Merton: A Film Biography

In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social criticism. For nearly 27 years he was a monk of the austere Trappist order, where he became an eloquent spiritual writer and mystic as well as an anti-war advocate and witness to peace. Merton: A Film Biography provides the first comprehensive look at this remarkable 20th century religious philosopher who wrote, in addition to his immensely popular autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain, over 60 books on some of the most pressing social issues of o...

Josefine Mutzenbacher - Manche mögen's heiß

Count Bobby should finally leave his lottery life and get married. The noble family needs a progenitor. But the count does not like this at all, and without further ado he pretends to be the "wrong way around". The horrified and shocked family then sends him to a very special kind of cure, to the city-famous Viennese whore Josephine Mutzenbacher. Count Bobby is thrilled, here he is in paradise...

Middle of the Moment

Filmmakers Nicolaus Humbert and Werner Penzel examine the nature of nomadic existence in this documentary, from the literal nomads of North Africa to the more metaphorical kind of wanderer, such as American poet and ex-pat Robert Lax. Humbert and Penzel focus especially on the nomad's paradoxical ability to fully inhabit every moment while remaining coolly detached from specific locales and anxious thoughts about the past or future.