An account of the life and work of controversial German orchestra conductor Herbert von Karajan (1908-89), celebrated as one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century.
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most famous American authors. And probably the most abysmal. In his te...
Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison ...
An unflinching and deeply personal journey into the life and work of guitarist Eric Clapton told thr...
An analysis of The Kindly Ones, Jonathan Littell's controversial novel, published in 2006, which dis...
Known for his mournful "Adagio for Strings," Samuel Barber was never quite fashionable. This acclaim...
The glorious and tragic story of American athlete and actor Johnny Weissmuller (1904-84), Olympic sw...
From the rains of Japan, through threats of arrest for 'public indecency' in Canada, and a birthday ...
The history of Bruguera, the most important comic publisher in Spain between the 1940s and the 1980s...
France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody...
Gdańsk, Poland, September 1980. Lech Wałęsa and other Lenin shipyard workers found Solidarność (Soli...
After the World War I, Mussolini's perspective on life is severely altered; once a willful socialist...
When looking for a gift for his kid, Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) is introduced to the world of Gri...
Havana, Cuba, 1990. René González, an airplane pilot, unexpectedly flees the country, leaving behind...
Paris, France, February 2, 1922. The novel Ulysses, by Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941), is publ...
A captivating and personal detective story that uncovers the truth behind the childhood of Michaël P...
A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell...
Life of Czech composer Smetana, his search for love and artistic inspiration despite hearing loss, a...
The life and work of New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat have been marked by a long quest for ident...