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 »
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 »
Jolson Sings Again (1949) Henry Levin, Larry Parks, Barbara Hale, William Demarest
In this sequel to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer’s career just as he has returned Read More »