“Selma,” as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon…

The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma’s democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris.

A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.

Based on a true story. Five high school cheerleaders, including the daughter of the school principal, run amok — and teachers, parents and administrators allow them to get away with…

The story of the life, loves and work of US writer Patricia Highsmith (1921-95), told through her unpublished diaries, her own voice and that of those who knew her, both…

Brash boxer Cassius Clay burst into the American consciousness in the early 1960s, just ahead of the Civil Rights movement. His transformation into the spiritually enlightened heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali…

This is the second part of a projected three-part epic biopic of Russian Czar Ivan Grozny, undertaken by Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein at the behest of Josef Stalin. Production of…

Rob Reiner profiles Albert Brooks, comedic legend, acclaimed filmmaker, talented character actor and a lifelong friend, who Reiner first met in their high school drama club.

A once-promising doctor begins a downward spiral, finding himself in opium dens, a carnival freak show, and drugs parties.

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded…

The Federal Bureau of Narcotics launches an undercover sting operation against jazz singer Billie Holiday.

Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII’s life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back…