June

Glenn Gould: Extasis

1993

A collection of recollections and opinions of and about Glenn Gould, interspersed with excerpts of archive footage of the great Canadian pianist speaking and playing.

Francois Simon the Presence

1986

The work of legendary actor François Simon, son of Michel Simon.

ONEFOUR: Against All Odds

2023 · ★ 6.8

A group of Sydney-based, Pacific Islander kids start recording drill raps to avoid a life of crime. Two years into their meteoric rise, a police task force shuts down their sold-out national tour due to concerns that the group's music will incite violence.

The Life and Loves of Beethoven

1937 · ★ 6.8

Lyrical biography of the classical composer, depicted as a romantic hero, an accursed artist.

Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist

2014 · ★ 6.9

In 1998 Marco Pantani, the most flamboyant and popular cyclist of his era, won both the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia, a titanic feat of physical and mental endurance that no rider has repeated since. He was a hero to millions, the saviour of cycling following the doping scandals which threatened to destroy the sport. However, less than six years later, aged just 34, he died alone, in a cheap hotel room, from acute cocaine poisoning. He had been an addict for five years. This is the story of the tragic battles fought by the most important Italian cyclist of his generation; man verses mountain, athlete verses addiction, Marco Pantani verses himself.

Mengele, the hunt for a Nazi criminal

2017 · ★ 8

He was one of the most notorious Nazi war criminals, infamous for his assassination attempts on twins. But at the end of World War II, he simply disappeared...

Country Rap: A Documentary

The first and only documentary to tell the true, grassroots story behind the rise of the COUNTRY RAP phenomenon, starring its biggest stars telling their stories to over a half BILLION YouTube fans first-hand.

Beecham

1990

1990 TV adaptation of a 1979 biographical play by Ned Sherrin & Caryl Brahms, based on the life of conductor and impresario Sir Thomas Beecham. With Timothy West as Beecham.

That's Life: Vittorio De Sica

2001 · ★ 6

Documentary about the life and career of Italian film director Vittorio De Sica.

What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt

2016

A documentary about the singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt

Die Zeit meines Lebens - Dirty Dancing in Ost und West

2022 · ★ 8

In 1987, a small film distributor from Frankfurt/Main brings the film "Dirty Dancing" to West German cinemas against all negative odds. The film becomes the hit of the year, in complete contrast to France, where foreign films have a hard time against the local film landscape.

Moonface: A Woman in the War

2019 · ★ 7

A walk through the life and career of the legendary French photojournalist Christine Spengler, known as Moonface, one of the few female war reporters in the seventies, also a writer and surrealist painter, who worked in Chad, Northern Ireland, Vietnam, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq and other places where unfortunately war and death prevailed for years.