Poetry Reading Movies
- 2020
My Salinger Year
My Salinger Year6.32020HD
A college grad takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive writer J.D. Salinger.
- 2001
Elling
Elling7.1652001HD
40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies....
- 2018
The Kindergarten Teacher
The Kindergarten Teacher6.62018HD
Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she...
- 2016
Though You May Not Know
Though You May Not Know72016HD
An account of the life and work of the Spanish poet Luis García Montero; a journey through his experiences, his mentors, his influences and...
- 2012
The Broken Tower
The Broken Tower5.12012HD
Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.
- 2008
Bukowski: The Last Straw
Bukowski: The Last Straw22008HD
The Last Straw is a film documenting the very last live poetry reading given by Charles Bukowski at The Sweetwater, a music club in Redondo Beach,...
- 1966
Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen
Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen7.21966HD
A 1964 documentary portrait of Cohen in his pre-musician days as a poet and stand-up comedian.
- 1966
Wealth of a Nation
Wealth of a Nation01966HD
This film explores freedom of speech in the United States of America
- 2015
Wake Up, Leviathan
Wake Up, Leviathan62015HD
T. S. Eliot ends one of his most famous poems, "The Hollow Men", by repeating three times the sentence "This is how the world ends" - and then...
- 1970
De sangue e cristais
De sangue e cristais01970HD
- 2018
Treno di parole, viaggio nella poesia di Raffaello Baldini
Treno di parole, viaggio nella poesia di Raffaello Baldini02018HD
The œuvre of poet Raffaello Baldini (1924-2005) through the words of those who knew him, the poems he himself read, the fragments of his...
- 1981
Poets Against the Bomb
Poets Against the Bomb01981HD
An event organised by CND pits the bomb against poetry. Hear artists who hoped that words and rhymes could put an end to destructive times.
- 2015
Francisco Massiani
Francisco Massiani02015HD
This documentary is a chronicle of the journey through the most important sites of the life of venezuelan writer Francisco Massiani who reveals the...
- 2015
Bruno K. Öijer
Bruno K. Öijer02015HD
Since 1973 Bruno K. Öijer has been on stage performing his own unique pictorial outsider poetry. We meet him during the celebrated sold out tour...
- 2016
Sono Guido e non Guido
Sono Guido e non Guido52016HD