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 sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to o...
Homer Hickam is a kid with only one future in sight, to work in the local coal mine like his father....
The life of internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin is told through her slideshows, ...
He had one chance to show the world he was still the King of Rock 'n' Roll. Discover the story behin...
The life and career of an actor, artist, and icon. His own journey through his own camera.
Precocious teenager Juliet moves to New Zealand with her family and soon befriends the quiet, broodi...
The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller w...
The Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II and Pr...
Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious...
This shows physicist Stephen Hawking's life as he deals with the ALS that renders him immobile and u...
A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous ...
Susi Susanti rises to become Indonesia’s beloved athlete. In time of turmoil, she showed her country...
Emerging from the Detroit music scene of the 1970s in a flurry of long hair and sequins, Alice Coope...
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...
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. ...
The third of three parts, we follow Tulse Luper as he continues his adventures as a professional pri...
A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.