In 1914, with men gone to war, Marcel Proust hired Céleste Albaret as his attendant. Read More »
History
The Gathering Storm (2002) Richard Loncraine, Albert Finney, Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent
In the 1930s, Sir Winston Churchill (Albert Finney) was out of government Read More »
The Treaty (1991) Jonathan Lewis, Brendan Gleeson, Patrick Condren, Ian Bannen
In 1921, the Anglo-Irish Treaty between the unrecognised Irish Republic Read More »
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) Roland Joffé, Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia
In real life, Robert Oppenheimer was the scientific head of the Manhattan Project Read More »
Band of Angels (1957) Raoul Walsh, Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Poitier
Living in Kentucky prior to the Civil War, Amantha Starr is a privileged young woman. Read More »
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) Charles Jarrott, Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson, Patrick McGoohan
Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. Read More »
Churchill and the Generals (1979) Alan Gibson, Timothy West, Eric Porter, Arthur Hill
The complicated relationship between Winston Churchill Read More »
The Howards of Virginia (1940) Frank Lloyd, Cary Grant, Martha Scott, Cedric Hardwicke
Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic Read More »
Dragon Seed (1944) Harold S. Bucquet, Jack Conway, Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Aline MacMahon
Ling Tang and his family live on his prosperous farm in rural Southern China Read More »
Native Land (1942) Leo Hurwitz, Paul Strand, Paul Robeson, Fred Johnson, Mary George
Paul Robeson narrates a mix of dramatizations and archival footage about the bill Read More »