A massive six-hour biopic of Napoleon, tracing his career from his schooldays Read More »
Biography
Portrait of a Mobster (1961) Joseph Pevney, Vic Morrow, Leslie Parrish, Peter Breck
This movie portrays the rise and fall of 1920s gangster Dutch Schultz. Read More »
The Ryan White Story (1989) John Herzfeld, Judith Light, Lukas Haas, Michael Bowen
The story of Ryan White, a 13-year-old haemophiliac who contracted AIDS from factor VIII, which was used to control this disorder. Read More »
The Hiding Place (1975) James F. Collier, Julie Harris, Jeannette Clift, Arthur O’Connell
Corrie and Betsie ten Boom are middle-aged sisters working in their father’s watchmaker shop in pre-World War II Holland. Read More »
Rossini! Rossini! (1991) Mario Monicelli, Philippe Noiret, Jacqueline Bisset, Sergio Castellitto
Rossini! Rossini! is a 1991 Italian biographical film written and directed by Mario Monicelli. Read More »
Spitfire (1942) Leslie Howard, David Niven, Rosamund John
By the late 1920’s aircraft designer R.J. Mitchell feels he has achieved all he wants Read More »
Lola Montès (1955) Max Ophüls, Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook
The film tells the tragic story of Lola Montès, a great adventurer who becomes the main attraction Read More »
Klondike Kate (1943) William Castle, Ann Savage, Tom Neal, Glenda Farrell
Molly and her troupe of dancing girls and “entertainers”, sent for by saloon owner “Sometime” Smith Read More »
Young Dr. Freud (1976) Axel Corti, Karlheinz Hackl, Guido Wieland, Sylvia Haider
The film probes deeply into the ways in which Freud’s own experiences Read More »
The Age of the Medici (1972) Roberto Rossellini, Marcello Di Falco, Virgilio Gazzolo, Adriano Amidei Migliano
This is a lengthy exposition of the social and political history of renaissance Florentine history Read More »