The Affairs of Martha (1942)

Largely considered to be the greatest American author, Mark Twain is celebrated in this exhaustive documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns.

A amateur writer who seems to have nothing to live for, finds himself as the only hope of three people.

Insulted when his screenwriter wife writes a leading role for a younger man, aging Broadway idol Fitz Wynn disguises himself as a handsome young Italian.

한때 작가를 꿈꾸던 고등학교 문학 교사 제르망과 갤러리를 운영하는 그의 아내 쟝. 평범한 일상을 보내던 그들에게 클로드란 학생의 작문 과제가 눈에 들어온다. 친구 라파의 가족 이야기를 써낸 클로드의 작문에서 묘한 매력과 재능을 발견한 제르망. 클로드의 작문은 제르망과 쟝에게 다시금 활력과 열정을 불러일으킨다. 하지만 점점 도를 지나치는 클로드의 행동과 이를 부추기는 제르망의 호기심은 걷잡을 수 없는 방향으로 치닫는데…

Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby. Neither the dalliance nor the cowboy fit with the upper class image projected by her esteemed father, forcing her to choose.

Tomboy, Frances 'Frankie' Addams, dreams of running away with her brother and new fiancée away from the Deep South.

A struggling writer steals poems written by his mute friend to achieve fame and fortune.

A wealthy couple's marriage is falling apart due to the man's infidelity. The wife's male friend has long loved her and sees his big opportunity.

On November 25th 1970, a man committed ritual suicide inside the Tokyo headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Defence, leaving behind a legacy of masterpieces and a controversy that echoes to this day. The man was Yukio Mishima, one of Japan's greatest and most celebrated novelists. With four members of his own private army - the Tatenokai - Mishima had taken the commandant hostage and called upon the assembled military outside the Ministry to overthrow their society and restore the powers of the Emperor. When the soldiers mocked and jeered Mishima, he cut short his speech and withdrew to the commandant's office where he committed seppuku - the samurai warrior's death - tearing open his belly with a ceremonial knife before being beheaded by one of his colleagues. What was Mishima truly trying to express through his actions? And what did he witness during his final moments?

Lovelife is a 1997 romantic comedy film written and directed by Jon Harmon Feldman. The ensemble cast includes Matt Letscher, Sherilyn Fenn, Saffron Burrows, Carla Gugino, Bruce Davison, Jon Tenney and Peter Krause. Lovelife was nominated for a Feature Film Award at the 1997 Austin Film Festival, and won an Audience Award at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival. The film was winner of the screenplay award at the L.A. Indie fest.

더 나은 삶을 찾아 해외로 떠난 세네갈 여성은 차별과 소외에 시달리며 프랑스 남부의 한 가정에서 가정부로 일하게 된다.

Monsieur Feydeau has writer's block, and he needs a new play. But he takes an opportunity to observe the upper class of 1900 Paris - Monsieur Boniface with a domineering wife, and the next-door neglectful husband Henri with a beautiful but ignored wife Marcelle. Henri traces architectural anomalies (most ghost sounds are drains), and plans a night at the Hotel Paradiso; but this hotel is the assignation spot of Marcelle and Boniface. One wife, two husbands, a nephew, and the perky Boniface maid, all at this 'by the hour' hotel, and consummation of the affair is, to say the least, severely compromised (not the least by a police raid). All of this under Feydeau's eye, and his play is the 'success fou' of the next season.

In 1941, prostitute Mamie Stover (Jane Russell) has no choice but to flee San Francisco when the police turn on her and want her out of town. Figuring Hawaii would be a great place to begin anew, Stover books a trip aboard a Honolulu-bound boat, where she happens to meet writer Jim Blair (Richard Egan), who is quite taken with the former streetwalker. However, when the ship reaches Hawaii, Stover soon falls back into her old ways and begins working at a nightclub, much to Blair's dismay.

Society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest find is a handsome tramp who shows up at her doorstep and ends up in a chauffeur's uniform. He also catches the eye of Geraldine.

Ivón, a chorus girl, and Hugo, a failed writer, arrive at a seaside hotel on a stormy night, along with Carlos, Hugo's 19-year-old son. When they decide to lean over the cliffs of the coast to observe the wild dance of the turbulent waves down below, an unexpected event tragically happens.

1928년 뉴욕. 마조리 키난 롤링스(메리 스틴버겐)는 출판사로부터 자신의 소설 출판을 거절당한다. 그 일이 있은 후 롤링스는 남편에게 플로리다 주에 위치한 크로스 크리크라는 곳에 있는 작은 오렌지 농장을 구입했으니 함께 들어가서 살자고 하지만 이마저 거절당한다. 결국 혼자서 자동차를 몰고 그곳까지 가다가 농장 인근에서 차가 고장 난다. 인근에 사는 노턴 바스킨(피터 코요테)는 그녀에게 호감을 느끼고 자신의 차로 그녀를 오렌지 농장에 있는 황량한 오두막집까지 태워다 준다. 다 쓰러져가는 오두막과 온통 먼지투성이인 집안 살림에 롤링스는 당황하지만 흑인 여인 ‘기치’가 오두막을 불쑥 찾아와 적은 급료라도 좋으니 가정부로 일하게 해달라고 하면서 점차 크리스 크로스에서의 생활에 익숙해져 간다. 그리고 인근에 산다는 마쉬 터너(립 톤)가 딸 엘리(다나 힐), 그리고 엘리가 키우는 새끼 사슴 ‘플랙’과 함께 롤링스를 찾아오면서 이웃들과의 교류도 시작된다. 하지만 농장 운영은 생각보다 어려웠고 이웃들과의 교류도 생각처럼 쉽지만은 않다. 롤링스는 새로운 소설을 쓰면서 인근 주민들을 고용해서 농장에 물을 댈 관개 수로를 새로 정비하며 농장에는 활력이 찾아온다. 어느 날 롤링스가 엘리의 14번째 생일을 맞아 마쉬의 집을 찾아간다. 그런데 엘리가 키우던 플랙이 우리를 탈출해서 한바탕 소동을 일으킨다. 마쉬는 평소에도 플랙을 곱게 보지 않았는데 가족들이 키우는 야채를 뜯어먹고 엘리의 생일 케이크까지 망쳐버리자 결국은 총으로 쏴 죽인다. 엘리와 가족들의 원망어린 눈빛에 밀조한 술에 잔뜩 취한 마쉬는 마을로 내려가서 주정을 부리다 보안관의 추적을 받는데... (EBS)

A wealthy writer who has had terrible experiences with money-hungry girlfriends & ex-wives pretends to be a broke, washed-up novelist to see if the woman he loves wants him for himself or just for his money.

The young nobleman Calisto falls in love with Melibea, the daughter of a rich merchant. Calisto's servant Sempronio suggests they get the sorceress Celestina to further the romance. However Calisto's other servant Parmeno is suspicious of Celestina, as he knows about her tricks.

Based upon Paul Gallico's delicate novel, Patrick Garland's Golden Globe winning The Snow Goose is a stark and hauntingly beautiful drama set amongst the striking scenery of the Essex salt marshes during the early years of WWII. A bearded Richard Harris leads the modest cast with his sensitive portrayal of tormented soul Philip Rhayader, a lonely misshapen man shunned by society but with a great love of life; Harris isnt overly bitter of his treatment and expresses his compassion through his paintings and love of the waterfowl that surround him. Harris is ably supported by the waiflike Jenny Agutter as Frith, who radiates the requisite amount of youthful innocence and naivety, and won a best supporting actress Emmy Award for her performance.

18년 전 비엔나행 기차에서 우연히 만나고 9년 전 파리에서 재회한 제시와 셀린느. 이제 40대에 접어든 셀린느와 제시는 따사로운 석양빛이 인상적인 그리스 남부의 아름다운 도시 펠로폰네소스에 머물고 있다. 유명 작가의 반열에 오른 제시가 이곳의 레지던시에 초청받으며 가족들을 함께 데려온 것. 신화와 비극을 안고 있는 유적들을 배경으로 그들은 음식을 나눠먹거나 한가로이 산책하고, 또 사랑에 관한 의견들을 나눈다. 다시 열차에서 봐도 말을 걸어오겠냐는 그녀의 질문에 당연하지라고 대답하는 제시. 바로 지금, 이들의 아직 끝나지 않은 사랑이라는 여행이 시작되는데...