Gong

A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.

Runtime

2h 19m

Director

James L. Brooks

Cast

Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear

In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, accepts. After the unique beginning to their love affair, the well-connected and volatile artist assimilates Dyer into his circle of eccentric friends, as Dyer's struggle with addiction s...

Runtime

1h 32m

Director

John Maybury

Cast

Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton

About the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca.

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

Paul Morrison

Cast

Javier Beltrán, Robert Pattinson, Matthew McNulty

Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac's meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs in 1997. Three actors provide dramatic interpretations of the work of these three writers, and the film chronicles their friendships, their arrival into American consciousness, their travels,...

Runtime

1h 28m

Cast

Johnny Depp, Dennis Hopper, John Turturro

Released in 1999, The Devil's Picturebook is a stunning collection of card material that was years ahead of its time. The card magic that Derren performs and teaches offers a rare glimpse into how he thinks about his magic, and how he constructs routines. Then, as now, the audience's emotions are always Derren's primary focus. Over th...

Runtime

2h 46m

Cast

Derren Brown, Peter Clifford