Poetry Movies

Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.

A Thousand Years of Joy charts poet/activist Robert Bly's journey from Midwestern farm boy to global troubadour, bestselling author of Iron John and...

Set in the Taisho era, Hana no ran is a story about fashionable people without impulse control. Much of the action centers on a popular woman writer,...

Kang Sai, a reserved and talented artist, has long seen his cheerful friend Xiao Xi as his muse. After college, he journeys to the serene Arxan...

Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek...

The second "visual album" (a collection of short films) by Beyoncé, this time around she takes a piercing look at racial issues and feminist...

Alone, driven by hope, a blind painter wanders through the shards and shivers of the past in search of hopeless certainty.

A quiet killer is looking for a room. The real state agent, shy and expressionless, guides him through Tokyo, towards the ruins the decadent economy...

Voices in Wartime is a 2004 documentary that explores the human experience of war through poetry. Combining interviews with soldiers, journalists,...

This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' performance space to national cultural institution.

Animation inspired by the poem “The Infinite” by Giacomo Leopardi.

About Swedish artist, painter, sculptor and set designer Sven "X-et" Erixson, presented with Lars Johan Werle's music and accompanied by readings...

All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.

Two teenage pseudo-intellectual hipsters spend the day driving around their hometown in search of culture and adventure

Through dramatization and interviews with her colleagues, this film captures the life and work of famed Puerto Rican poet Mercedes Negrón...

A documentary about the life and work of poet and visual artist Moacy Cirne.

Four Montrealers search for their path within their failing metropolis, mirroring the deterioration of their deepest ambitions. A cinepoetic journey...

A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.

A biography of the poet W. B. Yeats and his contribution to the Irish independence movement as a Protestant nationalist.

Released on April 11, 1920. Directed & produced by Burton Holmes.