Poetry Reading Movies

  • 2020
    My Salinger Year

    My Salinger Year

    My Salinger Year

    6.32020HD

    A college grad takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive writer J.D. Salinger.

    My Salinger Year
  • 2001
    Elling

    Elling

    Elling

    7.1652001HD

    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....

    Elling
  • 2018
    The Kindergarten Teacher

    The Kindergarten Teacher

    The Kindergarten Teacher

    6.62018HD

    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...

    The Kindergarten Teacher
  • 2016
    Though You May Not Know

    Though You May Not Know

    Though You May Not Know

    72016HD

    An account of the life and work of the Spanish poet Luis García Montero; a journey through his experiences, his mentors, his influences and...

    Though You May Not Know
  • 2012
    The Broken Tower

    The Broken Tower

    The Broken Tower

    5.12012HD

    Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.

    The Broken Tower
  • 2008
    Bukowski: The Last Straw

    Bukowski: The Last Straw

    Bukowski: The Last Straw

    22008HD

    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,...

    Bukowski: The Last Straw
  • 1966
    Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen

    7.21966HD

    A 1964 documentary portrait of Cohen in his pre-musician days as a poet and stand-up comedian.

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen
  • 1966
    Wealth of a Nation

    Wealth of a Nation

    Wealth of a Nation

    01966HD

    This film explores freedom of speech in the United States of America

    Wealth of a Nation
  • 2015
    Wake Up, Leviathan

    Wake Up, Leviathan

    Wake Up, Leviathan

    62015HD

    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...

    Wake Up, Leviathan
  • 1970
    De sangue e cristais

    De sangue e cristais

    De sangue e cristais

    01970HD

    De sangue e cristais
  • 2018
    Treno di parole, viaggio nella poesia di Raffaello Baldini

    Treno di parole, viaggio nella poesia di Raffaello Baldini

    Treno di parole, viaggio nella poesia di Raffaello Baldini

    02018HD

    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...

    Treno di parole, viaggio nella poesia di Raffaello Baldini
  • 1981
    Poets Against the Bomb

    Poets Against the Bomb

    Poets Against the Bomb

    01981HD

    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.

    Poets Against the Bomb
  • 2015
    Francisco Massiani

    Francisco Massiani

    Francisco Massiani

    02015HD

    This documentary is a chronicle of the journey through the most important sites of the life of venezuelan writer Francisco Massiani who reveals the...

    Francisco Massiani
  • 2015
    Bruno K. Öijer

    Bruno K. Öijer

    Bruno K. Öijer

    02015HD

    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...

    Bruno K. Öijer
  • 2016
    Sono Guido e non Guido

    Sono Guido e non Guido

    Sono Guido e non Guido

    52016HD

    Sono Guido e non Guido