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.

The greatness, fall and renaissance of Hammer, the flagship company of British popular cinema, mainl...

Marco Paolini interviews Luigi Meneghello about growing up under fascism, his involvement with the I...

In the fall of 1987, Philippe Haas accompanied the sculptor Richard Long to the Algerian Sahara and ...

Fresh off the heels of her brand-new album, "Happier Than Ever," this cinematic concert experience f...

The ruthless dictator Teodoro Obiang has ruled Equatorial Guinea with an iron hand since 1979. Juan ...

A raw and emotionally revealing look at one of the most iconic artists of our time during a transfor...

Tucson, Arizona, September 1996. At the request of his son Martin, George Goldsmith tells him of his...

This is the story of a man who climbed the Hollywood ladder, one rung at a time, until he reached th...

A young woman, who has inherited her grandparents' huge house, a fascinating place full of amazing o...

In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Tex...

The legendary British-American actress Olivia de Havilland (1916-2020), who conquered Hollywood in t...

An account of the life and work of the multidisciplinary Spanish artist Mariano Fortuny Madrazo (187...

Maria Casarès, a theatre actress and Albert Camus, one of the most important modern french writer, k...

Barbra Streisand grew up in working class Brooklyn, dreaming of escape from her tough childhood. A s...

A tribute to Italian filmmaker Sergio Corbucci (1926-90), presented by American filmmaker Quentin Ta...

Palermo, Sicily, 1984. Examining magistrate Giovanni Falcone allies with Tomasso Buscetta, a former ...

Every morning, Marcel confides in his tape recorder. It is from his reflections on life that this fi...

North Sudan, summer 1923. King Alfonso XIII of Spain captures an enormous African elephant, an appar...