A certain kind of president’s last days
BIOGRAPHY: Havel’s legacy as a dissident, playwright, and president, highlighted in a film that contrasts his ideals with today’s political climate.
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Joyce Carol Oates: «I write about people»
BIOGRAPHY: An unprecedented access to the prolific American writer’s solitude.
Leaders of the unfree world
BIOGRAPHY: One of the longest-serving German chancellors ever, Angela Merkel’s eventful tenure as a woman in a bastion of masculinity made her an anchor for Europe.
The third message
BIOGRAPHY: By focusing on her artistic approach to language, the complex and multi-layered Nobel laureate also reveals the deep contradictions of her native Austria.
A requiem for late volcanologists
NATURE: Herzog’s new film charts the Kraffts’ life-long journey that was marked by a pursuit of capturing the might of volcanoes.
Portrait of an artist and activist
BIOGRAPHY: Laura Poitras’ Venice winner is a poignant and captivating portrait of the American artist and activist Nan Goldin.
She wrote what she could not live
BIOGRAPHY: Based on the unpublished diaries of Patricia Highsmith, Loving Highsmith draws a vivid portrait of one of the most prolific female authors.
The price of freedom
BIOGRAPHY: Growing up in the bohemian community at Hydra with Leonard Cohen as a stepfather, Little Axel tells a story of neglect and an overload of freedom.
A whole life with a black hole inside
BIOGRAPHY: The dark side behind the international success story of Ams Oz, a symbol of the Israeli conscience and literary superstar
Women Power
BIOGRAPHY: Subtly assembled, minimalist praise of the goodness and beauty, intelligence and power of the female members of Roberto Rossellini’s families.
The forgotten genius of Nikola Tesla
BIOGRAPHY: Written out of textbooks, neglected by historians, Tesla’s gifts are only now being recognised, Jana Glogovac’s film argues.
The self of America
BIOGRAPHY: An artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the legendary storyteller and Nobel prize-winner Toni Morrison.