British author Agatha Christie (1890-1976) is the world's most translated author: her heroes, private detective Hercule Poirot and amateur sleuth Miss Marple, are known the world over. But who is the woman behind her bestsellers? A biographical search for clues, the unraveling of an iridescent personality whose existence and works were shaped by the tragic history of the 20th century: the eventful life of the Queen of Crime.

Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1944, during World War II. Andries Riphagen, a powerful underworld boss, has...

Documentary about the eclectic Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto during the recording sessions for ...

An account of the life and work of genius Spanish writer Francisco Umbral (1932-2007), author of alm...

This Polish historical drama film traces the fascinating saga of a wealthy, princely Polish dynasty ...

Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain, March 3, 1976. After several months of protests demanding decent wor...

A portrait of the internationally acclaimed Spanish film director Isabel Coixet and an analysis of h...

With an off beat sense of humour, the film looks at the politics and glamour of lipstick and the dil...

Through one woman's experience as an adopted person and also as a mother who relinquished her child ...

A bitter postcard of the town of the Buenos Aires countryside that Argentinean writer Manuel Puig (1...

Working largely uncredited in the Hollywood system, storyboard artist Harold and film researcher Lil...

A peculiar portrait of the Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) drawn by the extravagant...

A portrait of one of the most successful European singers of all time. Salvatore Adamo arrived in Be...

Legendary British actor Michael Caine, who began his brilliant career on stage during the 1950s, tal...

Nobody captured the atmosphere of 1990s Berlin better than German photographer Daniel Josefsohn, who...

An account of the life and work of French filmmaker Claude Chabrol (1930-2010), a sybarite Buddha, a...

The American writer Stephen King has been one of the world's best-selling authors for decades. How c...

Reading Gaol, England, 1896. Prisoner C33, starving and thin, unable to wash properly, is a brillian...