Der Minister und die Ente

Vincent Scully: An Art H... This hour-long film explores the phenomenon of Vincent Scully, tracing his connection to New Haven & to Yale. It follows the arc of his interests in classical art & architecture to American architecture, historic preservation, & urban design in the 20th Century. Architects & former students such as David Childs, Paul Goldberger, Robert A.M. Stern, and Robert Venturi contribute to this dialogue.

Liberty A 20 part 2-reel Western film serial.

Thom Mayne: U.S. Federal... The Pritzker-prize winning architect Thom Mayne has been identified with muscular, bold, steel-and-glass design since the founding of his firm, Morphosis, in 1971. Through a tour of the Federal Office Building in San Francisco, Mayne proves that innovative and sustainable architecture can be introduced successfully into a building type typically considered predictable and boring.

Slow Down A short story about a young woman who has some big decisions to make as she comes to terms with her sexuality.

Daniel Libeskind: Denver... Architect Daniel Libeskind first gained worldwide attention when his haunting, zigzag-shaped Jewish Museum opened in Berlin in 1999. Now, the American public has a chance to examine his unconventional talents with the Denver Art Museum's Hamilton Building. In this filmed tour, Libeskind explains his unusual, titanium-clad, shard-like building.

KieranTimberlake: Loblol... KieranTimberlake, an architectural firm based in Philadelphia, is a recognized leader of the "green" architecture movement in the U.S.As this film illustrates, its founders Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake have been developing innovative means to combine sustainable design principles with off-site construction for the mass customization of houses.

The Upheaval Young Jim takes over from his father, political boss Jim Gordon Sr. As ruthless and unfeeling as his dad, Young Jim blocks the efforts by a crusading newspaper to bring about reforms in the city's tenement district. But he comes to regret his intransigence when his father is ruined financially.

Il Volto della Follia For the introvert Michele Santoro the time has come to show that he is finally ready to face a romantic relationship, but the meeting with two horror movie fanatics will drag him into a downward spiral of blood and madness.

Rick Joy: Interludes In this film, Joy takes viewers through the Desert Nomad House, built in 2005, which is composed of three rusted steel cubes gently set within a dense growth of saguaro cacti. Its steel exterior walls are thin to avoid attracting too much heat, yet designed to allow natural convection to flow between the outer skin and maple-paneled interior walls.

Steven Holl: The Nelson-... In this enlightening visit, Holl takes us through the galleries where contemporary art is displayed beneath curving vaults admitting daylight, a tour which effectively demonstrates the convergence of space, time, and architecture.