20th Century Movies

At the age of 71, a highly regarded writer, José Cardoso Pires, suffers a major stroke and loses his memory and the ability to relate to the...

Dedicated to the development of the oil industry of Soviet Azerbaijan in the background of the first half of the twentieth century, including their...

Based on Virginia Woolf’s novel, an unromantic comedy about a passionate astronomer who does everything she can to avoid romantic love and...

A look at the life of Tintin creator Georges Remi, known by the pen name Hergé, whose tales of reporter Tintin and his canine sidekick Snowy...

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar...

Brazilian architecture in the 20th century influenced generations of architects worldwide. But there was a time when choosing an architectural style...

Brilliant composer and violinist George Enescu is at the peak of his career and wants to compose an opera. He falls in love with a princess, Maruca,...

Messiaen's breathtakingly intense opera on the life of St Francis of Assisi stars Rod Gilfry as the charismatic visionary, beguiled by the glory of...

In early 1900s Surrey, fifty women labeled as typhoid carriers face unjust confinement at Long Grove Asylum. Isolated and stigmatized, they endure...

Ken Russell revisits the life of Elgar, with musical background provided by the composer's works.

Jerzy Kosiński, author of The Painted Bird and Being There, sees his life and literary career unravel after having the authenticity of his work...

At the start of the 20th century, Teresa suddenly arrives from Chile in a mountainous sheepherding cooperative. Her arrival disrupts the dynamics of...

Struggling against the totalitarian regime of occupied Soviet Latvia, a talented young doctor is stripped of her career, her joy for life, and even...

Set during WWII when artists were being blacklisted in Communist witch-hunts, follows the star-crossed love story of a young poet and a young female...

The tragic and shocking story of the notorious Magdalene Laundries, a shameful system, created by the Irish State but supported by all strata of...

Muse, mother, saint, victim, demon, fury... She's been cast in every role in film and in life. From the innocent and mischievous to the humanitarian...