Clara Mingueza, an actress from Barcelona, sets out to move the mortal remains of Elena Jordi (1882-1945), vaudeville star, actress and the first woman director of Spanish cinema, to her hometown, while trying to find a copy of Thaïs, the only film she directed.
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas follows his friend, film director Martin Scorsese, and his cast and crew, thro...
An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist...
The portrait of a woman who remembers. Sheila tells the story of Sheila, without concessions or evas...
Long Tack Sam was an internationally renowned Chinese acrobat and magician. He overcame isolation, p...
An account of the life of the Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653), the first female ar...
The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert (194...
His unforgettable scores are an essential part of some of the most beloved movies of our time, over ...
The story of the life, loves and work of US writer Patricia Highsmith (1921-95), told through her un...
The whole world knows him. Burlesque comedy genius, popular actor, author, director, producer, compo...
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of F...
An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most promi...
Marco Paolini interviews Mario Rigoni Stern about—among other things—his well-known experience as a ...
Who gets the idea to write “Nine unfinished symphonies” - one of them perhaps the shortest Symphony...
The script of "Back to the Future" was one of the most refused of Hollywood: more than forty times. ...
This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journ...
Second part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italia...
Third part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian...
Documentary about war photographer James Nachtwey, considered by many the greatest war photographer ...