For centuries the West has been enthralled by flamboyant blue and white ceramics from China, but were unaware that all the time the Chinese were making porcelains for themselves that were completely different - subtle monochromes for the Imperial court, beautiful objects for the scholar's table and delicate domestic wares. Ceramics expert Lars Tharp, Antiques Roadshow resident and presenter of Treasures of Chinese Porcelain, has picked his six favourite pieces representing Chinese taste. He's goes on a journey through a thousand years of Chinese history, travelling from the ancient capital of Huangzhou in the south to Beijing's Forbidden City in the north, to uncover what these six pieces tell us about Chinese emperors, scholars, workers, merchants and artists. To him, they are China in ceramic form. But can they help us to understand China today?

In November 2010, a Chinese vase unearthed in a suburban semi in Pinner sold at auction for £43 million - a new record for a Chinese work of art. Why are Chinese vases so famous and so expensive? The answer lies in the European obsession with Chinese porcelain that began in the 16th century. In this documentary Lars Tharp, the Antiques Roadshow expert and Chinese ceramics specialist, sets out to explore why Chinese porcelain was so valuable then - and still is now. He goes on a journey to parts of China closed to Western eyes until relatively recently. Lars travels to the mountainside from which virtually every single Chinese export vase, plate and cup began life in the 18th century - a mountain known as Mount Gaolin, from whose name we get the word kaolin, or china clay. He sees how the china clay was fused with another substance, mica, that would turn it into porcelain. Carrying his own newly-acquired vase, Lars uncovers the secrets of China's porcelain capital, Jingdezhen. He sees how the trade between China and Europe not only changed our idea of what was beautiful - by introducing us to the idea of works of art we could eat off - but also began to affect the whole tradition of Chinese aesthetics too, as the ceramicists of Jingdezhen sought to meet the European demand for porcelain decorated with family coats of arms, battle scenes or even erotica. The porcelain fever that gripped Britain drove conspicuous consumption and fuelled the Georgian craze for tea parties. Today the new emperors - China's rising millionaire class - are buying back the export wares once shipped to Europe. The vase sold in Pinner shows that the lure of Chinese porcelain is as compelling as ever.

Under roaring fighter jets and missile strikes, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind and fight, contending with the soldiers they have become. Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although it’s easy to make people afraid, it’s hard to destroy their passion for living.

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The elderly owner of a china shop leaves for the night, and the various figurines and decorated mugs come to life. A demonic figure captures an upper-class lady and does battle with her lord, damaging much of the shop. But the demon proves to have a glass jaw and, literally, a yellow streak, and the happy couple is soon reunited. No dialogue, but some signs are in English, particularly the final punch-line.

上世纪七十年代，在中国还没有全面开放之时，来自意大利、法国、美国和日本的四位纪录片大师不约而同地来到中国，用镜头记录下了中国和中国人生活的方方面面，留下了四部轰动世界的纪录影像——《中国》（意大利）、《愚公移山》（法国）、《从毛泽东到莫扎特》（美国）、《上海新风》（日本）。这些影像，不仅让世界第一次大范围了解中国，也为中国人回顾历史、回忆父辈祖辈，留下了宝贵的财富。四十年过去了，中国发生了哪些变化？影像中出现过的那些普通人，还能否寻觅？ 今天，同样是来自意大利、法国、美国和日本的四位国际友人，再次来到中国。曾经的影像，让他们第一次模模糊糊地认识了中国，此刻，他们决定用自己的双眼，看看如今的中国，发生了那些巨变。难能可贵的是，他们重新找到了那些出现在过去影像中的普通人，通过贴近的观察、真实的记录，将中国四十多年的变化自然呈现在眼前。 我们用一部五集纪录片，一年的时间，记录下了四位寻访人的探索中国历程，在新、旧画面之间的切换自然流露出岁月的力量，巨大的变迁，就在这看似不经意的巧妙变换中，让人感慨、深思。

Joe, Delia, Rodrigo and Herbert are very close friends in their mid 30's. Delia and Rodrigo are married. Joe is Delia's ex-boyfriend but he turned out to be gay. Herbert, who is also gay, is starting a relationship with a much younger guy. In a boozy night, while Rodrigo is out of town, Joe and Delia sleep together and she gets pregnant. She wants to keep the baby since Rodrigo recently has found out he is sterile. Rodrigo feels betrayed by his wife and his closest friend, he cannot stand the situation and leaves her. In the meantime, Joe is in a weird and secret online relationship with Tom. They have not met in person yet... and they never will.

An introvert realizes he can be whomever he wants to be on the Internet.

A handsome homicide detective is befriended by four old ladies who invite him for tea and proceed to play out a variation of Arsenic and Old Lace for his benefit.