Adding an intriguing Canadian twist to a universally appealing story of teenage trials Read More »
Biography
The Great Sioux Massacre (1965) Sidney Salkow, Joseph Cotten, Darren McGavin, Philip Carey
A look at what happened to Custer and his troops at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Read More »
Hans Christian Andersen (1952) Charles Vidor, Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Zizi Jeanmaire
The inimitable Danny Kaye stars as famed storyteller Hans Christian Andersen in this charming fictionalized biopic that blends music Read More »
The Other One AKA Conversa Acabada (1981) João Botelho, Fernando Cabral Martins, André Gomes, Juliet Berto, Jorge Silva Melo
The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. Read More »
Jesse James (1939) Henry King, Irving Cummings, Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly
The railroads are squeezing farmers off their land. When a railroad agent kills their mother Read More »
Osmanthus Alley AKA Gui hua xiang (1987) Kun-Hou Chen, Hsiao-Fen Lu, Hsiu-Ling Lin, Simon Yam
Ti Hung’s parents die when she is twelve. When she is sixteen, she determines to change her fate, swearing to forget about the poverty. Read More »
Crazy Horse (1996) John Irvin, Michael Greyeyes, Victor Aaron, Nathaniel Arcand
The legendary Native American chieftain refuses to go with his people peacefully to the reservation and starts a rebellion. Read More »
Theodor Hierneis oder Wie man ehem. Hofkoch wird (1972) Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Walter Sedlmayr
In 1882, at the age of 14, Theodor Hierneis entered the court of King Ludwig II of Bavaria Read More »
Disraeli (1929) Alfred E. Green, George Arliss, Doris Lloyd, David Torrence
Biopic of the famed British Prime Minister focusing on his concern about Russia’s growing interest in the Indian subcontinent and his attempts to buy the Suez Canal. Read More »
The Long Gray Line (1955) John Ford, Tyrone Power, Maureen O’Hara, Robert Francis
The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer Read More »
Running Brave (1983) Donald Shebib, Robby Benson, Pat Hingle, Claudia Cron
The story of Billy Mills, the American Indian that came from obscurity, to win the 10,000 meter long distance foot race in the Tokyo Olympics. Read More »
Silkwood (1983) Mike Nichols, Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher
Fairly accurate recounting of the story of Karen Silkwood, the Oklahoma nuclear-plant worker who blew the whistle Read More »
Story of G.I. Joe (1945) William A. Wellman, Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum, Freddie Steele
The story of men at war and that of the esteemed Pulitzer prize winning war correspondent Ernie Pyle. Read More »
Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007) David Attwood, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy, Nicola Duffett
When Stuart Shorter – a homeless alcoholic with a violent past – meets writer Read More »
Doll AKA Papusza (2013) Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze, Jowita Budnik, Zbigniew Walerys, Antoni Pawlicki
The rise and fall of the most distinguished Polish-Gypsy poetess Bronislawa Wajs Read More »