Marilyn vs Marilyn

The Agony and the Ecstasy

September 1965 •English

During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to sculpt 40 statues for his tomb. When the pope changes his mind and asks the sculptor to paint a mural in the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo doubts his painting skills and abandons the project. Divine inspiration returns Michelangelo to the mural, but his artistic vision clashes with the pope's demanding personality and threatens the success of the historic painting.

Nichiren

March 1979 •Japanese

An epic drama about Nichiren's life. Nichiren was a Buddhist monk who lived for 60 years during the Kamakura period (1185-1333) in Japan. Nichiren taught devotion to the Lotus Sutra as the exclusive means to attain enlightenment. Because of his devout belief, Nichiren is met with opposition throught his travels, with life on the line, can Nichiren accomplish his goal?

Lola Montès

December 1955 •French

Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.

Madame Curie

December 1943 •English

Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists soon fall in love and embark on a shared quest to extract, from a particular type of rock, a new chemical element they have named radium. However, their research puts them on the brink of professional failure.

The Gathering Storm

April 2002 •English

A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill during a particularly troubled, though little-known, moment in their lives.

Phar Lap

August 1983 •English

Phar Lap, the big bold chestnut reigned as the king of the turf in the depression that gripped Australia of the 1930s. From his humble beginnings the New Zealand bred horse raced on to become the hero of a nation.

Dreyfus

April 1931 •English

In 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another man, Major Esterhazy. When investigations begin into the dubious evidence used in the trial, an institutional coverup begins, aided by fears of army disgrace and anti-Semitic paranoia against Dreyfus. But a determined group, headed by prominent author Émile Zola, leads a mounting public call to reopen the Dreyfus case.

Il est minuit, Paris s'éveille

December 2012 •French

Pork Chop Hill

May 1959 •English

Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense cease-fire conference is celebrated.

She Said

November 2022 •English

New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.

Bodo

March 2017 •Polish

The story of Eugeniusz Bodo, a famous Polish actor and singer, who was at the peak of his career in 1930s.

You Don't Know Jack

June 2010 •English

Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.

Tolkien: The True Story of the Rings

September 2024 •German

An analysis of the sources of inspiration that fed the imagination of the British writer, poet and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973), great master of epic fantasy.

The Walk

September 2015 •English

The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

Every Picture Tells a Story

December 1984 •English

James Scott's biopic of his father William Scott, his childhood and his origins as a painter.

Milan Rastislav Štefánik

October 1935 •Czech

Ramanujan

July 2014 •Tamil

A prodigious Indian mathematician has to overcome poverty and prejudices and make a mark with the help of his British mentor.

Walter Hasenclever

February 1977 •German

Harishchandrachi Factory

January 2009 •Marathi

In 1913 India's cinema industry is born from Dadasaheb Phalke's efforts to make Raja Harishchandra (1913), India's first feature-length B&W silent film.

Tim Maia

October 2014 •Portuguese

Biopic of Brazilian singer Tim Maia, from his childhood in Rio de Janeiro until his death at age 55, including his passage by the US, where he discovers a new style of music and is arrested for theft and drug possession.