Biopic traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball player who played in 2130 consecutive games Read More »
Biography
Juarez (1939) William Dieterle, Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne
The newly-named Emperor Maximillian, the only monarch of the Second Mexican Empire Read More »
The Other Side of the Mountain (1975) Larry Peerce, Marilyn Hassett, Beau Bridges, Belinda Montgomery
Based on the true story of Jill Kinmont. In 1955, eighteen-year-old Jill is a truly talented, gifted skier and a shoo-in for the 1956 Winter Olympics. Read More »
Alexander the Great (1956) Robert Rossen, Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom
An epic film that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the macedonian king that united all ancient greek tribes Read More »
Stand and Deliver (1988) Ramón Menéndez, Edward James Olmos, Estelle Harris, Mark Phelan
Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a Hispanic neighbourhood. Read More »
Convicts 4 (1962) Millard Kaufman, Ben Gazzara, Stuart Whitman, Ray Walston
A semi-fictionalized version of John Resko’s incarceration is presented. Read More »
Heart of Fire (2008) Luigi Falorni, Letekidan Micael, Solomie Micael, Seble Tilahun
Eritrea during the independence war against Ethiopia. Awet’s mother left her when she was only a little girl Read More »
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story (1965) Richard Kaplan, Archibald Macleish, Eric Sevareid, Corinne Alsop Cole
Richard Kaplan documents the life of one of America’s most influential first ladies. Read More »
Buffalo Bill (1944) William A. Wellman, Joel McCrea, Maureen O’Hara, Linda Darnell
A fictionalized account of the life of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody. A hunter and Army Scout in the early part of his life Read More »
Bound for Glory (1976) Hal Ashby, David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon
This film is an excellent biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America’s greatest folk singers. Read More »
Blaise Pascal (1972) Roberto Rossellini, Pierre Arditi, Rita Forzano, Giuseppe Addobbati
Blaise Pascal struggles to understand the natural world around him, in addition to an inner quest for religious faith. Read More »
The Silent Enemy (1958) William Fairchild, Laurence Harvey, Dawn Addams, Michael Craig
In the Mediterranean in 1941 the Italians start using underwater chariots to mine the undersides of allied ships. Read More »
Endless Waltz (1995) Kôji Wakamatsu, Leona Hirota, Kou Machida, Haruko Sagara
Koji Wakamatsu’s biopic about a Japanese free jazz/improvisation saxophonist named Kaoru Abe. Read More »
Embracing (1992) Naomi Kawase, Uno Kawase
A diary film about Kawase’s relationship with her Grandma and the search for her Father Read More »
The Last Bolshevik (1993) Chris Marker, Léonor Graser, Nikolai Izvolov, Kira Paramonova
This documentary tells the story of film director Aleksandr Medvedkin Read More »