Tag Archives: biography

Ludwig Guttmann, a renowned German neurosurgeon who fled Nazi Germany in the early days of WWII, takes a position at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in ...

This character study joins the painter at the height of his fame in 1642, when his adored wife suddenly dies and his work takes a dark, sardonic ...

In 1914, with men gone to war, Marcel Proust hired Céleste Albaret as his attendant. More than eight years later, she was at his side when he ...

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), man of the people, autodidact and revolutionary sculptor – the most brilliant of his era. At 42, Rodin meets ...

Loosely traces the life of tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-1921). He loves Musetta, in his home town of Naples, and then Dorothy, the daughter of one ...

“Life After Flash” looks at the roller coaster life of Sam J Jones since his role as Flash Gordon, his struggles and successes, and ...

To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story is the harrowing story of a stuntman overcoming a dehumanizing childhood filled with torment and bullying ...

A documentary that captures the sensational trial of infamous gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, using the legal proceedings as a ...

1967-1976. As one of history’s greatest fashion designers entered a decade of freedom, neither came out of it in one piece.

An Honest Liar tells the incredible story of the world-famous magician, escape artist, and world-renowned enemy of deception, James ‘The ...

Director Jonas Mekas provides an intimate glimpse of his personal life by constructing a feature length narrative from over 30 years of private ...

Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi ...

A new look at the public and private life of one of the most important statesmen in the history of Europe: Winston Churchill (1874-1965), ...

Keisuke Kinoshita sits easily alongside Ozu, Kurosawa and Naruse as one of Japan’s most respected legends of cinema. Made to commemorate the ...

Old West highwayman Bill Miner, known to Pinkertons as “The Gentleman Bandit,” is released in 1901 after 33 years in prison, a genial ...

The true story of Peppino Impastato, an activist who openly opposed the Mafia in small-town 1970s Sicily despite living just “one hundred ...

The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his ...

Casanova is a libertine, collecting seductions and sexual feats. But he is really interested in someone, and is he really an interesting person? ...

The great media prankster, Joey Skaggs, wants to fool the world media AGAIN, and, with the most complex hoax of his career in the pipeline, he ...

The story of the descent into madness of Mussolini’s secret first wife, Ida Dasler, who was seduced by his passion and vigour but blind to ...

During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to sculpt 40 statues for his tomb. When the pope ...

Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.

Barbara Graham is a woman with dubious moral standards, often a guest in seedy bars. She has been sentenced for some petty crimes. Two men she ...

Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.

In 1939, boy-wonder Orson Welles leaves New York, where he has succeeded in radio and theater, and, hired by RKO Pictures, moves to Hollywood ...

A documentary covering the life and career of Manchester United and England legend Wayne Rooney.

David Beckham, a household name, footballing icon and at one point the most hated man in England. A comprehensive look at David Beckham’s ...

Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Fan of Richard Wagner, ...

The life and times of Pippo Fava, a Sicilian journalist who fought the Mafia through his local newspaper in the ’70s and early ’80s, ...

Renowned actress Joan Crawford, at the height of her career, adopts two orphans — Christina and Christopher — to fill the lonely gap in her ...