In 1991, American Psycho, the third novel by controversial writer Bret Easton Ellis, provoked heated discussions among critics and readers alike; an extraordinarily disturbing book that transported its readers into the mind of Patrick Bateman, a cynical mergers and acquisitions executive obsessed with brands, inconsequential details, pop culture and brutal murder.
From the series "The Modern World: Ten Great Writers", this playful documentary introduces James Joy...
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The early days of the future genius of Spanish cinema Luis García Berlanga, from his birth in Valenc...
A captivating portrait of French actor Michel Piccoli, who has worked with the greatest filmmakers o...
From the rains of Japan, through threats of arrest for 'public indecency' in Canada, and a birthday ...
A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell...
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Biographical film about the life and work of the Belgian painter Jan Cox. Cox had a tempestuous yout...
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The glorious and tragic story of American athlete and actor Johnny Weissmuller (1904-84), Olympic sw...
Explore the life of Flannery O’Connor whose provocative fiction was unlike anything published before...
Barbra Streisand grew up in working class Brooklyn, dreaming of escape from her tough childhood. A s...
A fascinating journey through the life of Israeli artist Dani Karavan, an irreverent and charismatic...
An analysis of the sources of inspiration that fed the imagination of the British writer, poet and p...
Writer, journalist, explorer, filmmaker, communist militant, freedom fighter. Truths and lies. A plo...
Documentary on famous writer Marguerite Duras and her paradoxical relation to the seventh art by her...
Twenty years ago, novelist Salman Rushdie was a wanted man with a million pound bounty on his head. ...
Paris, France, February 2, 1922. The novel Ulysses, by Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941), is publ...