosted by Sydney Flow and his dog sidekick Nancy O'Dogg, is the hottest celebrity gossip show on television. So what better place for London Bridges, a fast rising Hollywood starlet, to announce her next project "There Will Be Oil", an independent art film by acclaimed director Hugh Franklin and co-starring Dame Ruby Bench. With her pampered pomeranian Latte in tow, London arrives on location to see that she won't be receiving the star treatment she is used to. Not only will the film be shot on a farm in a secluded rural area, but London's accommodations will be on location as well. But when two thieves posing as Paparazzi show up to steal the prized "Academy Necklace" , a prized piece of Hollywood memorabilia that is bestowed about whomever is the current "it girl", London learns that her knight in shining armor is Tom, the simple farmer who is hosting her stay on the farm.
Nobody Walks in L.A.
HDNobody Walks in LA is the story of two old friends who, faced with decisions that cannot wait, put their lives on pause for a day and do the unthinkable.... walk around Los Angeles. Putting aside a failing engagement on the one hand and a cross country move on the other - Miles and Becca rediscover not just the streets of Los Angeles, but one another.
Ring of Deception
HDSingle mom Julie Stevens' life is turned upside-down when international con man Martin moves to her neighborhood. As Julie begins to open up to Martin's charms, another woman - Sloane - is determined to kill Martin for having left her and robbed her blind. Will Julie survive Martin's affections and Sloane's revenge?
A Christmas Wish
HDFaith Mason is the art teacher at Ponchatoula Junior High. She loves to give her students creative expressive outlets at a stage in their lives when doing so verbally or in writing is often difficult. Her childhood belief in the magic of Christmas wishes--such as the wish box that is annually placed next to the decorated Christmas tree in the middle of town--resurfaces when she learns on the last day before Christmas break that arts funding has been totally cut, meaning her job. With her best friend, school nurse Wyatt, at her side, Faith must find some creative way to save her job. Meanwhile, Faith's younger sister Maddie is back for the holidays with her boyfriend Ryan, whom she suspects will propose to her on this trip; with Faith's knowledge, she submits a wish that Faith will get a true-love kiss. Miraculously, men start showing themselves as potential true-love interests for Faith. Faith hopes that Andrew, the handsome man she always sees at the local coffee show, will be The One. But in her focus on Andrew, Faith might be blind to the true love that has been right in front of her. Meanwhile, her mother Joyce is again on the committee that actually works to grant a wish-box wish. The wish chosen--by young Michael Mills to be able see a live performance of A Christmas Carol with his grandfather Louis--might be more difficult to grant than appears on the surface.
Banksy and the Rise of Outlaw Art
HDBanksy, the world's most infamous street artist, whose political art, criminal stunts, and daring invasions outraged the establishment and created a revolutionary new movement while his identity remained shrouded in mystery.
The Postcard Killings
HDNew York detective Jacob Kanon has a daughter. A beautiful, talented daughter who is brutally murdered as she honeymoons in blissful ignorance. Soon after, the strangest of postcards arrives on the desk of Swedish art critic Dessie Larsson... Across Europe, couples are being ruthlessly butchered in deliberate acts of violence with no end in sight. The only clues, are picture postcards sent to seemingly random journalists by a narcissistic killer, heralding the next horrific crime. Seen from the joint perspective of both the hunted and the hunters, THE POSTCARD KILLINGS digs deep into the most frightening aspects of the human psyche, drawing Jacob and Dessie into a nightmare from which there might be no escape. As the narrative explodes with operatic ferocity, our protagonists find themselves with an impossible choice to make.
The Art of Us
HDDr. Harper Higgins is an Adjunct Professor of Art History at the Cambridge Institute of Fine Arts. To make ends meet, she also teaches an adult painting class at the Arts Collective. She once aspired to the life of a painter herself, that is until her last show a year ago resulted in a scathing review by an esteemed art critic named Rick, who also happened to be her boyfriend at the time, that review which led to them breaking up and she putting down her paint brush for good. Although she never aspired to the life of an academic, she, as appointed curator, has managed to secure a famous artist for the Institute's upcoming Art Exhibition, it being a success which she hopes will lead to a promotion to a full time position. When that artist backs out, Harper scrambles to find a replacement. Who she hopes will be approved is the man she literally stumbled onto who became her dog walker, Tom Becker, his artwork which she truly admires. Untrained Tom only began to paint as therapy when he was in the VA Hospital (dog walking which was also therapy), he now not ever believing he could stop painting, but it being something he only does for himself. Regardless, partly in his attraction to Harper but mainly to pay the repair bills on his crumbling houseboat, he agrees to put his artwork forward for the Exhibition. In the process, Harper ends up telling two lies to her boss, Dr. Martin, to convince him to display Tom's work at the Exhibition, the bigger of the two lies, stemming from an anecdote told to her by Tom, which ends up being the focus of Tom showing at the Exhibition: that he is the great-great-grandson of Vincent van Gogh (the truth being that his great-great-grandmother grew up in the same town in Holland as Van Gogh and may have had a relationship with him). As it gets closer and closer to the Exhibition, Harper and Tom begin to fall for each other, and what is shown of Tom's artwork in preparation does catch the eye of some influential people in the art world. But the lie being discovered would not only ruin Harper's academic career and possibly ruin the reputation of the Institute, but could threaten her and Tom's relationship in the pressure of maintaining the lie, perhaps unless Tom's work truly can stand on its own merit.
Birthmother's Betrayal
HDNeighbour David is the perfect supporting boyfriend for Amy, who is determined to find their adoptive daughter Tara's birth mother, duly warning she shouldn't expect too much. Through a website and the adoption agency, Tara's buddy Jenny helps her find it's Grace, whose file is mysteriously kept secret since the adoption procedure. Grace eagerly contacts Tara in secret, and later is presented and accepted. yet she seems to have a dark side, which actually is a dark family secret he can't keep under the lid, causing extreme danger to everyone, forcing Grace to come clean, but the danger proves lethal repeatedly, starting in the agency.
Force of Nature
HDAn NYPD detective accidentally kills his cop girlfriend after receiving a (fake) gun run call from a project. He's later sent to Puerto Rico for work despite not speaking Spanish. A hurricane hits the island. He and his new partner take a call that takes them via a market to an apartment building with a couple of old men who'll not evacuate. Five armed men come to rob one of them of his safe's content. Shooting begins.
Fight of Fury
HDWhen the master of martial arts, ex-gorkha soldier, uncovers widespread sex trafficking network in his own backyard in Los Angeles, with the help of runaway victims, he orchestrates a massive attack on the traffickers.
The Charm of Love
HDAlthough very wealthy, Andrew Fitzpatrick personally runs his family's hotel on the sleepy, out of fashion Antilles island of Cordecil where he grew up. He takes a mutual fancy to atypical guest Maddie Turner, a US art historian and exhibition curator, who is sent to earn the museum a huge donation from tycoon benefactor by following the recent, rare lead from a historical journal to the island's legendary magical lovers stone. Fitz keeps saving her impetuous butt until they actually crack the riddle, then have to handle surprisingly conflicting loyalties.
White Night
HDSet in the sleepless night of Nuit Blanche, White Night follows six different stories as they weave their way through various art installations and tackle issues of love, loss, aging and the ever important question; is it art? White Night is a feature film shot entirely in one night by five different directors.
What If It Works?
HDAdrian, an irrepressibly chirpy tech nerd, has OCD. Grace, a beautiful street artist, has multiple personality disorder. It's a love story that seems impossible. But what if it works?
Fail to Appear
HDIsolde is a caseworker adjusting to the challenges of her new job when she is assigned to a man who is charged with theft and facing an upcoming court hearing. She does her best to help, but when the two meet she struggles to connect.
The Babysitter
HDCole (Judah Lewis) loves his babysitter (Samara Weaving) Bee. She's hot, funny, and popular. One night, in a moment of defiance, Cole secretly stays up past his bedtime to discover she's actually a cold-blooded killer who's in league with the Devil. He now must spend his night evading Bee's band of killers who will stop at nothing to prevent Cole from spilling their dark secret. It's up to Cole to survive the night (and blow up a few people along the way).
The Misadventures of Mistress Maneater
HDWith only 30 days to repay a massive loan, a disgraced art historian is forced into a scandalous scheme: win the heart of, and then extort, the Episcopal priest avoiding her like loose glitter. When she discovers him hiding the world's greatest lost masterpiece, will she betray the heroic man who believes in her genius, or fall for him and doom herself to a custom pair of concrete stilettos?
Never Here
HDLines blur between real and imaginary, crime and art, the watcher and the watched in this eerie, genre-subverting exploration of identity. Installation artist Miranda Fall (Mireille Enos) follows and photographs strangers for her art until disturbing events lead her to suspect that someone out there is watching HER...
Twist
HDA Modern take on the classic tale of Oliver Twist.
The Good Witch's Charm
HDGood Witch Cassie Nightingale is back to her bewitching ways, but this time she's also juggling a newborn daughter and her job as town Mayor. With such a busy schedule she and her husband, town sheriff Jake Russell, aren't getting much sleep. Hoping for a break, Cassie plans a much needed vacation with her new family. But things go awry when a crime wave sweeps through town and an investigative reporter tries to ruin Cassie's image after a video of her magically disappearing turns up on the internet. To make matters worse, Cassie's estranged foster mother appears in town and Cassie's stepdaughter is suddenly accused of the recent robberies. Supported by her loyal family and friends, Cassie must rely on her signature charm to put a stop to the rumors before they completely destroy the town, and a Good Witch's reputation!
Rattle-Can
HDA reclusive college student finds social media fame as a disguised street artist who reveals his story through vandalism.
The Duke
HDIn 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. He sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government invested more in care for the elderly. What happened next became the stuff of legend. An uplifting true story about a good man who set out to change the world and managed to save his marriage.
Shoplifters
HDA Japanese couple stuck with part-time jobs and hence inadequate incomes avail themselves of the fruits of shoplifting to make ends meet. They are not alone in this behaviour. The younger and the older of the household are in on the act. The unusual routine is about to change from care-free and matter-of-fact to something more dramatic, however, as the couple open their doors to a beleaguered young girl. The reasons for the family's habit and their motivations come under the microscope.
The Lost Leonardo
HDThe Lost Leonardo is the inside story behind the Salvator Mundi, the most expensive painting ever sold at $450 million. From the moment the painting is bought for $1175 at a shady New Orleans auction house, and the restorer discovers masterful Renaissance brushstrokes under the heavy varnish of its cheap restoration, the Salvator Mundi's fate is determined by an insatiable quest for fame, money and power. As its price soars, so do the questions about its authenticity: is this painting really by Leonardo da Vinci? Unravelling the hidden agendas of the richest men and the most powerful art institutions in the world, The Lost Leonardo reveals how vested interests in the Salvator Mundi are of such tremendous power that truth becomes secondary.
Really Love
HDSet in contemporary Washington D.C., a rising black painter strives to break into the competitive art world, while balancing a bittersweet romance he never expected.
Momentum
HDAlex, a mysterious thief, is pulled in by her former partner for one last heist. She quickly finds it was never just about the diamonds. A brutal murder sparks a cat and mouse chase between Alex and a master assassin. Now she must uncover the lies behind the heist and discover the secrets behind the men who have made her a target.