Love takes precedence over art and politics as Spanish painter Goya pines for an aloof duchess. Read More »
Biography
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 »
Michael Collins (1996) Neil Jordan, Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn
After the disastrous defeat of Irish rebels by superior UK forces during the Easter Rising Read More »
Napoléon (1955) Sacha Guitry, Jean-Pierre Aumont
Napoléon Bonaparte’s life, loves and exceptional destiny from 1769 to 1821, but as seen through the eyes of Talleyrand Read More »
Hôtel Terminus (1988) Marcel Ophüls, Klaus Barbie
This full-length documentary deals with the life, career and trial of Nazi SS officer Klaus Barbie, known as the Butcher of Lyons. Read More »
My Gal Sal (1942) Irving Cummings, Rita Hayworth
Chronicles the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job as carnival entertainer Read More »
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) Alan Rudolph
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit Read More »
Close-Up / Nema-ye nazdik (1990) Abbas Kiarostami
The true story of Hossain Sabzian, a cinephile who impersonated the director Mohsen Makhmalbaf Read More »