INFINITY minus Infinity (2019)

19世紀イギリス。小説家を夢見るメアリーは“異端の天才”と噂される、妻子ある詩人パーシー・シェリーと出会う。互いの才能に強く惹かれあった二人は、情熱に身を任せ、駆け落ちする。愛と放蕩の日々は束の間、メアリーに襲い掛かる数々の悲劇。失意のメアリーはある日、パーシーと共に滞在していた、悪名高い詩人・バイロン卿の別荘で「皆で一つずつ怪奇談を書いて披露しよう」と持ちかけられる。深い哀しみと喪失に打ちひしがれる彼女の中で、何かが生まれようとしていた──。

1841年、ニューヨーク州サラトガのソロモン・ノーサップは自由黒人のヴァイオリニストだった。彼は妻と子供2人と順風満帆な生活を送っていた。ある日、彼は二人組の男たちから金儲けができる周遊公演に参加しないかと誘いを受けた。ある晩、二人組の男たちにノーサップは薬漬けにされ、昏睡したまま奴隷商に売られることとなった。彼は自分は北部の自由黒人だと主張するが、材木商のウィリアム・フォードに購入される。

処女作1作を残して文壇を去った幻の作家と、秘めた文学の才能を持つ少年との出会い……。感動を呼んだショーン・コネリー主演作。監督は『グッド・ウィル・ハンティング 旅立ち』のガス・ヴァン・サント。

1959年、バーモントにある全寮制の名門進学校にやって来た新任の英語教師。破天荒な授業を通して、詩の美しさや人生の素晴らしさを説く教師に惹かれていった生徒たちは、彼がかつて学生だった頃に作っていた“死せる詩人の会”という同好会を自分たちの手で復活させる。ドラマの背景となる、初秋から冬にかけてのニューイングランド地方の風景も美しい。

英国王である父の死後、王位を継承したハル。自由気ままな王子が、宮廷の問題や戦争、混乱の時代を経験しながら、国王としてたくましく成長していく姿を描く。

The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along the way, Wilberforce meets intense opposition, but his minister urges him to see the cause through.

イギリスの女性小説家バージニア・ウルフの「ダロウェイ夫人」をモチーフに、3つの時代、3つの場所で暮らす女性たちの1日を繊細に描いた人間ドラマ。1923年、ロンドン郊外。作家ヴァージニア・ウルフは病気療養のためこの地に移り住み、『ダロウェイ夫人』を執筆していた。午後にはティー・パーティが控えている…。1951年、ロサンジェルス。『ダロウェイ夫人』を愛読する妊娠中の主婦ローラ・ブラウンは、夫の望む理想の妻を演じることに疲れながらも、夫の誕生パーティを開くためケーキを作り始める…。2001年、ニューヨーク。『ダロウェイ夫人』と同じ名前の編集者クラリッサ・ヴォーンは、親しい友人でエイズ患者の作家リチャードが栄えある賞を受賞したことを祝うパーティの準備に取りかかっていた…。

The documentary is titled after Arkadaş Z. Özger’s poem “Hello My Dear” which had caused much controversy in the period it was first published. Considered to be in defiance of heteronormativity, the said poem includes references to the poet’s personality, his family, his relationship to the society, and his “unexpected” death, which came three years after its publication. Today, 50 years after it was written, the documentary follows these same lines in the poem utilising cinematic elements. The documentary also rediscovers the poetics; reaches out to the family, the comrades, the friendships, departing from the official historical accounts, cognizant of his experience of otherness, in pursuit of the “lost” portrait of Arkadaş Z. Özger.

It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.

A biopic of 19th-century poet Giacomo Leopardi, who created immortal verses while struggling with a debilitating illness and isolation.

The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal with the same rebels that he built up because they have seized too much power that now threatens British sugar interests.

The struggle of Victor Schœlcher for the abolition of slavery in the French colonies.

An American poet living in Berlin hopes to win a prestigious grant while dealing with her former relationships, a rival poet, and her own penchant for stealing things.

Reading out loud one poem of Andrés Eloy Blanco, titled “Pleito de amar y querer” (Battle between loving and caring).

A man that is a stranger, is an incredibly easy man to hate. However, walking in a stranger’s shoes, even for a short while, can transform a perceived adversary into an ally. Power is found in coming to know our neighbor’s hearts. For in the darkness of ignorance, enemies are made and wars are waged, but in the light of understanding, family extends beyond blood lines and legacies of hatred crumble.

Images and poems of the celebrated couple Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet. Elsa’s youth as recalled by Aragon, with commentary by Elsa.

Documentary about Charles Olson, exploring his life and the significance of Gloucester, Massachusetts.

The rise and fall of the most distinguished Polish-Gypsy poetess Bronislawa Wajs, widely known as Papusza, and her relationship with her discoverer, writer Jerzy Ficowski.

Rise, fall and execution of John Brown, fanatic abolitionist.

Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is a weak and ineffective king - wasteful in his spending habits, unwise in his choise of chansellors, and detached from his country and its people. When he seizes the land of his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, both the commoners and the barons decide that their king has gone too far...