Antony & Cleopatra
Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate, the three rulers of the Roman Empire. Antony, though married to…
Port Arthur
Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 – 1905). In the…
West Indies
Aboard a giant slave ship in an abandoned Citroën factory, the history of the West Indies is traced through several centuries of French oppression. The ship becomes a stage for…
The Outsider
Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), an American Vietnam veteran of Irish descent, returns to Belfast to join the cause of his grandfather, Seamus (Sterling Hayden). Soon he finds that he is…
The Fifth Musketeer
King Louis XIV has without his knowledge a twin brother, Philippe, but when he is told, he immediately locks up his brother in the Bastille. The king wants to increase…
Ion: The Lust for the Land, the Lust for Love
Jon, a young peasant love more “the land” than his engaged girlhood, Florica.Just when Ion thinks he has become master of his own land, he realizes that he has betrayed…
The Tin Drum
Oskar Matzerath is a very unusual boy. Refusing to leave the womb until promised a tin drum by his mother, Agnes, Oskar is reluctant to enter a world he sees…
Black Jack
When honest young Tolly is forced on the run with ‘Black Jack’, a villainous ruffian, adventure and mishap are never far away. As the two enter a world of body-snatchers,…
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
The story of the Wright Brothers and their efforts to invent, build, and fly the world’s first successful motor-operated airplane.
Lady Oscar
Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had no sons. She becomes the captain of the guards at…
Richard II
Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is…
Deadman’s Curve
Things were cool. Chicks were pretty. Waves were groovy. Cars had muscle. Jan and Dean rode their wave to the top of the pop charts. Then, in 1966, on their…
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
The true story of a part Aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.
The Green Room
A WWI veteran decides to build a memorial to all of the people who have mattered to him but are now dead.
The Fall of Ako Castle
This is the story of “The Forty-Seven Ronin.” Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan’s downfall and the revenge of its former…
Valentino
The untimely death of silent screen star Rudolph Valentino prompts the many women in his past to reminisce about his troubled rise to superstardom.
Scott Joplin
The life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time.
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
The story of the late J. Edgar Hoover, who was head of the FBI from 1924-1972. The film follows Hoover from his racket-busting days through his reign under eight U.S….
MacArthur
The film portrays MacArthur’s life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman for…
The Dream of the Red Chamber
Pao-yu is in love with his cousin, Lin Tai-yu, but his family has other marital plans for him that will leave both broken-hearted.
A Bridge Too Far
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access…
Eight Hundred Heroes
As battle rages in Shanghai, a single battalion of soldiers led by Xie Jinyuan is ordered to hold back the Japanese forces at the Sihang warehouse. Girl scouts risk their…
The Story of David
The “David and Goliath” legend is presented as credibly as possible, while David’s later disastrous romance with Bathsheba is handled with taste and decorum. Also in the cast are Anthony…
Pintea
The movie is set in 18th century Maramureș region of Romania. The Romanian officer Grigore Pintea return to his village and finds out that his parents were killed, and other…
The Memory of Justice
This exceptional, disturbing, and thought-provoking two-part documentary compares the atrocities committed by the Nazis as revealed during the Nuremberg trials to those committed by the French in Algeria and those…
The Marquise of O
A German Marquise has to deal with a pregnancy she cannot explain and an infatuated Russian Count.
The Man in the Iron Mask
The story of Louis XIV of France and his attempts to keep his identical twin brother Philippe imprisoned away from sight and knowledge of the public, and Philippe’s rescue by…