Johann Strauss II pursues his passion for waltzes in 1845 Vienna, facing societal resistance. Read More »
Biography
The Grey Fox (1982) Phillip Borsos, Richard Farnsworth, Jackie Burroughs, Ken Pogue
Old West highwayman Bill Miner, known to Pinkertons as “The Gentleman Bandit,” is released in 1901 after 33 years in prison Read More »
The Night Overtake Me / Zastihla me noc (1986) Juraj Herz, Jana Riháková, Jana Brejchová, Rudolf Hrusínský
A Holocaust drama made by a director who was himself, as a Jew Read More »
We All Fall Down (2000) Martin Cummins, Darcy Belsher, Françoise Robertson
Caught in the jagged downtown world of drugs, prostitutes and violence, three young artists Read More »
Jimmy P. (2013) Arnaud Desplechin, Benicio Del Toro, Mathieu Amalric, Gina McKee
A troubled Native American veteran forms an extraordinary friendship with his maverick French psychoanalyst Read More »
800 Mal Einsam – ein Tag mit dem Filmemacher Edgar Reitz (2019)
Anna Hepp meets with renowned German director Edgar Reitz in one of Germany’s most famous cinemas: the Lichtburg in Essen. Read More »
The Naked Maja (1958) Henry Koster, Ava Gardner
Love takes precedence over art and politics as Spanish painter Goya pines for an aloof duchess. Read More »
Endless Poetry / Poesía sin fin (2016) Alejandro Jodorowsky
Surrealist filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky tells the story of himself as a young man becoming a poet in Chile Read More »
It Happened in Athens (1962) Andrew Marton, Jayne Mansfield
In 1896 it is announced that the Olympic Games will be revived in Athens. Read More »
Salomé (1922) Charles Bryant, Alla Nazimova
Salome, the daughter of Herodias, seduces her step-father/uncle Herod, governor of Judea, with a salacious dance. Read More »