By the late 1920’s aircraft designer R.J. Mitchell feels he has achieved all he wants Read More »
Biography
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 »
Witchfinder General (1968) Michael Reeves, Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies
England is torn in civil strife as the Royalists battle the Parliamentary Party for control. Read More »
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) John Cromwell, Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon
Biopic of Abe Lincoln, 16th President of he United States, from his early days in backwoods Kentucky to his election as President. Read More »
Reds (1981) Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann
American journalist John Reed (Warren Beatty) journeys to Russia to document the Boleshevik Revolution and returns a revolutionary. Read More »
The Song of Bernadette (1943) Henry King, Charles Bickford, Jennifer Jones, William Eythe
In 1858 France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of “a beautiful lady” in the city dump. Read More »
Malou (1981) Jeanine Meerapfel, Reinhard vom Bauer, Michael Böhme, Margarita Calahorra
Malou feels that the difficulties she is experiencing in her relationships lie in her past 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 »