
Paul Auster
Writer · 1947 – 2024 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Paul Benjamin Auster was an American author known for works blending absurdism, existentialism, crime fiction and the search for identity and personal meaning in works such as The New York Trilogy (1987), Moon Palace (1989), The Music of Chance (1990), The Book of Illusions (2002) and The Brooklyn Follies (2005).
Movies13
Movie5.3DocumentaryA portrait of casting director Bonnie Timmermann.
Bonnie
2022 · 4 votes
Movie6.5DramaTwo men face the consequences of gambling after playing with men beyond their league.
The Music of Chance
1993 · 30 votes
MovieDocumentaryThe amazing adventures of forgotten American novelist and Paris Review founder, Harold Louis "Doc" Humes. His story is crammed full of ideas, about utopia, marijuana, literature, protest, paranoia and mental illness.
Doc
2008
Movie4.5DramaRomanceA writer awakens one day to find a strange but beautiful woman in bed with him. He quickly falls in love with her, thinking he has found his muse, but as time passes she becomes more and more unattainable.
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
2007 · 18 votes
Movie6.0DocumentaryTV MovieA look at the world of US writer Paul Auster, on the occasion of the publication of his new novel, an exploration of human identity and the soul of New York, the city that Auster has portrayed as no one else has ever done.
Movie5.8DocumentaryAn hour-long documentary designed to celebrate the spirit of the independent filmmaker from D.W. Griffith to Quentin Tarantino. Interview footage and film clips are blended together to form a chronological approach to the subject matter.
Edge of Outside
2006 · 4 votes
Movie6.3DocumentarySabine Lidl presents Siri Hustvedt’s journey from her first novel to being a leading voice in contemporary literature – a film about feminist perspectives, Hustvedt’s soulmate Paul Auster, and the power of thought.
Siri Hustvedt – Dance Around the Self
2026 · 2 votes
Movie7.7DocumentaryA biographical study of legendary actress Charlotte Rampling, told through her own conversations with artist friends and collaborators, including Peter Lindbergh, Paul Auster, and Juergen Teller. Intercut with footage from some of Rampling's most famous films, this "self-portrait through others" is a revealing look at one of our most iconic screen stars.
Charlotte Rampling: The Look
2011 · 6 votes
MovieDocumentaryExplores the history and mystery of Migraine, and its remarkable place in the human condition. Migraine is a devastating but fascinating neurological condition with a compelling story to tell. Alice in Wonderland, Thomas Jefferson, Sigmund Freud, and Joan Didion all figure into its colorful history.
Out of My Head
2017
MovieDocumentaryThe film chronicles 2 years in the life of Amos Oz as he meets readers in Israel and around the world, working to promote the Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
Movie7.2Documentary"The Fall" depicts certain scenes in New York City between October 1967 and March 1968, shot by the independent filmmaker, Peter Whitehead. It is a very personal documentary, and Whitehead appears in a large number of scenes, and we hear his lengthy ruminations on the state of the United States and the war in Vietnam.
The Fall
1969 · 5 votes
- Movie10.0Documentary
A documentary film tracing the collaboration between One Ring Zero, the Brooklyn house-band for McSweeney's Publishing, and an ensemble cast of award-winning authors, each of whom contributed original lyrics. Author Myla Goldberg torments guest singer Syd Straw with tongue twisting, five star vocabulary words. Paul Auster riffs on the ills of Cincinatti and the Iraq war. The film's title, in fact, comes from the inspired dialogue of a talking cockroach.
As Smart As They Are: The Author Project
2005 · 1 votes
Movie4.1DocumentaryA Canadian documentary feature film that investigates the effects of being struck by lightning.
Act of God
2009 · 4 votes
Series1
TV8.5Talk ShowApostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.
Apostrophes
1975 · 4 votes