USA år 1953. Under regeringens jakt på kommunister blir många manusförfattare och skådespelare svartlistade. Losern Howard Prince gör en deal med ett flertal svartlistade manusförfattare att lämna in deras manuskript som sina egna, mot procent på intäkterna de genererar. Snart är han uppe i smöret, men samtidigt gnager samvetet honom...
New York. Marilyn Monroe har just spelat in den klassiska scen där hennes klänning blåser upp i ett vinddrag. Några kvarter bort sitter Albert Einstein ensam i sitt hotellrum, sömnlös och hemsökt av mardrömsbilder från dagen då bomben föll i Hiroshima. Om dessa två hade träffats denna natt, vad hade de pratat om? ”She’s the Bomb” leker skickligt med tanken på att fyra av femtiotalets främsta ikoner – Monroe, Einstein, baseballstjärnan Joe DiMaggio och senator Joseph McCarthy – sammanstrålade av en slump under en het sommarnatt 1954. Med intelligens och svart humor avslöjar filmen människorna bakom legenderna: den paranoide kommunistjägaren McCarthy konfronteras med pacifisten och socialisten Einstein. DiMaggio sörjer ett äktenskap i upplösning. Och Marilyn Monroe får äntligen sin chans att ge Einstein sin högst personliga tolkning av relativitetsteorin.
The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) caused a great impression on the lives of most of the American artists of that era, so many movies were made in Hollywood about it. The final defeat of the Spanish Republic left an open wound in the hearts of those who sympathized with its cause. The eventful life of screenwriter Alvah Bessie (1904-1985), one of the Hollywood Ten, serves to analyze this sadness, the tragedy of Spain and its consequences.
Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. A series of tragic trials soon befall Salem as fear and suspicion blur the lines of reality.
An inventive remembrance of the impact of the Hollywood blacklist on two American classics, rendered as a visually mesmerizing dialogue between Carl Foreman and Elia Kazan.
"McCarthy" chronicles the rise and fall of Joseph McCarthy, the Wisconsin senator who came to power after a stunning victory in an election no one thought he could win. Once in office, he declared that there was a vast conspiracy threatening America — emanating not from a rival superpower, but from within. Free of restraint or oversight, he conducted a crusade against those he accused of being enemies of the state, a chilling campaign marked by groundless accusations, bullying intimidation, grandiose showmanship and cruel victimization. With lawyer Roy Cohn at his side, he belittled critics, spinning a web of lies and distortions while spreading fear and confusion. After years in the headlines, he was brought down by his own excesses and overreach. But his name lives on linked to the modern-day witch hunt we call “McCarthyism.”
Jimmy McNamara is an ex-writer and WWII vet turned accountant who receives a call from Vivian, his ex-fiance and nightclub singer. Vivian got a Hollywood contract and is taking Jimmy with her. All he has to do is retrieve the negatives of compromising pictures that put her bright future in danger. But Jimmy's mission might not be as simple as it seems.
Documentary by lifelong friend that supports the innocence of Alger Hiss (convicted in January 1950 on two counts of espionage-related perjury)
This film follows the life of Jacob Kainen, a prolific but often overlooked artist of 20th Century America. From his immigrant upbringing to his rebellious artistic journey in NYC, his leftist ideologies and eventual impact on the D.C. art scene, Kainen's story is one of perseverance and passion. Despite facing challenges like McCarthyism and career limitations, he found solace in his art, especially with the support of his second wife, Ruth. His legacy as an artist's artist and influential mentor endures, shaping generations of artists to come.