Shelley's Blaze

Karel Hynek Mácha

June 1983 •Czech

Reagan

August 2024 •English

Told through the voice of former KGB agent Viktor Petrovich, whose life becomes inextricably linked with Ronald Reagan's when Reagan first caught the Soviets’ attention as an actor in Hollywood, Reagan overcomes the odds to become the 40th president of the United States.

The Magnificent Yankee

December 1950 •English

Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Passing over the Hill

July 2018 •Korean

After the premature death of her son, Jung-sook learns to read and write by transcribing her late son's anthology, Passing Over the Hill. In search of her son's remnants, Jung-sook visits his university in Seoul and encounters the people who remember him. She wants to find her son's hill.

Bill Tilghman and the Outlaws

February 2019 •English

A movie company comes to Oklahoma to convince legendary lawmen Bill Tilghman to star in a bank robbery silent film featuring real outlaws. Tilghman reluctantly agrees, not realizing everyone's lives will never be the same.

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

July 2011 •Hindi

Three friends who were inseparable in childhood decide to go on a three-week-long bachelor road trip to Spain, in order to re-establish their bond and explore thrilling adventures, before one of them gets married. What will they learn of themselves and each other during the adventure?

The Babe

April 1992 •English

A chronicle of Babe Ruth's phenomenal story--from his hard knock beginnings at a Baltimore orphanage, to his meteoric rise to baseball superstardom and his poignant retirement from the game. His amazing career included seven American League pennants, four World Series championships, two tempestuous marriages and a wild lifestyle that earned him numerous suspensions.

Bloodhaven

March 2022 •English

The village of Odenton is cursed. Every month, for three nights as long as days, the sky turns purple, and the moon red. Doors lock, curtains close, and Odenton falls silent...as beasts arrive to hunt. Not a soul is heard...except for a Doctor determined to cure the curse, and end the BLOODHAVEN.

Vincent & Theo

December 1990 •English

The tragic story of Vincent van Gogh broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who helped support Vincent. Based on the letters written between the two.

Stalin

November 1992 •English

The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin.

Folle d'amore - Alda Merini

December 2023 •Italian

Bogie

March 1980 •English

The Humphrey Bogart story from the early '30s until his death, covering the period as a struggling young actor through movie stardom and his marriages to Mayo Methot and Lauren Bacall.

J. Edgar

November 2011 •English

As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career, and his life.

The Poem

August 1961 •

An influential Serbian poet decides to leave Nazi-occupied Belgrade and join partisans in the country. A young resistance activist, however, is not so thrilled with the idea because the old and womanizing intellectual doesn't fit in with his strict moralistic standards.

World of Tomorrow

January 2015 •English

A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.

Before I Sleep

October 2013 •English

Eugene Devlin, a once famous, now reclusive poet, searches through his past, looking for redemption and peace.

Belle

January 1973 •French

A married, middle-aged professor meets a mysterious woman in the woods and has an affair with her.

The Emperor of Paris

December 2018 •French

Paris, France, early 19th century. The legendary convict François Vidocq lives in disguise trying to escape from a tragic past that torments him. When, after an unfortunate event, he crosses paths with the police chief, he makes a bold decision that will turn the ruthless mastermind of the Parisian underworld against him.

Poet and Muse

October 1978 •Finnish

Semi-fictitious biopic of Finnish poet Eino Leino, made with a large budget to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. The film concentrates on his relationships with first wife Freya Schoultz and later muse, poetess L. Onerva. His friends include equally central figures of the Finnish cultural scene in the early 1900s, such as painters Halonen and Gallén-Kallela, and composer Sibelius.

Sing Beautifully About Love

April 1976 •Swedish

A tv play about the Swedish poet Gustaf Fröding. Flashbacks from his life in a mental hospital.