2013 Movies : Biography

With Alice Winocour • Vincent Lindon • Soko

In Belle Epoque Paris, 19-year-old kitchen maid Augustine suffers an inexplicable seizure that leaves her partially paralyzed and is shipped off to an all-female psychiatric hospital specializing in the then-fashionable ailment of 'hysteria'. Augustine captures the attention of renowned neurologist Dr. Charcot (Vincent Lindon) after she has another attack that appears to give her intense physical pleasure. Intrigued, he begins using her as his principal subject, hypnotizing her in front of his fellow doctors. As Augustine displays her spectacular fits in lecture halls, the lines between doctor and patient become blurred, radically impacting the course of both of their lives.

With Shannon Elizabeth • Ed O'Ross • Billy Zane • Annabella Sciorra • Nick Agiashvili

Van Vlahakis left Greece five decades ago with only $22 dollars in his pocket and headed for the U.S. hoping for a better future for his family. Eftichios (as is his Greek name), not only managed to live the American dream, but also created one of the largest environmentally safe concepts – Earth Friendly Products, now a US giant in eco-friendly products. His story covers his life as it transforms from immigrant to CEO of Earth Friendly Products. The story centers on the modern day Vlahakis who is diagnosed with cancer and given only few months to live. As he reflects on his early life as an immigrant during the 1950’s, he decides to push himself to the limit by closing one final business deal that will solidify his company’s success even if it means taking on one of the largest corporations on the planet.

With Janet McTeer • Margarethe von Trotta • Axel Milberg • Ulrich Noethen • Barbara Sukowa • Julia Jentsch • Michael Degen

A biopic of influential German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt. Arendt’s reporting on the 1961 trial of ex-Nazi Adolf Eichmann in The New Yorker—controversial both for her portrayal of Eichmann and the Jewish councils—introduced her now-famous concept of the “Banality of Evil.”

With Amanda Seyfried • Adam Brody • Juno Temple • Sharon Stone • Bobby Cannavale • Robert Patrick • Debi Mazar • Sarah Jessica Parker • Wes Bentley • Peter Sarsgaard • Hank Azaria • Eric Roberts • Cory Hardrict • Chris Noth • Chloë Sevigny • Rob Epstein • Jeffrey Friedman • Laura Rister • Jim Young • Heidi Jo Markel • Merritt Johnson

Story follows Linda Boreman’s rise to fame as iconic porn star Linda Lovelace, and her subsequent transformation into feminist, anti-pornography supporter Linda Marchiano.

With Ashton Kutcher • James Woods • Dermot Mulroney • Josh Gad • J.K. Simmons • Matthew Modine • Lukas Haas • Lesley Ann Warren • Ron Eldard • Mark Hulme • Russell Carpenter • John Getz • Joshua Michael Stern • Matt Whiteley • David Traub • Marcos Rodriguez

Titled jOBS, the biopic stars Ashton Kutcher as the iconic Silicon Valley visionary, and will shed new light on Steve Jobs' most defining and personal moments, motivations, and the people that drove him. The film covers Jobs from his early years as an impressionable youth and wayward hippie, through his initial successes and infamous ousting, to his storybook return and ultimate triumphs as a man who set out to change the world and did just that.

With Forest Whitaker • Alex Pettyfer • Cuba Gooding Jr. • James Marsden • Robin Williams • Alan Rickman • John Cusack • Terrence Howard • Minka Kelly • Colman Domingo • David Oyelowo • Liev Schreiber • Cassian Elwes • Pamela Oas Williams • Oprah Winfrey • Jesse Williams • Melissa Leo • Lenny Kravitz • Laura Ziskin • Danny Strong • Jane Fonda • Lee Daniels • Hilary Shor • Wil Haygood • Nelsan Ellis • Buddy Patrick

The Butler is inspired by Wil Haygood’s Washington Post article about an African-American man who served as a butler (Forest Whitaker) to eight Presidents in the White House for over thirty years. From this unique vantage point, The Butler traces the dramatic changes that swept American society, from the civil rights movement to Vietnam and beyond, and how those changes affected this man’s life and family.

With Steve Brown • Jessie Deeter

Each year, 60,000 people from around the globe gather in a dusty windswept Nevada desert to build a temporary city, collaborating on large-scale art and partying for a week before burning a giant effigy in a ritual frenzy. Rooted in principles of self-expression, self-reliance and community effort, Burning Man has grown famous for stirring ordinary people to shed their nine-to-five existence and act on their dreams. Spark takes us behind the curtain with Burning Man organizers and participants, revealing a year of unprecedented challenges and growth. When ideals of a new world based on freedom and inclusion collide with realities of the "default world," we wonder which dreams can survive.

With Tony Leung • Zhang Ziyi • Chang Chen • Wong Kar-wai • Jacky Pang • Michael J. Werner

The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.

With Penny Lane

Throughout Richard Nixon’s presidency, three of his top White House aides obsessively documented their experiences with Super 8 home movie cameras. Young, idealistic and dedicated, they had no idea that a few years later they’d all be in prison. This unique and personal visual record, created by H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and Dwight Chapin, was seized by the FBI during the Watergate investigation, then filed away and forgotten for almost 40 years. OUR NIXON is an all-archival documentary presenting those home movies for the first time, along with other rare footage, creating an intimate and complex portrait of the Nixon presidency as never seen before.