literature movies page 6

A Doll's House (1959)
10 / 10

Drama, TV Movie

A wealthy woman's attempts to help her financially troubled husband go unrewarded.

Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century (2015)
7 / 10

Documentary, TV Movie

An unparalleled portrait of Arthur Miller (1915-2005), a major writer who left an indelible mark on the world. Miller's life is intimately connected...

Thus Began Antoine's Down-Going (2021)
0 / 10

Drama, Romance

Antoine - a grieving loner - spends his days in a cafe on Place Clichy watching people. Every day, he sees a woman he calls Albertine get out of the...

The Geography of the Body (1943)
5.2 / 10

Documentary

A quotation from Aristophanes, "The desire and pursuit of the whole is called love," precedes views of a man and a woman's bodies, often in extreme...

Fiasko (2010)
0 / 10

Documentary, War

"The photonovel FIASKO is based on and named after Kertész’ novel. He describes his absurd attempt of a new beginning – after Auschwitz and...

Murder In Harlem (1935)
4.6 / 10

Mystery, Crime, Drama

A Black night watchman at a chemical factory finds the body of a murdered white woman. After reporting it, he finds himself accused of the murder.

Lenz Elegy (2015)
0 / 10

Documentary

A Short film by Christophe Bisson

Los Platos del Diablo (1995)
0 / 10

Comedy, Drama

Ricardo Azolar is looking for the right words, the exact phrases that will give him literary glory. The days are sterile and lacking in those...

Who's Afraid of Kathy Acker? (2007)
7 / 10

Documentary

Documentary tracing the extreme life of outlaw writer, performance artist and punk icon, Kathy Acker. Through animation, archival footage, interviews...

Victor Hugo à Guernesey, exil et création (2019)
9 / 10

Documentary, TV Movie

A visit to the extravagant house where Victor Hugo spent his exile in Guernsey between 1855 and 1870, the Hauteville House, entirely designed by the...

The Young Woman of Scuderi (1955)
0 / 10

Drama, Crime

Several men have been murdered lately, mostly rich lovers on their way to meet their mistresses with gifts of fine jewelry. To fight this scourge,...

The Last Bookshop of The World (2017)
0 / 10

Documentary

The documentary is a true story of four real intellectual Europeans from different cultures who are worried about the decline of literature’s life...

Cormac McCarthy's Veer (2023)
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Cormac McCarthy has spent the last 25 years writing his novels at the mountain top retreat of the Santa Fe Institute (SFI) in New Mexico. An...

The Trouble with Michel (2001)
0 / 10

Documentary

Poet, essayist, novelist and filmmaker, Michel Houellebecq has always had close ties with the cinema and the world of the visual arts, which have...

The Death of Don Quixote (2019)
6.5 / 10

Comedy, Drama

London, 1968. Director Alphonse attempts to complete his greatest cinematic work yet, entitled “The Death of Don Quixote.” But his aging star,...

The Inspired Island: A Life That Sings (2014)
6.7 / 10

Documentary

How have one poet and his single book of poetry from the last century continued to inspire people today? A Life That Sings follows the legendary poet...

James Joyce's 'Ulysses' (1988)
0 / 10

Drama, Documentary

From the series "The Modern World: Ten Great Writers", this playful documentary introduces James Joyce's most famous work "Ulysses". It includes...

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket (1989)
1.5 / 10

Documentary, TV Movie

James Baldwin was at once a major 20th century American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for two crucial decades, a prophetic voice calling...

Luna Negra (2019)
0 / 10

Documentary

Third film of Juan José Ponce's trilogy about Federico García Lorca.

100 Years of Ulysses (2024)
0 / 10

Documentary, History, TV Movie

Paris, France, February 2, 1922. The novel Ulysses, by Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941), is published by US poet Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), owner...