Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah / 2005

Portrayal of a talented, influencial and troubled artist: a filmmaker who fought his own demons and seemed to live his own legend like no other director. Against all odds Sam Peckinpah was able to create a very personal body of work in the studio system of Hollywood and with his powerful directing and editing style changed the way of filmmaking forever. Legendary for his use of slow-motion violence, various scandals and his ongoing problems with sudios and producers, the story of Peckinpah is filled with tragedy, humor, success and defeat.

The Fantasy Life of Poetry and Crime / 2022

Film on the recording of Peter Doherty's and Frédéric Lo's 2021 album "The Fantasy Life of Poetry and Crime" in Doherty's Normandy home.

Porn Punk Poetry / 2014

Damon is 27 years old, tattooed, sports a Mohawk haircut and works as a prostitute. Actually, at his age, he is almost too old for all of this and soon he will have to decide whether to remain part of that milieu and eventually destroy himself or find a way out.

A Child's Garden of Poetry / 2011

Poems by some of the greatest writers of all time are brought to life through lyrical animation and readings by some of today’s most respected performers.

Classical Baby: The Poetry Show / 2008

Featuring the hallmark animation of HBO Familys Peabody and Emmy Award-winning Classical Baby franchise, Classical Baby: The Poetry Show presents timeless treasures from the world of poetry, including classics by William Shakespeare, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Frost, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Langston Hughes. With an all-star cast including Susan Sarandon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Wright, Andy Garcia and John Lithgow, this all-new half hour will plant the seeds for a lifelong love of the sound of words!

Poetry in Motion / 1982

More than 20 contemporary North American poets recite, sing, and perform their work. Early in the film, Charles Bukowski talks about the energy of poets and of a poem. These poets are the children of Walt Whitman and of Charles Olson, incantatory and oratorical, radical, sometimes incorporating contemporary political imagery. Black Mountain poets, the Beats, minimalists like John Cage, the wordless Four Horsemen, Tom Waits, and others capture aspects of poets as troubadours.

Poetry Sans Frontiers / 2022

The second season of "Poetry Sans Frontiers" continues to convey the spirit of poetry through the form of documentary "video prose poetry", so that people from different countries, different nationalities and different languages can feel that no matter how the world changes, we can all stand together in the name of poetry.

Poetry Angel / 2017

After Tsutomu Tamaki graduated from high school, he has worked at his family farm and raises ume (plum). He becomes interested in a class for “poetry boxing” and decides to take the class. There, he meets a female high school student who has her own problem.

Everything Is Poetry Baby / 2008

Elmin is a very quiet boy that lives in a loud city. One day he meets Lina, a girl that is just the opposite to him. But instead of ignore each other, a friendship begins to grow between them.

Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers / 2004

Per commemorare il cinquantesimo anniversario de LA BATTAGLIA DI ALGERI, rivisitiamo il nostro montaggio del film e le interviste con il regista Gillo Pontecorvo e il produttore Saadi Yacef, che discutono del processo di rappresentazione della lotta dell'Algeria per l'indipendenza e delle sfide nel presentare una visione equilibrata del conflitto . .

Postwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out' / 2015

Discussion about Carol Reed's 1947 film "Odd Man Out."

A Child's Garden of Poetry

Poetry Betwixt Friendship / 2012

Kingsley, a man with a dark romantic history, and Stefan, a young boy with dreams of friendship, are forced into a scuffle over sentiments attached to a pastry.

USA: Poetry: William Carlos Williams /

Richard O. Moore's own poetic practice and literary training permeate his films, which bring the spectator into the poet's world, each documentary an invitation to join the poet and her/his poetry. "A true pioneer of the cinema vérité movement," according to poet and critic Garrett Caples, Richard O. Moore made films about poets and poetry which have become landmarks in the art of literary documentary. This contribution will attempt to look at Richard O. Moore's style, the ways in which he stages the poet and poetry in his films, his own "poésie vérité" movement, i.e. both direct, following closely the poet, and leaving enough room for the poems to be heard in the films themselves.

USA: Poetry: Richard Wilbur and Robert Lowell /

Richard O. Moore’s own poetic practice and literary training permeate his films, which bring the spectator into the poet’s world, each documentary an invitation to join the poet and her/his poetry. “A true pioneer of the cinema vérité movement,” according to poet and critic Garrett Caples, Richard O. Moore made films about poets and poetry which have become landmarks in the art of literary documentary. This contribution will attempt to look at Richard O. Moore’s style, the ways in which he stages the poet and poetry in his films, his own “poésie vérité” movement, i.e. both direct, following closely the poet, and leaving enough room for the poems to be heard in the films themselves.

USA: Poetry: Michael McClure and Brother Antoninus /

Richard O. Moore’s own poetic practice and literary training permeate his films, which bring the spectator into the poet’s world, each documentary an invitation to join the poet and her/his poetry. “A true pioneer of the cinema vérité movement,” according to poet and critic Garrett Caples, Richard O. Moore made films about poets and poetry which have become landmarks in the art of literary documentary. This contribution will attempt to look at Richard O. Moore’s style, the ways in which he stages the poet and poetry in his films, his own “poésie vérité” movement, i.e. both direct, following closely the poet, and leaving enough room for the poems to be heard in the films themselves.

USA: Poetry: Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti /

Richard O. Moore’s own poetic practice and literary training permeate his films, which bring the spectator into the poet’s world, each documentary an invitation to join the poet and her/his poetry. “A true pioneer of the cinema vérité movement,” according to poet and critic Garrett Caples, Richard O. Moore made films about poets and poetry which have become landmarks in the art of literary documentary. This contribution will attempt to look at Richard O. Moore’s style, the ways in which he stages the poet and poetry in his films, his own “poésie vérité” movement, i.e. both direct, following closely the poet, and leaving enough room for the poems to be heard in the films themselves.

USA: Poetry: Kenneth Koch and John Ashbery /

Richard O. Moore’s own poetic practice and literary training permeate his films, which bring the spectator into the poet’s world, each documentary an invitation to join the poet and her/his poetry. “A true pioneer of the cinema vérité movement,” according to poet and critic Garrett Caples, Richard O. Moore made films about poets and poetry which have become landmarks in the art of literary documentary. This contribution will attempt to look at Richard O. Moore’s style, the ways in which he stages the poet and poetry in his films, his own “poésie vérité” movement, i.e. both direct, following closely the poet, and leaving enough room for the poems to be heard in the films themselves.

Poetry in war / 2017

A young man from the periphery recites poetry in the midst of a community shooting, where the police state kills blacks and the poor with war frequency.

Talking with the Taxman About Poetry / 2012

Living a meaningless life as a recently fired substitute teacher, Theodore, an uninspired writer, is manipulated back to life when an enigmatic trumpet player, Seven, causes an awakening in him through the medium of the written word.