• Shakespeare in Love: A beautifully realized tribute to the rush of imagination as one of the great creative forces in the universe.
  • Finding Neverland: This story of how James Barre came to write Peter Pan is a convincing and tender depiction of the ties between imagination, play, and creativity.
  • Topsy-Turvy: The artistic friendship between William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan reveals the ups and downs of the creative process.
  • Dream of Light: A Spanish artist gives us a glimpse into the mysteries of art and the creative process.
  • Before Night Falls: A gay Cuban novelist and poet discovers that freedom is the air writers must breathe in order to fully express their souls.
  • Artemisia: The first woman in Europe to be recognized as a painter finds sanctuary in her imagination.
  • Camille Claudel: A gifted sculptor and self-reliant woman discovers the difficulties of giving expression to her imagination in a man's world.
  • Haunted Summer: The interactions of two poets and their companions reveal the dangers and a few of the pleasures of living in the ivory tower world of art.
  • Quills: A subversive artist thrives on chaos as the soil for his creativity.
  • The Belle of Amherst: Emily Dickinson, one of America's greatest women poets, is the subject of an enchanting portrait.
  • American Splendor: A Cleveland V.A. hospital clerk dares to follow his bliss and ends up as a popular comic book writer with his own little cadre of antiheroes.
  • Valentin: A tender and heart-warming Argentinian film revolves around an imaginative boy who wants to have a real family.
  • The Horse's Mouth: A wonderfully colorful screen rendition of Joyce Cary's 1944 novel focuses on an eccentric artist.
  • The Purple Rose of Cairo: An involving, imaginative, and entertaining work teems with acerbic insights into the interplay between movies and life.

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