The life of boisterous entertainer Texas Guinan is recalled from her poor childhood with a down-on-his-luck father Read More »
Biography
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) Franklin J. Schaffner, Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Roderic Noble
The tragic story of Nicholas II (Michael Jayston), the last Czar of Russia Read More »
Lautrec (1998) Roger Planchon, Régis Royer, Elsa Zylberstein, Anémone
Life, passion, love…all these were part of Toulouse-Lautrec’s art. Read More »
A Quiet Passion (2016) Terence Davies, Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Duncan Duff
A Quiet Passion is Terence Davies’ biographical drama detailing the life of Emily Dickinson her loves, her struggles and her magnificent poetry. Read More »
Tarnation (2003) Jonathan Caouette, Renee Leblanc, Adolph Davis
Part documentary, part narrative fiction, part home movie, and part acid trip. Read More »
Walker (1987) Alex Cox, Ed Harris, Richard Masur, Rene Auberjonois
William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century Read More »
Scott of the Antarctic (1948) Charles Frend, John Mills, Derek Bond, Diana Churchill
The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man Read More »
Hans Westmar (1933) Franz Wenzler, Emil Lohkamp, Paul Wegener, Heinrich Heilinger
This Nazi propaganda film purports to show the story of a Nazi Storm Trooper Read More »
Paradise Found (2003) Mario Andreacchio, Kiefer Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski, Alun Armstrong
Paris, 1880. Paul Gauguin is a successful financier. He lives in Paris with his wife Mette and their four children. Read More »
The Demons of St. Petersburg AKA I demoni di San Pietroburgo (2008) Giuliano Montaldo, Predrag ‘Miki’ Manojlovic, Carolina Crescentini, Roberto Herlitzka
St. Petersburg, 1860. A member of the imperial family is assassinated. A few days later, the writer Fëdor Michajlovic Dostoevskij Read More »