The truth is, our planet belongs to the insects. In 24 captivating lectures beautifully illustrated with graphics, photos, and video footage, Professor Scott Solomon shares his passion for these extraordinary creatures. Why Insects Matter: Earth's Most Essential Species will open your eyes to evolutionary accomplishments you had never even imagined.

The beetles seem to have it all—from the incandescent beauty of the jewel beetles, to the unmatched speed of the tiger beetles, to the burning hot, noxious defense mechanism of the bombardiers. Explore why beetles are more diverse than any other group of insects, and one of the most successful groups of any organism alive today.

There are great buildings and there are great restorations. Sometimes, both come together. UNITY TEMPLE: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S MODERN MASTERPIECE, is an homage to America’s most renowned architect. The 55-minute film by Lauren Levine follows the challenging {dollar}25 million restoration and revival of Wright’s first public commission and the painstaking efforts to bring the 100-year-old building back to its original beauty.

A timeless romance based on the legend of the Flying Dutchman. Ava Gardner, one of the most beautiful screen goddesses of all time, plays Pandora, a woman who has never fallen in love. When she meets the dashing but doomed captain Hendrik van der Zee, he pushes her to commit an ultimate act of love.

Set in a dystopian world of gleaming white towers, Sony video monitors and inflatable furniture, where the beautiful inhabitants all dress as Edie Sedgwick-like pixie sprites or medieval page boys out of Logan's Run, the film follows a historian of late 20th century culture (played by Arto Tuominen) researching the mysterious death many years earlier of a free-spirited erotic model. Director Jarva was one of Finland’s most acclaimed fiction filmmakers...

The story of Christ’s death and resurrection has dominated western culture for the past 2000 years. It is perhaps the most significant historical event of all time, as recounted by the gospels but, equally, as depicted by the greatest artists in history. From the triumphant to the savage, the ethereal to the tactile, some of western civilization’s greatest artworks focus on this pivotal moment. This beautifully crafted film explores the Easter...

From the Academy Award winning director and producer of A Beautiful Mind comes the suspense thriller THE MISSING. In the film, Maggie Gilkeson (Cate Blanchett), a young woman alone in an isolated and lawless wilderness, must re-unite with her long estranged father (Tommy Lee Jones) to track the mystical, psychopathic killer known as Chidin (Eric Schweig). Chidin, together with his brutal pack of army deserters, has kidnapped a collection of teenage...