Prof. Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. The professor takes him to Paris, where he eventually comes under the wing and influence of novelist George Sand and rises to prominence in the music world, to the exclusion of his old friends and patriotic feelings towards Poland.
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing po...
Ella Fitzgerald was a 15-year-old street kid when she won a talent contest in 1934 at the Apollo The...
In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an undergr...
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atl...
The man behind the legend and a knowing look at the 1950's Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic bi...
The life of astrophysics Margherita Hack, from curious child to unconventional girl at the direction...
An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar...
A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.
It's 1957, and James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "...
Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and ...
Rather than choosing a great leader or king, God chooses Abraham, an elderly shepherd from Mesopotam...
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, durin...
The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced i...
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist ...
An exploration of the making of b-movie sci-fi cult classic "The Creeping Terror" and its con-man di...
A composer and his daughter emigrate to America in the hope that he can sell his symphony. But he me...
Portrait of the last days of the life of Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco.
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show ...
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced...
Through his ever changing reinvention, Bowie has become a symbol for fearlessness, innovation and cr...