Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime

In 1991, American Psycho, the third novel by controversial writer Bret Easton Ellis, provoked heated...

A new look at the public and private life of one of the most important statesmen in the history of E...

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

The early days of the future genius of Spanish cinema Luis García Berlanga, from his birth in Valenc...

The life and professional career of the Spanish filmmaker Florián Rey (1894-1962), a brilliant artis...

Catherine Deneuve couldn’t care less about being a celebrity, but fame made her an icon long ago and...

Germans colonized the land of Namibia, in southern Africa, during a brief period of time, from 1840...

A look at the life and work of the iconic US actor Charlton Heston (1923-2008); the embodiment of ma...

Film director and screenwriter Seijun Suzuki (1923-2017), who in the sixties was the great innovator...

In 1864, the Spanish poet Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836-70), suffering from health problems, retires...

This documentary by independent filmmaker Ken Harrison provides a look into the contemporary Texas a...

A moving account, in his own words, of the personal life and work of the brilliant Czech filmmaker M...

Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry...

A documentary about the Estonian artist Kaarel Kurismaa shows the viewer an insight into the world o...

A radical cinematic investigation into the myth of Hamlet, the avenging prince of Denmark, William S...

Hollywood, 1942. The US government pressures Hungarian-born film director Michael Curtiz, who is abo...

From the rains of Japan, through threats of arrest for 'public indecency' in Canada, and a birthday...

Miguel Gila (1919-2001) was a Spanish actor and stand-up comedian, famous for his surreal phone conv...

The life and work of one of the great masters of Italian cinema, Sergio Leone (1929-89); a rich and...