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.
Marco Paolini interviews Mario Rigoni Stern about—among other things—his well-known experience as a ...
Dante Alighieri was a poet, philosopher and politician in 1300 Florence. The visionary author of "In...
Emmy Awards nominee for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research: Multi-faceted por...
A documentary about Swedish Discus champion Ricky Bruch as he prepares for the 1984 Olympics. The fi...
Writer/director Blake Edwards chronicles his wife Julie Andrews' decision to star in a TV variety sh...
Marshal Bruce Mathers III, better know by his stage name Eminem and his alter ego Slim Shady, is an ...
A high school girl encounters a rabbit like creature who sends her back in time.
A seance in which Antonin Artaud can be seen as a swirling depiction of a theater of freedom in the ...
This film is a chronicle of painter Frida Kahlo, and her encounter with the personalities of her tim...
Thom Andersen's remarkable and sadly neglected hour-long documentary adroitly combines biography, hi...
A tribute to one of Hollywood's most beloved and respected actors.
Mark Rappaport's creative bio-pic about actress Jean Seberg is presented in a first-person, autobiog...
A biography of Vincent van Gogh using only images and the letters he wrote to his brother Theo.
Derek Jarman's film portrait of American writer William S. Burroughs was shot in September 1982 duri...
Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother,...
Nuclear testing has resulted in the abrupt evolution of the Fumoon, a tiny but highly intelligent hu...
The movie tells the story of Melos, a Greek country man that gets arrested and accused of conspiracy...
Talented and enduring Academy Award-winning star, Gregory Peck, tells how it was when studios ruled ...
The story of Brian Jones, founding member of the Rolling Stones, in both life and the aftermath of h...