The documentary “Pagliacci” celebrates – in a poetic way – what it means to be a clown. The film addresses philosophical and symbolic questions about man’s need to laugh at himself. In a sensorial and emotional mix, the film starts from what is most human and true: laughter.

As Cirque du Soleil reboots its flagship production, O, more than a year after an abrupt shutdown, p...

Errol Morris’s Fast, Cheap & Out of Control interweaves the stories of four men, each driven to crea...

From the slow waitings for opening of the big top to the loneliness in the dressing room backstage, ...

Cirque du Soleil presents The Mystery of Mystère, a captivating documentary that explores how arts a...

Footage from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film 'The Circus'.
How do you deal with life's curveballs? FIGURE 3 tells trapeze artist Korri Singh Aulakh's story of ...

From the Italian 'saltare in banco' – which literally means 'to jump on a bench' – Saltimbanco explo...

Icarus is the main character of Varekai, who falls to the ground, breaking his legs as he does. He i...

Alegría is a mood, a state of mind. The themes of the show, whose name means "jubilation" in Spanish...

Madrid, Spain, 1949. The Circo Americano arrives in the city. While the big top is pitched in a vaca...

One man, one camera, one goal...to capture the essence of adventure. An experimental, often abstract...

This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' perf...

The movie follows the clock round as music hall clown Beby takes off his make up, goes home for a me...

In the magical world of La Nouba, dreams become reality and talent turns the ordinary into the extra...

Noel Mason's vaudevillian skills are appreciated by his younger audience, but he is not making enoug...

after mourning the passing of his late wife, Bill finds the courage to travel to New York City and r...

Four of the best clowns of Salvador return to the place where they were initiated 15 years before to...

Impressionistic glimpses of London life from early morning to rush hour.

While writing a book on the circus, author John Shawcross reflects upon the great acts he has seen o...

A story of the world's first female tiger trainer who claimed her love for her tigers was so great s...