Country: Germany, France, Belgium, South Africa, Italy, United Kingdom, Luxembourg
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
James Gregory once lived in a farm and had befriended a native youth Bafana and had even had a photograph taken with him. Years later now married to Gloria and father of three children Chris Brett and Natasha James has nothing but shame and regret as many South African Caucasians in the oppressive Apartheid-era ridiculed him leading him to hate Africans. He seeks to redeem himself by...
Country: United States
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Henry Hill is a small time gangster who takes part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito two other gangsters who have set their sights a bit higher. His two partners kill off everyone else involved in the robbery and slowly start to climb up through the hierarchy of the Mob. Henry however is badly affected by his partners success but will he stoop low enough to bring about the...
Country: United States, Spain
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
The painter Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition when his muse Ines is arrested by the church for heresy. Her father Thomas comes to him hoping that his connection with Brother Lorenzo whom he is painting can secure the release of his...
Country: United States
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Drama
Filmed over a decade Brief Encounters follows internationally renowned photographer Gregory Crewdsons quest to create his unique surreal and incredibly elaborate portraits of suburban life. He sets a house on fire builds 90 foot sets with crews of sixty shuts down city streets...all in the service of his haunted image of American life and his own anxieties dreams and inner desires. Brief...
Country: United States
Genre: Documentary, Biography
A docudrama that centers on amateur grizzly bear expert Timothy Treadwell. He periodically journeyed to Alaska to study and live with the bears. He was killed along with his girlfriend Amie Huguenard by a rogue bear in October 2003. The films explores their compassionate lives as they found solace among these endangered...
Country: United States
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Mama Rose lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves Rose turns her hope and attention to her elder less obviously talented daughter Louise. However having her headlining as a stripper at Minskys Burlesque is not what she initially has in...
Country: United States
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Based on the autobiography of Gypsy Rose Lee this made-for-TV movie-previously a Broadway smash and a 1962 film-depicts the life and times of a stripper and her domineering...
Country: United States
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
In this story Harlow starts in the movies as set dressing the pretty girl who is used for the glamour shots. Refusing to descend to the casting couch for work she finds that she is soon blacklisted from the industry. But an agent named Arthur sees something in Jean and begins representing her. For a long time the jobs are scarce and consist mostly of receiving the pie in the face in low...
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