A revolution is underway in the art of cooking. Just as French Impressionists upended centuries of tradition, Modernist cuisine has in recent years blown through the boundaries of the culinary arts. Borrowing techniques from the laboratory, pioneering chefs at world-renowned restaurants such as elBulli, The Fat Duck, Alinea, and wd~50 have incorporated a deeper understanding of science and advances in cooking technology into their culinary art.

Plot Summary: A small village high up in the mountains of Ketama, North Morocco. For centuries the life of the people that live here is intricately tied in with the drug hashish. Hashish as daily labour, hashish as a bartering good, hashish as business, hashish as the basis and philosophy of a social system, hashish as the medium of dreams and hashish as the reason for stagnation. The film sketches a portrait of this life: a look at work and daily family life; the drug; music and landscape as a metaphysical projection surface; the question of freedom in a globalized world; and, at the core of the film, the stories of the people.

His action-packed life may have blazed a searing trail of death and destruction through history but, in death, Genghis Khan is proving to be a puzzlingly elusive figure. n the premiere of Lost Tomb Of Genghis Khan saddle up with a team of experts as they unearth Mongolias best-kept secret and the only remaining tie to its spiritual and political forefather. With no burial site ever uncovered, the 800-year-old mystery of the marauding Mongolians final resting place has baffled archaeologists for centuries.

The history of medicine is replete with references to many different viruses, but none of them did not threaten people to death so terrible that the mind itself rebelled against what happened. However, a terrible plague which broke out on the streets of Tokyo, was just such a deadly curse. Causing genetic mutations and turning people into fierce monsters, it is rapidly expanding its "ownership" and is about to spill outside the city. Eventually, the virus could spread across the planet, and then centuries old and formidable history of human civilization is broken forever.

Simcha Jacobovici's documentary film, ''Falasha: Exile of the Black Jews of Ethiopia,'' is a quietly anguished examination of a 2,000-year-old culture facing extinction. The title, which means ''Stranger'' in Amharic, is the word with which some Ethiopians label their Jewish compatriots. It is considered derogatory by the Jews, who refer to themselves as Beta Israel, or House of Israel. Ethiopia's Jewish community, which according to legend descends from Solomon and Sheba, has remained intact during centuries of anti-Semitism, despite its isolation. Today it numbers about 25,000.

The prequel story traces the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires and their onetime slaves, the Lycans. In the Dark Ages, a young Lycan named Lucian emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor, the cruel vampire king who has enslaved them. Lucian is joined by his secret lover, Sonja, in his battle against the Vampire army and his struggle for Lycan freedom.

For centuries, detailed records of the Inquisition remained hidden. In 1998, the Vatican relented and unlocked the archive. From the pages of secret documents comes a tale of faith and fervour, of torture and courage, of the plight of tolerance and human rights.

For centuries, detailed records of the Inquisition remained hidden. In 1998, the Vatican relented and unlocked the archive. From the pages of secret documents comes a tale of faith and fervour, of torture and courage, of the plight of tolerance and human rights.