Salome, the daughter of Herodias, seduces her step-father/uncle Herod, governor of Judea, with a salacious dance. Read More »
Biography
Savage Messiah (1972) Ken Russell, Dorothy Tutin, Scott Antony, Helen Mirren
Biographical movie of the life of French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (Scott Antony). Read More »
And when I die, I won’t stay dead (2015) Billy Woodberry, Roscoe Lee Browne, Susanne Cockrell, Ossie Davis
A journey into the life and work of beat poet and activist Bob Kaufman Read More »
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) Robert Wise, Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane
The abuse Rocky Barbella endures at the hand of his father and subsequent run-ins with the law lead him in Read More »
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935) William Dieterle, Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson, Anita Louise
In 1860 Paris, chemist Louis Pasteur is considered a quack within the medical community for advocating that doctors Read More »
Michael Collins (1996) Neil Jordan, Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts
After the disastrous defeat of Irish rebels by superior UK forces during the Easter Rising Read More »
Nora (2000) Pat Murphy, Ewan McGregor, Susan Lynch, Andrew Scott
In 1904, in Dublin, James Joyce chats up Nora Barnacle, a hotel maid recently come from Galway. Read More »
The Helen Morgan Story (1957) Michael Curtiz, Ann Blyth, Paul Newman, Richard Carlson
The 1920’s and 30’s career of singer Helen Morgan is followed from her early days singing outdoors in a carnival Read More »
Les hautes solitudes (1974) Philippe Garrel, Jean Seberg, Nico, Tina Aumont
Biographical film about Jean Seberg, losely based on Nitschz’s Anti-Christ. Read More »
Catherine the Great (1996) Marvin J. Chomsky, John Goldsmith, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Paul McGann, Ian Richardson
In this romanticized biography, a small German principality’s inexperienced princess, Catherine Read More »
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) Michael Curtiz, Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland
This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England Read More »
Looking for Langston (1989) Isaac Julien, Ben Ellison, Matthew Baidoo, Akim Mogaji
A black and white, fantasy-like recreation of high-society gay men during the Harlem Renaissance Read More »
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) Jonas Mekas, Jane Brakhage, Stan Brakhage
Director Jonas Mekas provides an intimate glimpse of his personal life by constructing a feature length narrative from over 30 years of private home movie footage. Read More »
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock (1973) Richard Schickel, Alfred Hitchcock, Cliff Robertson
A look at Alfred Hitchcock’s films. The Master of Suspense himself, who is interviewed extensively here Read More »
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973) Richard Schickel, Sydney Pollack, Howard Hawks, Marilyn Monroe
A documentary filmography of Howard Hawks, including lengthy footage of Hawks Read More »