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.

At his Long Island beach house, and on the occasion of the publication of his masterful nonfiction n...

The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent...

Portrait of a homosexual bohemian who converted from Judaism to Catholicism and was captured by the ...

Roberto Muniz, nicknamed "Mahmoud the Argentinian," was a revolutionary fighter who joined the Natio...

A journey through the life, work and many artistic miracles of the brilliant Spanish filmmaker Luis ...

Oscar-winning filmmaker Julia Reichert reflects on the social, economic and personal forces that led...

Filmmaker Roman Polanski and photographer Ryszard Horowitz meet in Kraków, Poland, where, strolling ...

Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man d...

Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman...

Documentary about Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian-Uruguayan footballer, regarded as the best Ecuadorian ...

A look at the life of Toty Rodríguez: An actress who made her career in France during the 60s, a wel...

In early 20th-century Naples, a theatrical parody lands beloved thespian and playwright Eduardo Scar...

Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downt...

Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. Aft...

The life of Camille Claudel, a French sculptor who becomes the apprentice of Auguste Rodin and later...

In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, ...

The film portrait of Dragoljub Đuričić, one of the best musicians and drummers of the former Yugosla...

Sex Fashion and Disco is a documentary film concerning Antonio Lopez (1943-1987), the most influenti...