From the series "The Modern World: Ten Great Writers", this playful documentary introduces James Joyce's most famous work "Ulysses". It includes fantastic adaptations to film from passages of the novel. It also includes excerpts from a book written by Joyce's friend, the artist Frank Budgen, entitled "James Joyce and the making of Ulysses". Amongst those interviewed is author Anthony Burgess.
A story of an extraordinary artist who has unintentionally signed a deal with a devil. Jiří Trnka wa...
Art historian and filmmaker Sundaram Tagore travels in the footsteps of Louis Kahn to discover how t...
James Grashow is an artist who has built—among many other things-- giant 15 foot tall fighting men, ...
A portrait of the artist as a "sublime demon with the archangel's face", with an innovative musique ...
Summer 1890. In order to make some money to feed his family, Anton Chekhov, modest physician, wrote ...
In 1972, officer Frank Serpico exposes the corruption which poisons the roots of the NYPD and become...
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene:...
Paris, France, February 2, 1922. The novel Ulysses, by Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941), is publ...
Ariadna discovers that her grandfather has been searching for the remains of his father, who disappe...
I Was a Jewish Sex Worker is a humorous, no-holds-barred autobiographical film about the director’s ...
Italy, early '90s. Calm, clever and inscrutable, politician Giulio Andreotti has been synonymous wit...
Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his ...
After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerg...
The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore ...
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the...
This is the story of the Charles Heidsieck who opened the market for Champagne sales in America just...
After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless aband...
Kingdom of Hungary, 17th century. As she gets older, powerful Countess Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614),...
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei R...