Based in the novel Aurora de Sangre (Eduardo de Guzman) and in the real events Read More »
Biography
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got (1985) Brigitte Berman, Artie Shaw, John Best, Lee Castle
Biography of clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw, one of the principal figures of the big band/jazz Read More »
Sant Tukaram (1936) Vishnupant Govind Damle, Sheikh Fattelal, Vishnupant Pagnis, Gauri, B. Nandrekar
This classic film chronicles the life of Tukaram (17th C.), one of Maharashtra’s most popular saint poets Read More »
The Sexual Life of the Belgians / La vie sexuelle des Belges 1950-1978 (1994) Jan Bucquoy, Jean-Henri Compère, Noe Francq, Isabelle Legros
Jan Bucquoy narrates the story of his sexual life to age 28, imagining his conception Read More »
Oviri / The Wolf at the Door (1986) Henning Carlsen, Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydow, Jean Yanne
This biographical film, based on the life of French artist Paul Gauguin (Donald Sutherland) Read More »
George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey (1984) George Stevens Jr., Fred Astaire, Warren Beatty, Pandro S. Berman
Biography of director George Stevens by his son. It includes clips from many of his films with commentary by the actors Read More »
The White Angel (1936) William Dieterle, Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, Donald Woods
Briefly breaking away from her high-gloss modern soap operas, Kay Francis stars as Florence Nightingale Read More »
Directed by John Ford (1971) John Ford, Peter Bogdanovich, Orson Welles
In 1971, Peter Bogdanovich was, perhaps, America’s most promising young filmmaker Read More »
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict (2015) Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Peggy Guggenheim, Marina Abramovic
A portrait of a patron of the arts extraordinaire who transformed a modest fortune Read More »
To Olivia (2021) John Hay, Hugh Bonneville, Bobby O’Neill, Eve Prenelle
The story of the tumultuous marriage between actress Patricia Neal and renowned writer Roald Dahl. Read More »