"In Thatcher's Britain of the late '80s, closeted secondary school gym teacher Jean walked a fine line between nights clubbing with out partner Viv and days spent living a lie in order to preserve her career. When new student Lois faces harassment for her sexuality, Jean finds herself forced to take a stand"--

Set in 1760 France, Marianne arrives at an isolated seaside estate to secretly paint the wedding portrait of H��lo��se, a young woman who has recently left the convent and is about to enter a chattel marriage.

An operatic portrait of Ludwig II, the 19th century mad king of Bavaria. Tormented by his unrequited love for his cousin, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, coupled with his obsession for the music of Wagner, Ludwig retreats into a fantasy world. He builds fairytale castles and ultimately loses his already-fragile grip on his sanity.

Explores the history of oil and its role in society, surveying such topics as peak production and the environmental dangers of oil fields.

Brokaw chronicles the turbulent year of war, assassinations, and cultural upheaval.

Takes a behind-the-scenes look at Bill Clinton's team of strategists during the 1992 presidential campaign.

Kinsey is a portrait of a man driven to uncover the most private secrets of the nation, and journey into the mystery of human behavior. His 1948 book Sexual Behavior in the Human Male irrevocably changed American culture and created a media sensation.

Based on a true story, a young girl and her father risk their own lives to launch their lifeboat, the Louisa, during the worst storm in living memory to save the lives of strangers.

(Nobody's fool) In this affectionate story of small town life in upstate New York, Sully, a fitfully employed 60-year-old construction worker, is a cheerful curmudgeon who has made a lifetime of bad decisions. He unexpectedly has a chance to make some of them right when his estranged son and grandson drop back into his life. (Fat man & little boy) A dramatization of the development of the atomic bomb by the Manhattan Project, during World War II,...

A dramatization of the real-life conflict between television newsman Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy when Murrow and the dedicated CBS newsstaff were determined to expose the scare tactics perpetrated by McCarthy during his communist witch-hunts.