Mary Berry's Ultimate Christmas

Mr. Christmas

Invalid date •English

Every Christmas, Bruce Mertz lights up the neighborhood with the 50,000 lights covering his house. For decades he's obsessively added to his display, creating beautiful, towering fixtures that people travel across the country to see. In this offbeat, touching portrait, we learn what drives him, and discover how a kid who grew up on a farm with no electricity became Mr. Christmas.

How to Cook Your Life

May 2007 •English

A Zen priest in San Francisco and cookbook author use Zen Buddhism and cooking to relate to everyday life.

Il Pranzo di Natale di Mario Soldati

December 1958 •Italian

Mario Soldati accompanies us in search of genuine food, this time to discover the culinary traditions of Christmas lunch, with Father Mariano, Cesare Zavattini, the shoemaker Angelo Gatto, the baroness Aurelia Michetti and the General Lorenzo De Grandi.

Jingle Bell Rocks!

December 2013 •English

In JINGLE BELL ROCKS!, director Mitchell Kezin delves into the minds of some of the world’s most legendary Christmas music fanatics and hits the road to hang with his holiday heroes – including hip hop legend Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons of RUN-D.M.C., The Flaming Lips’ frontman Wayne Coyne, filmmaker John Waters, bebopper Bob Dorough, L.A. DJ and musicologist Dr. Demento, and Calypso legend The Mighty Sparrow. In his search for the twelve best, underappreciated Christmas songs ever recorded, Kezin both asks and answers the question, “Why, when Christmas rolls around, are we still stuck cozying up with Bing Crosby under a blanket of snow?”

Silent Night: A Song for the World

December 2021 •German

This documentary tells the story of the creation and cultural impact of the world's most famous Christmas carol, composed in 1818 in Salzburg, Austria, and since then translated into about 140 languages.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition

November 1994 •English

Phil Hartman hosts this retrospective look back at the legacy and making of the classic 1966 holiday special 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'

Cuisine indienne : À toutes les sauces !

January 2023 •French

Cuisine libanaise : Chiche ou pois chiche ?

March 2021 •French

As You Are

January 2023 •English

A glimpse into a visual representation of memory; A Christmas-time series of meals, coffees, and movies, with friends, lovers, and housemates. Faced with the compounding of faces and places, each moment begins to collide with one another: voices are muddled, and faces are broken. How is memory created? How are they separated from one another?

Christmas in New York: Inside the Plaza

December 2020 •English

An access-all-areas look at how Christmas comes to life at one of the most famous hotels in the world, the iconic Plaza Hotel in New York, at their busiest time of the year.

Asami Maki Ballet Tokyo: The Nutcracker

December 2021 •English

New 2021 version of the classic. One of Tchaikovsky's three major ballets, The Nutcracker, a heartwarming story of Christmas. The Maki Asami Ballet Company started a regular performance of "The Nutcracker" in 1963. And it has been performing for about 60 years until today.

Mary Berry's Festive Feasts

December 2021 •English

Dame Merry Berry knows a thing or two about cooking up a festive feast, and this year she is sharing her cooking skills with three novice cooks, cousins James, Jack and Leah, who want to throw a spectacular surprise feast for their respective mums and bring together their whole family for the first time in two years.

The Making Of A Swingin' Christmas & Live In Concert

October 2008 •English

Bonus DVD included with Tony Bennett - A Swingin' Christmas. Include behind the scenes content and live performance.

Clarissa & the King's Cookbook

March 2008 •English

Clarissa Dickson Wright tracks down Britain's oldest known cookbook, The Forme of Cury. This 700-year-old scroll was written during the reign of King Richard II from recipes created by the king's master chefs. How did this ancient manuscript influence the way people eat today? On her culinary journey through medieval history she reawakens recipes that have lain dormant for centuries and discovers dishes that are still prepared now.

A Punjab Village

January 1925 •English

Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.

Gino's Italian Christmas Feast

December 2022 •English

Join Gino D'Acampo and his family's ultimate Christmas feast in their Sardinian villa - this one-off special is a celebration of Italian and British foodie traditions.

Wastecooking

January 2015 •German

Author and cook David Groß travels through five European countries and cooks exclusively what others throw in the garbage bin. With great thirst for knowledge, he tracks food waste and presents unexpected solutions. In an unusual and humorous self-attempt David Groß questions our daily consumer lifestyle.

Christmas with the Desert Children

January 1974 •English

A short documentary about Father Christmas' annual six-day trek through the Australian desert aboard the Tea and Sugar Train.

The Toys That Made Christmas

December 2011 •English

The Toys That Made Christmas. Spirograph, Fuzzy Felt, Barbie, Meccano - Robert Webb tells the story of our Christmases through the toys we played with and loved.

...a na Zemi pokoj ľudu

January 1992 •Slovak