Robert Aickman: Author of Strange Tales (2015)
• May 28th, 2015 • 0h 53min
Documentary
Overview
This documentary explores and provides new insights into the life and writing of British author Robert Aickman (1914-1981), with special reference to his celebrated 'strange stories' - modern ghost stories - his two volumes of autobiography and his campaigning work for the restoration of the British canal system. The film includes rare footage, recordings and photographs of Aickman, interviews with his friends and with writers Jeremy Dyson and Reggie Oliver, and dramatized excerpts of his stories.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Henry Miller Is Not Dead
Released on: 1996-01-01
Documentary
In this artistic exploration of the life and work of writer Henry Miller, filmmaker Joe Kishton skil...
Edgar Allan Poe - Amerikas abgründiger Pop-Poet
Released on: 2024-11-20
Documentary
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most famous American authors. And probably the most abysmal. In his te...
Tolkien: The True Story of the Rings
Released on: 2024-09-13
Documentary, History
An analysis of the sources of inspiration that fed the imagination of the British writer, poet and p...
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
Released on: 1978-03-05
Documentary, Drama
Drama documentary from 1978 exploring the private feelings of novelist Thomas Hardy through the poem...
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Released on: 2021-05-02
Documentary
Interviews and archival footage weave together to tell the story of the Master of Suspense, one of t...
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Released on: 2017-04-29
Documentary, History
How the inventor of the detective story became his own greatest mystery.
Jack Kerouac's Road: A Franco-American Odyssey
Released on: 1987-03-01
Drama, Documentary
Part documentary, part drama, this film presents the life and work of Jack Kerouac, an American writ...
Dum spiro spero
Released on: 2017-05-29
Documentary
Well-known Croatian author Pero Kvesić, who has been struggling with a severe lung disease, document...
Raul Brandão was a Great Writer...
Released on: 2012-04-05
Documentary
This film is an attempt to disclose if Raul Brandão has left any trace, in Nespereira, Gumarães.
Echt Herman Koch
Released on: 2017-09-28
Documentary
A portrait about the Dutch writer Herman Koch. Koch started his career with the popular TV-show 'Jis...
Merton: A Film Biography
Released on: 1984-01-01
Documentary
In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social critici...
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
Released on: 2017-04-06
Documentary, Crime
Documentary about Karen Matthews that reveals the true character of the woman who was behind the kid...
The Capote Tapes
Released on: 2021-09-10
Documentary, History
A portrait of the brilliant American writer Truman Capote (1924-84) and the New York high society of...
The Last Years
Released on: 1963-01-02
Documentary
This biographical film examines the multitalented personality of Karel Čapek and the context behind ...
Arthur Miller: Writer
Released on: 2017-12-08
Documentary
One of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, Arthur Miller created such celebrated works as ...
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Released on: 2017-10-11
Documentary
Griffin Dunne’s years-in-the-making documentary portrait of his aunt Joan Didion moves with the spir...
Brontë Country: The Story of Emily, Charlotte & Anne Brontë
Released on: 2002-01-01
Documentary
Travel back to Victorian Britain and wander the cobbled streets of Haworth to the sites that inspire...