With the end of the North American Civil War, the manufacturers of repeating rifles find a profitable means Read More »
Biography
Lautrec (1998) Roger Planchon, Régis Royer, Elsa Zylberstein, Anémone
Life, passion, love…all these were part of Toulouse-Lautrec’s art. Read More »
Edvard Munch (1974) Peter Watkins, Geir Westby, Gro Fraas, Kerstii Allum
Following a rough chronology from 1884 to 1894, when Norwegian artist Edvard Munch began expressionism Read More »
Billy the Kid (1930) King Vidor, Johnny Mack Brown, Wallace Beery, Kay Johnson
In this version of the Billy the Kid legend, Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan’s henchmen for killing Billy’s boss Read More »
As White as in Snow (2001) Jan Troell, Amanda Ooms, Rikard Wolff, Björn Granath
Inspired by real-life Elsa Andersson, this mostly fictional movie tells the story of her upbringing as a farmer’s daughter Read More »
Caligula and Messalina (1981) Bruno Mattei, Antonio Passalia, Vladimir Brajovic, Betty Roland, Françoise Blanchard
See the story that no history book dared to tell! Read More »
Camille Claudel (1988) Bruno Nuytten, Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Madeleine Robinson
Biography of Camille Claudel. Sister of writer Paul Claudel, her enthusiasm impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. Read More »
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968) Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub, Gustav Leonhardt, Christiane Lang, Paolo Carlini
Utilizing letters Anna Magdalena Bach composed to her husband, seminal composer Johann Sebastian Read More »
All the Mornings of the World (1991) Alain Corneau, Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Anne Brochet
It’s late 17th century. The viola da gamba player Monsieur de Sainte Colombe comes home to find that his wife died while he was away. Read More »
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2017) Matt Tyrnauer, Scotty Bowers, Lois Bowers, William Mann
A portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer to the stars. Read More »
Augustine of Hippo (1972) Roberto Rossellini, Dary Berkani, Virgilio Gazzolo, Cesare Barbetti
This biography tells the life story of Augustine, the Bishop of Hippo, a North African region during the last years of the Roman Empire. Read More »
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007) Jeffrey Schwarz, Forrest J. Ackerman, John Badham, Diane Baker
Spine Tingler: The William Castle Story chronicles the last great American showman, filmmaker William Castle Read More »
Ludwig (1972) Luchino Visconti, Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard
Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Read More »
Sacco and Vanzetti (1971) Giuliano Montaldo, Gian Maria Volonté, Riccardo Cucciolla, Cyril Cusack
In 1920, the anarchist Italian immigrants Niccola Sacco (Riccardo Cucciolla) Read More »
Savage Nights (1992) Cyril Collard, Romane Bohringer, Carlos López, Biography
Jean is young, gay, and promiscuous. Only after he meets one or two women, including Laura does he come to realize his bisexuality. Read More »