Author Movies

An examination of the life of great Russian author Leo Tolstoy, who penned the 1877 novel Anna Karenina.

A moving portrait of one of the most loved and read Danish poets, Halfdan Rasmussen. The film covers both the early years with poverty and wartime on...

Things That Go Bump in the Night: Tales of Haunted New England takes you on a journey throughout historic New England collecting tales of the...

Are you ready for a girl’s night out unlike anything you’ve experienced before? Fresh off the success of her best-selling Girl, Wash...

In a world, where an original story is vital for a career as a writer, Liam finds the price for success high.

An interview with a young Toni Morrison. The video also shows Toni Morrison going shopping, at a party, and at work. Her commentary provides an...

Swedish documentary from 2012. "A devilish man who can do many arts". A portrait of August Strindberg (1849-1912), which in addition to his...

Travel back to Victorian Britain and wander the cobbled streets of Haworth to the sites that inspired the great Brontë sisters’ classic...

A writer is haunted by eerie appearances after the death of his wife.

Legendary short story writer Lucia Berlin (1936-2004) captured moments of grace in the cafeterias and laundromats of the American Southwest, in the...

Unable or unwilling to conform to the rigid atmosphere of Washington and Lee College as a freshman, Ed bailed out after a brief stint there to...

Following the success of her debut novel, All This Could Be Different, author Sarah Thankam Mathews embarks on her second novel, drawing from her...

RICHARD WRIGHT was an African-American author of novels, short stories and non-fiction that dealt with powerful themes and controversial topics. Much...

Ron Padgett (1942- ) is a poet and editor whose artistic career took off during his teenaged years in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There, along with Joe Brainard...

A touching documentary about a literary star who died at the age of 33, leaving a permanent mark in Finnish literature, and people close to him.

Armando Iannucci presents a personal argument in praise of the genius of Charles Dickens. Through the prism of the author's most autobiographical...

A documentary on the suicide of manga author Chiyomi Hashiguchi, commonly known as Nekojiru.

For the first time ever, Tasha Tudor has permitted a film crew unprecedented access to document her daily life. An intimate and charming portrait of...

18 months in the making, this documentary follows Pulitzer-winning author Annie Proulx across the American West as she researches and writes her next...