A massive six-hour biopic of Napoleon, tracing his career from his schooldays Read More »
Biography
Portrait of a Mobster (1961) Joseph Pevney, Vic Morrow, Leslie Parrish, Peter Breck
This movie portrays the rise and fall of 1920s gangster Dutch Schultz. Read More »
The Ryan White Story (1989) John Herzfeld, Judith Light, Lukas Haas, Michael Bowen
The story of Ryan White, a 13-year-old haemophiliac who contracted AIDS from factor VIII, which was used to control this disorder. Read More »
The Hiding Place (1975) James F. Collier, Julie Harris, Jeannette Clift, Arthur O’Connell
Corrie and Betsie ten Boom are middle-aged sisters working in their father’s watchmaker shop in pre-World War II Holland. Read More »
Rossini! Rossini! (1991) Mario Monicelli, Philippe Noiret, Jacqueline Bisset, Sergio Castellitto
Rossini! Rossini! is a 1991 Italian biographical film written and directed by Mario Monicelli. Read More »
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (1982) Jackie Cooper, Sondra Locke, Tony Orlando, Penelope Milford
The story of singer Rosemary Clooney’s rise to fame, her marriage to Jose Ferrer, and her nervous breakdown. Read More »
Gideon’s Trumpet (1980) Robert L. Collins, Henry Fonda, José Ferrer, John Houseman
True story of Clarence Gideon’s fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. Read More »
Spitfire (1942) Leslie Howard, David Niven, Rosamund John
By the late 1920’s aircraft designer R.J. Mitchell feels he has achieved all he wants Read More »
Lola Montès (1955) Max Ophüls, Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook
The film tells the tragic story of Lola Montès, a great adventurer who becomes the main attraction Read More »
Klondike Kate (1943) William Castle, Ann Savage, Tom Neal, Glenda Farrell
Molly and her troupe of dancing girls and “entertainers”, sent for by saloon owner “Sometime” Smith Read More »
Young Dr. Freud (1976) Axel Corti, Karlheinz Hackl, Guido Wieland, Sylvia Haider
The film probes deeply into the ways in which Freud’s own experiences Read More »
The Age of the Medici (1972) Roberto Rossellini, Marcello Di Falco, Virgilio Gazzolo, Adriano Amidei Migliano
This is a lengthy exposition of the social and political history of renaissance Florentine history Read More »
Creation (2009) Jon Amiel, Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly, Ian Kelly
What happens when a world-renowned scientist, crushed by the loss of his eldest daughter Read More »
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977) Larry Cohen, Broderick Crawford, James Wainwright, Michael Parks
The story of the late J. Edgar Hoover, who was head of the FBI from 1924-1972. Read More »
St. Francis of Assisi (1989) Liliana Cavani, Mickey Rourke, Helena Bonham Carter, Andréa Ferréol
The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death Read More »