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Hounded by the police on charges of inflammatory writing, the once handsome Marquis De Sade seeks refuge in an abandoned family mansion This colorful movie depicts DeSades life from childhood to manhood A life infamous for erotic

A more realistic, based on reality, unsensationalistic portrayal of the gritty early years of one of the most famous Wild West outlaws in history, Billy the Kid

A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was invited to South Africa in 1893 to settle a case for a wealthy Indian settled there He expected to return in a few months but instead got involved in the freedom movement and eventually stayed for 21 y

The film is the biography of Frank Baum, the childrens book author and creator of the fantasy world Oz

The tragic true story of best friends Steve Driver and Tom Dong, two low end porn actors who sought fame but gained infamy

The life story of Hector Lavoe who started the salsa movement in 1975 and brought it to the United States

Jerry Lewis The Man Behind the Clown chronicles the remarkable life and genius work of one of the most iconic and incomparable comic performers and filmmakers of our time

Drummer Artimus Pyles experience as a band member in Lynyrd Skynyrd and the tragically fateful day that the plane they rented crashed in the swamps of Gillsburg, MS on October 20th ,1977

A painting, apparently the work of an iconic Native artist, leads the rockstar who buys it into the tragic, brutal world of an art forgery ring in Canadas far north

Jump Shot uncovers the inspiring true story of Kenny Sailors, the proclaimed developer of the modern day jump shot in basketball He defined the game, but only now is he ready to share his thoughts on why the game never defined him

The beginning of the Unabombers campaign of terror from 1978 to 1985 a look into his childhood to discover what might have turned the young mathematical genius with few friends, Ted Kaczynski, into a sociopathic terrorist

A dying man in his forties remembers his past His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation

Based on the life of Norways greatest composer Edvard Grieg, and filmed in Norway where he lived The soundtrack is all Edvard Griegs music with added lyrics

While researching his novel In Cold Blood, Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith

A drama based on the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post war Bosnia and outed the U N for covering up a sex trafficking scandal

More fictional than factual biography of Stephen Foster Songwriter from Pittsburgh falls in love with the South, marries a Southern gal Leeds, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out

The story of Paan Singh Tomar, an Indian athlete and seven time national steeplechase champion who becomes one of the most feared dacoits in Chambal Valley after his retirement

Sir Christopher Lee plays the Lord Chief Justice of seventeenth century England who condemns women as witches to further his political and sexual needs

The film tells the dramatic tale of two generations locked in a see saw battle one extolling values, the other groping in the dark

The passionate Merchant Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot Natascha McElhone, the only lover of Pablo Picasso Sir Anthony Hopkins who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty, and move on with her life

Biopic of Australian swimming champ and entertainer Annette Kellerman After overcoming polio, Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one piece bathing suit is considered indecent

A documentary on speculative fiction writer and essayist Harlan Ellison

Ayudia Vanesha Prescilla and Ditto Adipati Dolken have been best friends for 12 years And for all those times, Ditto has been secretly in love with her Until one day, Ayudia told him that shes gonna get married

After being physically attacked by his loving wife Carmen, a series of unsettling incidents lead her husband Pat to question just what is happening to her Its only when Carmen cant find her own house one day, that she and Pat are

A killer bandit decides to become a politician in order to avenge deaths in his family

In small town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when she starts to become controlling, he goes to great lengths to separate himself from her grasp

The iconic Merce Cunningham and the last generation of his dance company is stunningly profiled in Alla Kovgans 3D documentary, through recreations of his landmark works and archival footage of Cunningham, John Cage, and Robert Raus

Over 50 years have passed since Charles Manson and his cultishly devoted followers committed their horrific crimes, and yet, the public remains truly in the dark about The Manson Family and their journey into the abyss How can one s

The true story of Joao Guilherme Estrella Johnny, a young middle class bon vivant who became a big time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990s

The story of Irena Sendler, a social worker who was part of the Polish underground during World War II and was arrested by the Nazis for saving the lives of nearly 2,500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw ghetto

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Long before faith based films became a regular feature of mainstream movie theaters, there was The Cross and The Switchblade The story of Pastor David Wilkerson and gang member, Nicki Cruz

After being cast in the hit teen sitcom Saved by the Bell 1989, six unknown young actors must deal with the Hollywood spotlight and the challenges of growing up under public scrutiny

A look at the life and work of writerfilmmaker Nora Ephron

The untold stories of female jazz and big band instrumentalists and their journeys from the late 1930s to the present day