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20 Cans of Chunky Beef Soup 20 CANS OF CHUNKY BEEF SOUP is the story of Maxim Vakhmin, a veritable alleycat of a man. Revered as both an angel and a devil, Maxim (once known as a successful artist in his native Russia) is losing friends and finding new ones as a homeless person in the USA. Watch him stealthily steal cans of beer from a deli, sneak into the Chelsea…    more      20 Cans of Chunky Beef Soup - Download 20 CANS OF CHUNKY BEEF SOUP is the story of Maxim Vakhmin, a veritable alleycat of a man. Revered as both an angel and a devil, Maxim (once known as a successful artist in his native Russia) is losing friends and finding new ones as a homeless person in the USA. Watch him stealthily steal cans of beer from a deli, sneak into the Chelsea…    more      5 Films About Christo and Jeanne-Claude FIVE FILMS ABOUT CHRISTO & JEANNE-CLAUDE chronicles a 30-year collaboration between acclaimed documentary filmmakers Albert and his late brother David Maysles (GIMME SHELTER, SALESMAN, GREY GARDENS), and the internationally renowned environmental artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Full Synopsis: The Maysles Brothers, along with…    more      A Bigger Splash 1971: the artist David Hockney is well on his way to art world super-stardom. Filmmaker Jack Hazan, camera rolling, follows Hockney from London to New York to Los Angeles - capturing the artist as he struggles to create what would prove to be some of his most enduring works: those featuring Hockney's model and lover, Peter Schlesinger. Straddling…    more      A Model for Matisse A warm and richly painted portrait of the little known and tender relationship between one of the twentieth century's greatest artists, Henri Matisse, and the woman who inspired him to create what Matisse proclaimed the masterpiece of his life's work: The Chapel of the Rosary in the French Mediterranean village of Vence. This lovely…    more      A Summer in the Cage "I highly recommend A Summer in the Cage. It is an extraordinary film: powerful, affecting and honest." -Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison Professor of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University, Author of An Unquiet Mind and Touched with Fire A Summer in the Cage is a feature-length documentary about Sam Murchison's battle with manic-depressive illness--a…    more