Julie Martin

Marcel Duchamp called it "the first really international colony of artists we ever had." The promise of personal freedom and self-fulfillment brought a generation of artists, writers and pleasure-seekers to the quarter-mile area on the Left Bank known as Montparnasse between 1900 and 1930. And at the center of that life was Kiki, known as the queen of the artists' quarter, who has come to symbolize everything Montparnasse had to offer. The artists,...

In the spring of 1961 Simone Forti presented a program titled Five Dance Constructions and Some Other Things in a concert series organized by her friend, composer La Monte Young, at the New York loft studio of Yoko Ono. In 2004 the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles invited Forti to re-create these dance constructions at the Geffen Contemporary space, in conjunction with the exhibition A Minimalist Future Art as Object 1958-1986. This DVD documents...

"One of television's most respected and honored dramas comes to a dramatic close in the seventh and final season. A critical favorite throughout its network run, 'Homicide' remains a powerful influence on both the police drama genre as well as television as a whole. With its high standards in all areas of production as well as a commitment to intense, realistic portrayals of its characters and situations, 'Homicide' set a high bar for quality [through...