Tina Turner - My Songs. My Life
★ 8 · 2024 · Documentary · Music
Hardly any other world star has left such a profound mark on people's hearts and on music history. This documentary traces the influence of an exceptional artist and follows the paths she paved for a new generation of Black artists.
More Like This
Clara Luciani : Ça commence comme ça
2023 · ★ 7.1
Documentary on the French musician-singer.
More info →
Ernst Jünger: Between Nature and Nationalism
2019
A portrait of the controversial German writer Ernst Jünger (1895-1998), the great stylist of 20th century German literature.
More info →
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996 · ★ 6.4
Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother, the future actor Warren Beatty, escaped into the fantasy world of show-biz. Her ballet training and her long-legged pixie charm led to rapid success on Broadway in musical comedy. Inevitably, Hollywood called and by 1955 Shirley was cast in Hitchcock's "The Trouble With Harry." It wasn't too long before the fine dramatic roles also came to her opposite the most popular leading men of the time, like Fred MacMurray, Jack Lemmon, Frank Sinatra, Clint Eastwood and Robert Mitchum.
More info →
Jockey, professor och folkkär målare
1998
Documentary about the Swedish artist and painter Philip von Schantz.
More info →
The Eagle and the Lion: Hitler vs Churchill
2017 · ★ 8.5
Winston Churchill, one of the most revered men of the twentieth century. Adolf Hitler, one of the most hated leaders in contemporary history. Between 1940 and 1945, these two enormously contradictory personalities faced each other in both politics and war. A clash of giants whose story begins in the trenches of the World War I and ends with the debacle of the World War II.
More info →
M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity
2018 · ★ 7
A portrait of the visionary Dutch artist M. C. Escher (1898-1972), according to his own words, taken from his diary, his correspondence and the texts of his lectures.
More info →
Ava Gardner, the Gypsy of Hollywood
2018 · ★ 6.9
At the height of her fame in 1954, actress Ava Gardner transplanted herself from Hollywood to the country of Spain. As she lovingly stated in her autobiography, “I don’t know if it was the climate, the men, or the music, but as soon as I set foot in Spain, I had a crush on this country.” In this documentary by Sergio Mondelo, the filmmaker explores the motivations behind this move and contrasts Gardner’s glitz and glam lifestyle with the hardships faced by the Spainish people under Franco’s rule.
More info →