Oscar-winning filmmaker Julia Reichert reflects on the social, economic and personal forces that led to her career as a pioneering documentarian.

The first ascent of the Matterhorn was made on July 14, 1865 by Edward Whymper, Francis Douglas, Cha...

Documentary that reconstructs the professional life of the dancer through the thread of his own voic...
This documentary tells the story of the brilliant Italian polymath, artist, sculptor, painter, poet,...

Werner Herzog's documentary film about the "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen sum...

The great French scientist, struggling with his own limitations from a stroke, is not deterred by sc...

In September 2021, France will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty....

The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director We...

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

From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdom, he turned his dreams into entertainment for the ages. Now, l...

Before computer graphics, special effects wizardry, and out-of-this world technology, the magic of a...
Whatever became of the actor director Luchino Visconti famously cast as young Tadzio in "Death in Ve...

A movie director attemps to film the way he writes a screenplay.

Fiction and documentary mingle in a freewheeling portrait of Susan Superstar, a New York celebrity o...

A librarian explores the mythical landscape of a timeless storytelling concept and reveals a revelat...

The life and work of the great Russian composer Dmitriy Shostakovich is presented in this documentar...

An in-depth look at the Canadian rock band Rush, chronicling the band's musical evolution from their...

In 1964, Henri-Georges Clouzot's production of L'Enfer came to a halt. Despite huge expectations, ma...

Buddhist monk and photographer Matthieu Picard as he returns to the Asian country in the Himalayas w...

There's not a person in the world who wouldn't recognize Mickey Mouse. But until now, not many knew ...

Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother,...