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Após um trágico acidente que matou sua filha, o casal Laura (Julie Christie) e John Baxter (Donald Sutherland) muda-se para Veneza, afim de esquecer a tragédia. Porém, quando chegam lá, uma estranha mulher começa a dizer que sua filha está enviando mensagens do mundo dos mortos, e os dois iniciam uma perigosa relação de curiosidade sobre o outro lado da vida.

Kate Forster é uma médica solitária que morava numa casa à beira de um lago que acaba de vender. Sem perceber exactamente porquê, começa a trocar cartas de amor com o novo proprietário, Alex, um arquiteto frustrado. Este relacionamento escrito dura dois anos até que, percebendo que estiveram a perder tempo, eles decidem correr atrás dele...

A filha mais velha de um casal de artistas, Hannah, é uma dedicada esposa, mãe carinhosa e atriz de sucesso. Uma leal defensora de suas duas confusas irmãs Lee e Holly, ela é também a espinha dorsal de uma família que parece se ressentir de sua estabilidade quase tanto quanto dependem da mesma. Mas quando o mundo perfeito de Hannah é silenciosamente sabotada pela rivalidade fraterna, ela finalmente começa a ver que está tão perdida quanto todos os outros, e para poder se encontrar, ela terá que escolher entre a independência e ... a família sem a qual ela não pode viver.

Um ladrão que rouba segredos corporativos por meio do uso da tecnologia de compartilhamento de sonhos, recebe a tarefa inversa de plantar uma ideia na mente de um Diretor Executivo.

Um arquiteto norte-americano chega à Itália para supervisionar uma exposição de Boullé, arquiteto francês que ele idolatra, famoso por suas construções ovais. Quando fica sabendo que seu ídolo ingere alimentos muito parecidos com os seus próprios, fica desconfiado que sua jovem esposa (Chloe Webb) o está envenenando. As barrigas começam a se tornar uma fixação para ele, e começa a ficar doente e cada vez mais paranoico. Durante o período de nove meses, ele se torna obcecado por sua própria barriga. Uma pérola dentro do gênero avant-garde.

Catalan architect Antonio Gaudí (1852-1926) designed some of the world's most astonishing buildings, interiors, and parks; Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara constructed some of the most aesthetically audacious films ever made. With camera work as bold and sensual as the curves of his subject's organic structures, Teshigahara immortalizes Gaudí on film.

Jarnow regularizes a child's primitive sketch of a house into increasingly firmer architecture, showing how the same place might by rendered by different hands. Objects twist and turn, a drawing resolving into a wall painting, as the perspective shifts, boxes within boxes, until the viewer is back outside

Vilanova Artigas: o arquiteto e a luz remonta a trajetória do icônico arquiteto brasileiro João Batista Vilanova Artigas. Por meio das lembranças de familiares, amigos, alunos, imagens de arquivo e visitas a seis de suas principais obras, a história de vida de Artigas é contada.

In 1950 architect Anthony B. Almeida was one of the first to introduce modern architecture in Tanzania. At that time architectural modernism was the preferred expression of the intended colonial welfare state. After Independence in 1961 Nyerere’s African socialism used the same architectural style to convey the hope and strength of the new African nation. Following Almeida and some of his colleagues, the film questions what is left of the dreams and ideals of this first generation. It searches for new definitions of happiness in booming African cities like today’s Dar es Salaam. The film documents the everlasting human pursuit of modernity, not only in architecture but also in contemporary urban life.

The Spirit in Architecture examines the work of John Lautner, one of the most visionary and profound architects, who began his career in Los Angeles in the 1930's. This illuminating journey into Lautner's world features never before seen footage from his apprenticeship with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin; extensive documentation of his extraordinary buildings; and interviews with historians, critics, collaborators, clients, and Lautner himself, which put his achievements in perspective. his building's use in feature films and his Googie's coffee shop design demonstrate his contribution to popular culture.

The Barbican Estate in the City of London is arguably England's finest example of Brutalist architecture. This film explores the history of the estate from the perspective of its residents

Once a maverick who was nearly run out of the American Institute of Architects, John Portman is now recognized as one of the most innovative and imitated architects ever. Over 45 years, Portman's iconic urban statements and eye-popping interiors have risen in 60 cities on four continents to redefine cityscapes in America, and skylines in China and the rest of Asia. The film captures Portman's approach in an intimate portrait that, by turn, assesses and appreciates Portman's work. Dramatic time-lapse footage shows off Portman's buildings at their best- often in moving sunlight that washes over his facades and spaces.

Gaudi's Sagrada Familia has been continuously under construction since 1882.

Uma guerra de classes ganha força em um prédio residencial de luxo e uma verdadeira batalha desenrola-se pelos elevadores, corredores e apartamentos da moderna torre.

Nazi Third Reich propaganda film that used architecture as a statement about "racial accomplishment," and so called "racial superiority." Hitler claimed that between 1934 and 1940, the Nazi rule of Germany had produced architectural uniqueness, and this film was produced to shown to attempt to validate that. The opening montage gives a survey of earlier Gothic and Baroque structures in the country as an example of "architectural superiority" that the German race was said to be the sole inventor of; then moves on to deride the recent construction of the Bauhaus school (with a racially motivated score of Jazz music) and an example of German "architectural decay." Then proceeds to show off buildings constructed by the Nazi and an architectural revival, to "last 1000 years," Film also spends a great of time dwelling on massive and "busy" monuments that had been erected all over the county.

Koolhaas Houselife portrays one of the masterpieces of contemporary architecture. The film lets the viewer enter into the house's daily intimacy through the stories and daily chores of Guadalupe Acedo, the housekeeper, and the other people who look after the building. Pungent, funny and touching.

A year in the life of one of America's most innovative classrooms where students design & build to transform their hometown community. The film follows Emily Pilloton and Matt Miller as they teach the fundamentals of design, architecture and construction to a class of high school juniors in rural North Carolina.

Hans Scharoun has built houses which show not only structural substance and aesthetic forms but also how human beings should live in buildings. This depiction can only be imaginary - like reading invisible writing on walls. Bitomsky's film looks at several of Scharoun's buildings.

Archiculture takes a thoughtful, yet critical look at the architectural studio. The 25-minute film offers a unique glimpse into the world of studio-based, design education through the eyes of a group of students finishing their final design projects. Interviews with leading professionals, historians and educators help create crucial dialog around the key issues faced by this unique teaching methodology and the built environment these future architects will create.