The life of Irish tenor Chauncey Olcott is chronicled from his childhood to his days as the toast of New York. Read More »
Biography
Uncle Kruger (1941) Hans Steinhoff, Karl Anton
Rousing biopic of Paul Kruger, the Boer guerilla fighter turned statesman and first president of South Africa. Read More »
Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) Basil Dearden, Stewart Granger, Joan Greenwood, Flora Robson
A young woman marries Prince Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage Read More »
Lisztomania (1975) Ken Russell, Roger Daltrey, Sara Kestelman, Paul Nicholas
This audacious, vulgar, freewheeling fantasia on the life of pianist Franz Liszt Read More »
Gangster Wars (1981) Richard C. Sarafian, Michael Nouri, Brian Benben, Joe Penny
Three poor ghetto kids in turn-of-the-century New York City grow up to become feared gangsters. Read More »
From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses / Von Caligari zu Hitler: Das deutsche Kino im Zeitalter der Massen (2014) Rüdiger Suchsland, Siegfried Kracauer, Fritz Lang, Thomas Elsaesser
Focuses on the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) and its ‘collective spirit’ in cinema. Read More »
Evil Angels (1988) Fred Schepisi, Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Dale Reeves
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain. During a camping trip to Ayers Rock in outback Australia Read More »
To Hell and Back (1955) Jesse Hibbs, Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake
True-life account of the military career of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in WWII. Read More »
Henri 4 / Henry of Navarre (2010) Jo Baier, Julien Boisselier, Joachim Król, Andreas Schmidt
A wide-ranging, energetic period piece tracing the rise of the Protestant Henry of Navarre Read More »
Gods and Generals (2003) Ron Maxwell, Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall, Jeff Daniels
The rise and fall of confederate general Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson Read More »