With his grizzled moustache and chiselled features, Charles Bronson is the embodiment of a slightly archaic, brooding and almost reactionary virility. But who is he really? Often hired to play marginalised Native American or Mexican characters before he was typecast as the image of a lone killer, Bronson was a major figure in the popular cinema of the 1960s and 70s and his stony-faced, physical acting and career are worthy of a second look.

Chicago blues great Buddy Guy never was the same after he heard John Lee Hooker’s seminal “Boogie Ch...

This is the story of a man who climbed the Hollywood ladder, one rung at a time, until he reached th...
A woman loses her voice, like a country that loses her at the same time. Pauline Julien, flamboyant ...

Sally Ride's groundbreaking journey as the first American woman in space concealed a deeply personal...

The extraordinary story of disco queen Donna Summer through a rich archive of unpublished film excer...

E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Steven Spielberg's endearing movie released in 1982, achieved the tripl...

A chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singe...

Mandela’s legend is built on his absence, during his 27- year incarceration. In 1990, when Nelson Ma...

The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy La...

For the first time one of Hollywood's greatest stars tells his own story, in his own words. From a c...

Biography of a star and figure study : This fascinating portrait is for anyone who wants to know mor...

The love story of pop icon Jennifer Lopez and movie star Ben Affleck began with a movie set meeting ...

A film that describes the love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep tr...

Tony Curtis, the man who influenced Elvis Presley and James Dean. A sex symbol, a matinee idol, a po...

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

From her precocious status as a sex symbol to her consecration as a filmmaker, Jodie Foster's story ...

The portrait of the last cowboy Hollywood legend dives into the 65 years of an extraordinary career ...

A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and inter...

Audrey Hepburn was one of the movies' best-loved stars, blessed with beauty, talent, an elegant soph...