Tortured Genius
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    Movies

    The Hours (2002)

    The writings of Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman) affect a housewife (Julianne Moore) and emulate the...

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    Modigliani (2005)

    Penniless artist Amedeo Modigliani (Andy Garcia) maintains a bitter rivalry with Pablo Picasso and...

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    Beyond the Sea (2004)

    An older Bobby Darin (Kevin Spacey) tells his own life story, beginning with his youth in the Bronx...

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    Movies

    The Aviator (2004)

    During the 1930s and '40s, wealthy industrialist Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) gains fame as a...

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    Movies

    The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006)

    Filmmaker Jeff Feuerizeig uses interviews, home movies and audiotape excerpts to chronicle the life...

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    Movies

    A Beautiful Mind (2001)

    Mathematics genius John Forbes Nash Jr. (Russell Crowe) has paranoid schizophrenia but becomes a...

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    Movies

    Copying Beethoven (2006)

    A woman (Diane Kruger) develops a special bond with composer Ludwig van Beethoven (Ed Harris) while...

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    De-Lovely (2004)

    Composer Cole Porter (Kevin Kline) creates hit songs for Broadway musicals, marries a beautiful...

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    La Vie En Rose (2007)

    French singer Édith Piaf (Marion Cotillard) becomes a national icon but tries to overcome personal...

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    Last Days (2005)

    Addicted to drugs, a Seattle rock star (Michael Pitt) continues on a path of self-destruction.

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    Frida (2002)

    Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) marries fellow artist Diego Rivera who shares her radical...

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    Camille Claudel (1989)

    Parisian sculptor Claudel (Isabelle Adjani) becomes the assistant and mistress of Auguste Rodin...

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    Proof (2005)

    A depressed woman (Gwyneth Paltrow) copes with the death of her father (Anthony Hopkins), a...

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    Control (2007)

    The demands of fame, a crumbling marriage and declining health take a toll on Ian Curtis (Sam...

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    Amadeus (1984)

    Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham), court composer in Vienna, confesses in old age to his sins...

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    Lenny (1974)

    1950s comic Lenny Bruce (Dustin Hoffman) spurs controversy with his drug use, graphic language and...

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    Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)

    A 1980s TV newswoman (Ellen Barkin) picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose long-lost leader...

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    Movies

    Kurt Cobain About A Son (2007)

    Still photos and music illustrate audio interviews conducted with the Nirvana musician.

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    In a Dream (2009)

    The life and work of a renowned Philadelphia artist.

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    Movies

    The Passion of Joan of Arc

    A French peasant girl (Renee Falconetti) opposing occupying British forces is tried for heresy and...

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    People

    Günter Kaufmann

    A very handsome, strapping German character player, Kaufmann fell into film work because of the...

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    Movies

    Tintin et le Temple du soleil

    Tintin travels to Peru to rescue some archaeologists from an old inca curse.

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    Movies

    Imagine: John Lennon (1988)

    Never-before-seen home movies and the late musician's own narration enhance this portrait of former...

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    Frank Lloyd Wright

    A biography of the life and work of the American architect.

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    The Luzhin Defence (2001)

    To the dismay of her mother (Geraldine James), an independent aristocrat (Emily Watson) falls in...

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    Movies

    The Saddest Music in the World (2004)

    During the Great Depression, a beer baroness (Isabella Rossellini) holds a competition to find the...

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    Movies

    Crumb (1995)

    Filmmaker Terry Zwigoff profiles underground cartoonist Robert Crumb, with a look at his...

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    Movies

    The Whole Wide World (1996)

    A romance builds between a school teacher and a talented writer.

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    Movies

    The Legend of Leigh Bowery (2003)

    Filmmaker Charles Atlas interviews friends, family and colleagues of the late fashion designer and...

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    Movies

    Bukowski: Born Into This (2004)

    Filmmaker John Dullaghan traces the turbulent life of literary cult figure Charles Bukowski.