This is a lengthy exposition of the social and political history of renaissance Florentine history Read More »
Biography
Creation (2009) Jon Amiel, Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly, Ian Kelly
What happens when a world-renowned scientist, crushed by the loss of his eldest daughter Read More »
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977) Larry Cohen, Broderick Crawford, James Wainwright, Michael Parks
The story of the late J. Edgar Hoover, who was head of the FBI from 1924-1972. Read More »
St. Francis of Assisi (1989) Liliana Cavani, Mickey Rourke, Helena Bonham Carter, Andréa Ferréol
The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death Read More »
Witchfinder General (1968) Michael Reeves, Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies
England is torn in civil strife as the Royalists battle the Parliamentary Party for control. Read More »
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) John Cromwell, Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon
Biopic of Abe Lincoln, 16th President of he United States, from his early days in backwoods Kentucky to his election as President. Read More »
Reds (1981) Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann
American journalist John Reed (Warren Beatty) journeys to Russia to document the Boleshevik Revolution and returns a revolutionary. Read More »
The Song of Bernadette (1943) Henry King, Charles Bickford, Jennifer Jones, William Eythe
In 1858 France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of “a beautiful lady” in the city dump. Read More »
Malou (1981) Jeanine Meerapfel, Reinhard vom Bauer, Michael Böhme, Margarita Calahorra
Malou feels that the difficulties she is experiencing in her relationships lie in her past Read More »
Baader (2002) Christopher Roth, Frank Giering, Laura Tonke, Vadim Glowna
Andreas Baader starts out as a small-time criminal. Read More »
The Plainsman (1936) Cecil B. DeMille, Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Ellison
With the end of the North American Civil War, the manufacturers of repeating rifles find a profitable means 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 »
Edvard Munch (1974) Peter Watkins, Geir Westby, Gro Fraas, Kerstii Allum
Following a rough chronology from 1884 to 1894, when Norwegian artist Edvard Munch began expressionism Read More »
Billy the Kid (1930) King Vidor, Johnny Mack Brown, Wallace Beery, Kay Johnson
In this version of the Billy the Kid legend, Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan’s henchmen for killing Billy’s boss Read More »
As White as in Snow (2001) Jan Troell, Amanda Ooms, Rikard Wolff, Björn Granath
Inspired by real-life Elsa Andersson, this mostly fictional movie tells the story of her upbringing as a farmer’s daughter Read More »