A docu-drama portrait of the early-20th-century French author Marcel Proust, based on Alain de Botton's updated analysis of his work as a modern-day self-help guide. Ralph Fiennes plays Proust, with Phyllida Law and Donald Sinden as his contemporaries, while commentators including de Botton, Louis de Bernières and Doris Lessing explain their enthusiasm for his work.

This shows physicist Stephen Hawking's life as he deals with the ALS that renders him immobile and u...

One of the most controversial writers of our times, join Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh as he und...

The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m ...

The film focuses on the exciting life journey of Swiss writer Katharina Zimmermann. She follows her ...

"This film explores how freedom of speech — including dissent — is afforded to all Americans, and sh...

Hosted by Keeley Hawes, star of the popular television series The Durrells, this documentary reveals...

Inspired by the book of the same name, film-maker James Marsh relays a tale of tragedy, murder and m...

A series of images, music and sounds which transport through Mexico's history, without any narrative...

A newborn monkey and its mother struggle to survive within the competitive social hierarchy of the T...

During the worst days of World War II, the British government asks the mathematician Alan Turing to ...

On January 31, 1857, the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-80) took his place in the dock for con...

The modern history of the Congo, the heart of Africa, is a terrifying tale of appalling brutality: h...

Terpsichore is a captivating exploration of dance as an art form, illuminating the passion, discipli...

This documentary outlines the unique properties and latest studies of "Physarum Polycephalum", also ...

Albert Camus died at 46 years old on January 4, 1960, two years after his Nobel Prize in literature....

Based upon the Gold-Medallion award-winning best-seller, The Case for Christ documents Lee Strobel's...

Albert Camus, who died 60 years ago, continues to inspire defenders of freedom and human rights acti...

A short kid from a Canadian army base becomes the international pop culture darling of the 1980s—onl...

When Peter Wohlleben published his book "The Hidden Life of Trees" in 2015, he quickly entered bests...

July 1, 2000. British 21-year-old Lucie Blackman goes missing in Tokyo, sparking an international in...