Muse

Haiku is an interpretation of the brevity of life, and the never ending cycle of nature.

John Akomfrah's haunting film-essay weaves Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey, with the history of mass migration from Africa, the Caribbean, and South Asia, to Post War Britain. Divided into chapters named after each muse, the film features stunning winter vistas, a soundtrack rich in readings from Homer to Dante to T. S. Eliot, and the music of Arvo P rt and India's Gundecha Brothers. Creating a philosophical rumination on the emigrant's experience, the journey, and the idea of home, THE NINE MUSES is a remarkable meditation on displacement, identity, and memory.

Quiet Company front man Taylor Muse carries a mean knife on tour and knows his video games

Noted filmmaker and portrait photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders has created an up close and personal look into the lives of some of the premier fashion models from the past 60 years, including China Machado, Paulina Porizkova, Christie Brinkley, Marisa Berenson, Jerry Hall, Carol Alt, Beverly Johnson and Isabella Rossellini. In this funny and revealing look at a profession that has defined our notions of beauty and fashion, the women candidly hold forth with honesty and wit about the past, present and future and on subjects as diverse as plastic surgery, being a muse, race and the heady, druggy days at Studio 54.

Steven Phillips (Albert Brooks) is the king of Hollywood screenwriting, but his hold on the throne is slipping. When a successful friend (Jeff Bridges) suggests that the services of a bona-fide Muse named Sarah (Sharon Stone) might get his career back on track, Steven's desperate enough to take a leap of faith. Despite the misgivings of his wife, Laura (Andie MacDowell), Steven accepts Sarah's extravagant demands, hoping for a good, strong dose of inspiration. But as Sarah's quirky and endearing ways charm her deeper into their lives, Steven and Laura find themselves changed in ways they never could have guessed. Featuring an original musical score by Elton John and cameos by a host of Hollywood luminaries, including Martin Scorsese, Rob Reiner and James Cameron, The Muse is a wry comedy that pokes hilarious fun at Tinseltown itself.

Eighteen year-old Jules, an opera buff and post office worker, makes a pirate tape of the celebrated diva Cynthia Hawkins who flatly refuses to be recorded. The next day, just before being murdered, a prostitute slips a cassette revealing a scandalous illicit business into the bag on his moped. From this point on, these priceless recordings turn Jules's life upside down, as he is hunted by the police, killers and strange Asian men. Only the enigmatic Gorodish and his muse Alba seem up to saving him from this nightmare...

In his directorial debut, Albert Brooks (The Muse, Mother) brings his special brand of madness to the screen in 'Real Life.' A precursor to the reality based TV shows which have become part of America's pop culture, Brooks' film presents a hilarious account of what happens to a typical American family when a group of filmmakers moves in with them to record 'real life.' Brooks heads up the crew that invades the Phoenix household of Charles Grodin, Frances Lee McCain and their children. The results are disastrous? and hysterically funny.

The Dead Inside -- Wes (Dustin Fasching) is a burned out photographer paying the bills shooting weddings. Fi (Sarah Lassez) is the author of a series of zombie novellas called, The Dead Survive. They are lovers who, at one time, were at the top of their creative game, but now have misplaced their muse. When Fi begins to show signs of mental illness, Wes does everything in his power to help her get better. But darker forces lurk inside her, and soon they realize the true horror of the situation. Fighting against a disturbed entity, they rediscover inspiration in the grimmest corners of this musical horror movie.

A U.S. Delta Force team rescues anti-Panamanian activist Kurt Muse.

Justin Bieber swings by the Ridiculousness set to muse about fame, being bilingual and his home country.

Fashion designer Trelise Cooper travels from New Zealand to Delhi in search of her next muse.