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.

In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social critici...

Maria Casarès, a theatre actress and Albert Camus, one of the most important modern french writer, k...

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When Danish filmmaker Lea Glob first portrayed Apolonia Sokol in 2009, she appeared to be leading a ...

Paris, Rue Beautreillis, July 3, 1971. The corpse of rock star Jim Morrison is found in a bathtub, i...

In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber barely managed to convince legendary actor Robert...

In 1847, British writer Emily Brontë (1818-48), perhaps the most enigmatic of the three Brontë siste...

A journey through the artistic life of the British-American rock band The Pretenders, formed in 1978...

An account of the life and work of the Polish writer Stanisław Lem (1921-2006), a key figure in scie...

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

The legendary British-American actress Olivia de Havilland (1916-2020), who conquered Hollywood in t...

A journey through the professional life of innovative film director Richard Linklater: 21 years crea...

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell...

Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents w...

A portrait of the British writer Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), who, although he had radical instincts, h...

Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Iceland, July 9, 2016. The surprising discovery of a canister —cont...

For three and a half centuries, from the same day that Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) applied his last ...

Documentary tracing the extreme life of outlaw writer, performance artist and punk icon, Kathy Acker...

For three years, Vincent Lindon recorded himself on his iPhone to document his insecurities, fears a...