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 biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book...
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 ...
Rather than choosing a great leader or king, God chooses Abraham, an elderly shepherd from Mesopotam...
The story of the evolution of a boy from Nebraska who became one of the most respected men in the wo...
Journalist Christine Pelisek helps law enforcement investigate the alleged serial killer known as th...
All About Ann celebrates the achievements of larger-than-life Ann Richards, who became the first ele...
Connie is a wife and mother whose 11-year marriage to Edward has lost its sexual spark. When Connie ...
From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is give...
Set in the Faubourg à mélasse district of Montreal, Quebec, in the 1950s, the film centres on a conf...
In 1977, after a fourteen year dry spell, the novelist Barbara Pym was nominated for a Booker Award ...
A story of ambition, love, betrayal and greed.
The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hi...
Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident...
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but ...