Biography
Where can you meet famous inventors, notorious criminals, great dictators, selfless heroes, charismatic eccentrics and all manner of real life fascinating folk? Right here in Alice's Biography section.
Pictured: Kerry Fox is a knock-out playing celebrated kiwi author Janet Frame in Jane Campion's luminous 'An Angel At My Table', based on Frame's autobiographical trilogy.
Buster (1988)
5.8/10
Director: David Green
Starring: Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb
On August 8, 1963, the Royal Mail train, on its nighttime run from London to Glasgow, was robbed by 15 men who got away with 2.6 million pounds. It b... Read more
C S Lewis Through the Shadowlands ( aka Shadowlands ) (1985)
Director: Norman Stone
Starring: Joss Ackland, Claire Bloom, David Waller
Aka "Shadowlands". A real-life incident involving two major literary figures was dramatized for British television in 1985 under the title 'Shadowland... Read more
Cadillac Records (2008)
7/10
Director: Darnell Martin
Starring: Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Gabrielle Union, Columbus Short, Cedric The Entert...
The compelling true story of the Chicago record label that brought the world such legendary artists as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter and C... Read more
Calamity Jane (1984)
6.6/10
Director: James Goldstone
Starring: Jane Alexander, Frederic Forrest, Talia Balsam, David Hemmings
This made-for-TV film focuses on the personal life of an American legend, rather than the legend itself. Even in her own lifetime Calamity was more my... Read more
Callas Forever (2002)
6.6/10
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Starring: Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Joan Plowright
It took director Franco Zeffirelli a quarter of a century to figure out how best to pay homage on screen to his longtime friend and colleague, opera l... Read more
Camille Claudel 1915 (2013)
6.5/10
Director: Bruno Dumont
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Jean-Luc Vincent, Emmanuel Kauffman, Marion Keller, Robert Ler...
In "Camille Claudel 1915", Juliette Binoche gives a mesmerizing performance as Auguste Rodin's protégé (and later mistress), and sister of the Christi... Read more
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
7.2/10
Director: Marielle Heller
Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E Grant, Dolly Wells, Jane Curtin, Ben Falcone
Celebrity biographer Lee Israel makes her living profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilg... Read more
Candyman - The David Klein Story (2010)
Director: Costa Botes
Starring: Robert Klein
The story of the rise and fall of David Klein, the man who invented Jelly Belly jelly beans. Read more
Capone (2020)
4.7/10
Director: Josh Trank
Starring: Tom Hardy, Linda Cardellini, Matt Dillon
The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent past. Read more
Capone (1975)
5.7/10
Director: Steve Carver
Starring: Ben Gazzara, Harry Guardino, John Cassavetes, Susan Blakely, Sylvester Stallone
Ben Gazzara stars as Al Capone in the story of the rise and fall of the infamous Chicago gangster and the control he held over the city during the pro... Read more