Unavailable on home video for many years (except perhaps as a grainy, nth-generation VHS bootleg), Penelope Spheeris' seminal document of the young 1979-1980 Los Angeles punk scene includes chaotic live performances by now-legendary groups like Black Flag (with short-lived lead singer Ron "Chavo Pederast" Reyes), X (giving themselves stick-and-poke tattoos) and the Germs (whose unpredictable lead singer Darby Crash would commit suicide before the film's release) interwoven with talking-head interviews with teenage punks and, most entertainingly, older club owners trying very hard to describe a growing form of music they were clearly unprepared for. The footage of Fear's confrontational set would later grab the attention of John Belushi, who snagged the band a 1981 appearance on Saturday Night Live (and resulted in $20,000 in damage to the studio). - Tom Fritsche

The third (and seemingly final) installment in Penelope Spheeris' Los Angeles music trilogy, THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION III follows not the punk acts of Los Angeles from 1996-1997 but their homeless teenaged fans. Musician interviews in this DECLINE are fewer but include interesting musings from Keith Morris from the Circle Jerks and Flea (credited as the "ex-bass player of Fear"). DECLINE III lives up to its title as Spheeris explores every facet of the gutter-punk life, from their damaged upbringings (nearly all were abused or neglected as children) to the self-destructive lives they lead on society's fringe (alcoholism, homelessness and run-ins with skinheads, among others). - Tom Fritsche

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years is a documentary film directed by Penelope Spheeris about the Los Angeles heavy metal scene from 1986 to 1988.

屡获殊荣的媒体艺术家雷菲克·安纳多尔（Refik Anadol）与意大利珠宝世家BVLGARI宝格丽携手开启一场沉浸式艺术之旅，探索品牌最具标志性的"灵蛇"符号的无限维度。这是一场历时一年的创意实验﹣﹣艺术灵感与数字创新在此交融，匠心工艺与科技未来于此共鸣。本片首次独家记录这一创想过程，揭秘传统与革新如何碰撞共生，最终缔造出时代杰作。

屡获殊荣的媒体艺术家雷菲克·安纳多尔（Refik Anadol）与意大利珠宝世家BVLGARI宝格丽携手开启一场沉浸式艺术之旅，探索品牌最具标志性的"灵蛇"符号的无限维度。这是一场历时一年的创意实验﹣﹣艺术灵感与数字创新在此交融，匠心工艺与科技未来于此共鸣。本片首次独家记录这一创想过程，揭秘传统与革新如何碰撞共生，最终缔造出时代杰作。

主持人尼禄弗格森提出疑问，为何发源于15世纪的欧洲文明能够统治世界的其他地区，以及西方文明今后是否会被其他文明追赶上。同时，弗格森揭示了西方文明之所以如此风靡的“必杀技”。包括竞争、科学、有产阶级民主、现代医学、消费者社会、新教工作道德等等因素。最后弗格森得出了一些惊人且挑衅的结论。同时，他还认为，东方正在迅速崛起，即将飞速的取代西方，我们一起来看一下这些结论吧！

An ecology of signs lurking amid seductive 16mm travel footage echoes with post-colonial reverberations in Ana Vaz's deceptively corrosive, award-winning Occidente

在《日本国宪法》的阐述里，天皇为日本国和日本国民的象征。宪法制定的象征天皇，究竟是一份怎样的职业？ 之前天皇主宰国家政治，发动战争，战后被确定为国家象征符号的天皇，又在做着怎样的角色转变努力？ 在日本天皇皇后两陛下迎来成婚50周年之际的今天，NHK将首次披露象征天皇的本色风貌。记录从昭和到平成，新时代的皇室之风何以造就。