An account of the life and work of the Swiss writer Johanna Spyri (1827-1901), the barely known artistic mother of Heidi, her brave alpine heroine, who was first introduced to the world between 1880 and 1881, in a novel published in two parts, and became definitely immortal thanks to an anime series, released in 1974, directed by the Japanese genius Isao Takahata.

An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei R...

The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise co...

The first of two documentaries about Ingmar Bergman produced to mark his 70th birthday. Includes beh...

Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but ...

The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppress...

In the 1960s, a white couple living in East Germany tells their dark-skinned child that her skin col...

Travel through the streets of Rochester and you’ll find some extraordinary architecture. From Califo...

In 1946, the controversial French writer Boris Vian writes his novel I Spit on Your Graves under the...

The life of Katherine of Alexandria. Constantine joins the Roman army to find his missing childhood ...

"Hare Krishna!" is a documentary on the life of Srila Prabhupada, the 70-year-old Indian Swami who a...

In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an undergr...

The man behind the legend and a knowing look at 1950s Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic biopic ...

Sarı Zeybek is a 1953 biopic film written and directed by Münir Hayri Egeli. The film specifically s...

This long-awaited biopic provides a vivid account of the remarkable life of Anita Mui in and behind ...
Documentary about Stanley Kramer, included on the 40th anniversary edition of Guess Who's Coming to ...

An intimate portrait, in his own words, of the Indian writer Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic V...

An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the contro...

A Stalinist assassin tracks exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky to Mexico in 1940.