When it was first published in 1937 Poland, Witold Gombrowicz's novel was considered to be subversive by the Communist regime and was ...

In this unique self-portrait that includes rare interviews, the filmmaker takes us behind the scenes and onto the sets of all his film...

A little girl walks angrily through the park dragging an old purse. Every now and then she stops and yells "Is this how it is?"  ...

It received rave reviews in both the New York Times and The Guardian. The story goes like this: at a lovely dinner p...

Through a clever mix of stop-motion animation and interviews, The Wanted 18 recreates an astonishing true story:...

Internationally acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been officially banned from filmmaking since 2010.  In a courageous a...

Nietzsche's masterful philosophical narrative about Zarathustra, who after years of meditation comes down from a mountain to offer his...

A modern-day printing of the original text of Antoine Galland's first European translation of One Thousand and One Nights. The story o...

In an apocalyptic near-future world, a mother and her two small children must make their way down a river, blindfolded. One wrong choi...

Provides descriptions of 76 famous operas covering plot, dialogue, historical overview of each, and advice for listening and appreciat...

This collection of 85 essays and articles is considered to be among the most important historical collections of all time, and we...

American universities have been credited, among other things, with the discovery of the laser, GPS, MRI, radar, and Viagra. Here the&n...

An interesting journey back in time to see how our modern ways of living, and the tools we use, actually originated in primitive cultu...

Introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books...

Previously shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this is a fun, entertaining story about a mysterious stranger who shows up at a famil...