A fresh new look at Lolita, the famous and controversial novel published in 1955 by Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov (1891-1977), a masterpiece of English-language literature that has been constantly misinterpreted by countless readers who have mistakenly turned its young heroine into an erotic icon.

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the l...

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the ea...

New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the...

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of...

In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...

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

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all w...

In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they're left behind while on a Danish expedition in ic...

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their J...

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.

When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord...

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fou...

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show ...

Shortly after the end of the Second World War, Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor who had practiced in t...

A look at the unrecognized work of the talented artists and craftsmen who've maintained the traditio...

A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland joins a group of Vikings, initially offended by their b...

The true story of Dwight Worker, an American who was caught smuggling drugs in Mexico, and sentenced...

The Simpsons: America's First Family is a 50 minute program which features the production of The Sim...

A woman who has confronted the sour side of success finds love and discovers herself in this made-fo...