Genre: Biography

In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the ...

Many noble families are locked in a chateau due to the French Revolution. The infamous Marquis ...

A Jewish family in Germany emigrate short before the Second World War. They move to Kenya ...

In occupied France, Maurice and Joseph, two young Jewish brothers left to their own devices demonstrate ...

The life and times of Nam June Paik, the father of video art, who coined the ...

In the 1960s, Richard Kuklinski is working as a porn film lab tech until his mob ...

The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames were America's most influential and important industrial designers. ...

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles looks at the remarkable genius of Orson ...

Jack Rebney is the most famous man you've never heard of - after cursing his way ...

Propelled by Elizabeth Streb's edict that "anything too safe is not action," the STREB company challenges ...

Enron dives from the seventh largest US company to bankruptcy in less than a year in ...

A film about the French general's youth and early military career.

National Film Board of Canada Donald Owen teamed with NFB producer Donald Brittain for an imaginative ...

From Israel's most important filmaker, CARMEL is Amos Gitai's (KADOSH, KIPPUR) deeply personal and resonant meditation ...

A true sports story that utterly defies the odds, Duguay's film captures the wild ups and ...

Movie fans know the work of Harold and Lillian Michelson, even if they don't recognize the ...

Dash Snow rejected a life of privilege to make his own way as an artist on ...

Real estate agent John Maloof explains how a trip to a local auction house, in search ...

A look at the life and music of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti.

The story of the famous musician Michael Jackson, known as the King of Pop.

A troubled Native American veteran forms an extraordinary friendship with his maverick French psychoanalyst as they ...

Apple. Intel. Genentech. Atari. Google. Cisco. Stratospheric successes with high stakes all around. Behind some of ...

The novelist Ayn Rand engaged in an affair with a psychologist 25 years her junior by ...

It is the 13th century, and Russia is overrun by foreign invaders. A Russian knyaz', or ...

A Russian army explorer who is rescued in Siberia by a rugged Asian hunter renews his ...

Giovanna is taken to the Inquisition court. . After the accusation of blasphemy continues to pray ...

THE AMERICAN NURSE is a heart-warming film that explores some of the biggest issues facing America ...

"I'll look at you, but not at the camera. It could be a trap," whispers Jane ...

More than two dozen men and women of various backgrounds, ages, and races talk to the ...

During the middle of the 16th century, Martin Guerre returns to his village in southwestern France, ...

'We Were Here' is the first film to take a deep and reflective look back at ...

EVERYBODY STREET, directed by Cheryl Dunn, illuminates the lives and work of New York's iconic street ...

This documentary, first shown on the Turner Classic Movies cable channel, tells of the life and ...

Interview-style biography of controversial and pioneering stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce. The film traces Bruce from his ...

This feature-length film reveals what it is like to live and work at the bottom of ...

In the late 1950s in Châteauroux, France, Rachel, a modest office worker, meets Philippe, a brilliant ...

June 1944, France is still under the German occupation. The writer and communist Robert Antelme, major ...

Branca's Pitch follows 85 year-old former Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca as he writes his autobiography ...

A cinematic odyssey exploring David Bowie's creative and musical journey. From visionary filmmaker Brett Morgen, and ...

Through its lyrical structure, Chavela will take viewers on an evocative, thought-provoking journey through the iconoclastic ...

In 1950, John Brinnan invited the highly acclaimed and infamous Dylan Thomas to New York for ...

This sweeping account of the life of Pu-Yi, the last emperor of China, follows the leader's ...

Biography of Camille Claudel. Sister of writer Paul Claudel, her enthusiasm impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. ...

An in-depth, sad, and beautiful documentary about the stop motion and VFX artist Phil Tippett, a ...

'Hannah' tells the story of Buddhist pioneer Hannah Nydahl and her life bringing Tibetan Buddhism to ...

Portrayal of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar.

IRIS pairs the 87-year-old Maysles with Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven who ...

Herod, King of Judea, is made a prisoner by the Romans. Convinced the King is dead, ...

WWI has ended but events surrounding the first free election in Italy threaten to tear the ...

A dramatization, in modern theatrical style, of the life and thought of the Viennese-born, Cambridge-educated philosopher ...

A tribute to a young artist of unlimited raw talent and the deep, creative relationships she ...

Morbid biographical story of Sid Vicious, bassist with British punk group the Sex Pistols, and his ...

Andreiv Rublev charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th ...

Biography of clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw, one of the principal figures of the big band/jazz ...

Mr Nice is the true life story of Howard Marks who was born into a coal ...

At nearly 80, Agnès Varda explores her memory - growing up in Belgium, living in Sète, ...

Operating under a pseudonym which means 'no boundaries' - North Korean defector Sun Mu creates political ...

This movie tells the story of King Henry VIII and the last five of his six ...

A portrait of famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra, filled with her musical work, her ...

The life of Chinese writer Xiao Hong, from her childhood in the Heilongjiang Province to her ...

Charlotte Gainsbourg looks at her mother Jane Birkin in a way she never did, overcoming a ...

The definitive life story about Jamaican musical legend Lee 'Scratch' Perry.

It's Christmas 1183, and King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) is planning to announce his successor to ...

A documentary about the power of transformation told through the eyes of 9 trans-identifying individuals in ...