Simone de Beauvoir

Documentary-maker David Malone delves into the secrets of ocean waves. In an elegant and original film, he finds that waves are not made of water, tha...

This documentary by independent filmmaker Ken Harrison provides a look into the contemporary Texas art world of the mid-‘70s. Shot in 1975, Jackelope...

A moving and very funny portrait of the personal and professional life of the magnificent French comedian Louis de Funès (1914-83),as well as a detai...

This documentary retraces the life of Jacques Maritain (1882 - 1973),French Christian philosopher. In evoking his life, it paints a portrait of the...

Kuwait’s constitution says that every person has the right to a job, so in some places 20 people are employed for one person’s job. In South Korea, th...

A look at the life and work of the iconic US actor Charlton Heston (1923-2008); the embodiment of many mythic heroes who was both a staunch defender o...

A portrait of the Spanish-German actor Daniel Brühl, a versatile performer capable of moving easily from the gentlest to the darkest role.

In his time of greatest splendor, the singer Miguel 'Bambino' Vargas Jiménez (1940-99) was the last frontier of flamenco, an immense musical genre tha...

French artist Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972),a legend of stage and screen, was an accomplished singer, actor and entertainer, who embodied the charm o...

An account of the life of the Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653),the first female artist to get international acclaim, recognized as a...

Portrait of Charles Manson. Contains various interviews with J.R. Bruun, Boyd Rice, Nikolas Schreck and other persons with an interest in Charles Mans...

An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84),a tortured artist whose genius and inner demons changed the Western...