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
The Long Road Through Balkan History
Released on: 2009-01-01
Documentary
Bosnian Croat writer Miljenko Jergović and Serbian writer Marko Vidojković replace one another by th...
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.
Ekerwald - Education and Lust
Released on: 2016-03-23
Documentary
The author Carl-Göran Ekerwald has written more than 50 books. At the age of 87, a new chapter in hi...
The ParaPod: A Very British Ghost Hunt
Released on: 2020-01-07
Documentary, Horror, Comedy
A lifelong believer in the paranormal invites a hardwired sceptic on a road trip of the UK’s most fa...
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...
Mikha'El
Released on: 2021-06-07
Documentary, Drama, History
First feature-length documentary about the Archangel Michael in the annals of cinema, with large ens...
Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive
Released on: 2017-04-29
Documentary, History
How the inventor of the detective story became his own greatest mystery.
Moa Martinson - Mother of the Country
Released on: 2019-02-07
Documentary
Documentary about Moa Martinson.
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
Released on: 2023-01-17
Documentary, History
Raised in the small all-Black Florida town of Eatonville, Zora Neale Hurston studied at Howard Unive...
This Beggar's Description
Released on: 2006-07-19
Documentary
It's a sensitive, moving doc chronicling the life of Tétrault's brother Philip , a Montreal poet, mu...
Create or Die
Released on: 2024-01-30
Documentary
In an industry that is becoming increasingly competitive, what drives indie filmmakers to keep creat...
Things That Go Bump in the Night: Tales of Haunted New England
Released on: 2009-10-29
Documentary
Things That Go Bump in the Night: Tales of Haunted New England takes you on a journey throughout his...
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...
The Man Who Took Shannon Matthews
Released on: 2022-12-08
Documentary, Crime
With access to family, neighbours and professionals who knew Michael Donovan, this is the story of t...
Wongar
Released on: 2018-04-01
Documentary
Australian writer Wongar lives a secluded life taking care of his 6 dingoes for which he believes em...
Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough
Released on: 2025-09-26
Documentary
One of the most controversial writers of our times, join Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh as he und...
Unfractured
Released on: 2017-10-19
Documentary
Chanda Chevannes follows scientist Dr. Sandra Steingraber as she makes speeches against fracking and...
Holy Ghost
Released on: 2014-09-06
Documentary
Can the Holy Spirit direct a movie? In this fast-paced documentary from the director of the popular ...