Umberto Eco: A Library of the World

Umberto Eco, the author of best-selling novels who passed away in February 2016, unveils the secrets behind his undertakings and novels.

A German TV documentary that chronicles the daily rehearsals, the filming and all the behind the scenes of Jean-Jacques Annaud's classic "The Name of...

A documentary on the genesis, writing, shooting and analysis of the film "The Name of the Rose".

Umberto Eco's novel Il pendolo di Foucault (1988) is an immensely ambitious, multi-layered and allusive book. The film contains an initial account...

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under...

Two adolescent sons and their parents. A family whose members have known each other for so long that their mutual affection can feel like cabin...

Savo from Kikinda (Serbia) and his brother recall how they called communal service few years back to empty the septic tank in their backyard. As...

Comedy legend Martin Lawrence returns to the stand-up stage for a night of impressions and insight on everything from sex, relationships and...

A whimsical yet serious-minded look into the future sponsored by the appliance and radio manufacturer Philco-Ford. In the "1999 House of Tomorrow",...

Off-camera, a Western traveler tells us of hearing singing from his hotel window in Bombay. He searches for the source, and discovers a caste of...

A documentary about avant-garde composer Harry Partch.

This short documentary, shot in July 1976 at the Mannes College of Music on Manhattan's Upper East Side, marks the first collaboration between...

Ivory's initial effort as a filmmaker was Venice: Theme and Variations, a documentary made as his master's thesis at the USC film school that,...

After a long exile in Venezuela, filmmaker Mario Handler returns to his country, Uruguay. There, the dictatorship is still present in the media,...

Aftershocks is about the transformation of the Welfare State into an ally of the Corporation. It examines the acquisition and displacement of two...

Founded in 1972, this loose Parisian movement is known for having given radical visibility to homosexuals during the 1970s in the wake of student and...

Getting involved is a comedy documentary film that focuses on youth engagement surrounding UK politics. Ross Uwen and his crew are on a mission to...

A portrait of the timpani and percussion section of the Dutch Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.