Movies: Filmmaking

A directors autobiography about his debut during the rise of socialism....

Short documentary exploring the fame and talent of Charlie Chaplin....

Retrospective documentary on the making of the 70's women-in-prison exploitation cult favorites "The Big Doll House" and "The Big Bird Cage"....

The story of how the classic epic "Ben-Hur" was made....

With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to establish a cultural identity through cinema and to share it with the world. This engaging documentary looks at the movement's legacy....

Makhmalbaf puts an advertisement in the papers calling for an open casting for his next movie. However when hundreds of people show up, he decides to make a movie about the casting and the screen tests of the would-be actors....

A look at the making of the classic comedy film....

An in-depth look at the making of John Carpenter's cult classic sci-fi horror The Thing, telling the story of a group of researchers in Antarctica who encounter a parasitic extra-terrestrial life-form that assimilates, then imitates other organisms....

From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films....

Short interview with Judy Garland's daughter Lorna Luft about her mother's career....

Interview with critic Molly Haskell about Hawks and Red River...

This documentary captures the sounds and images of a nearly forgotten era in film history when African American filmmakers and studios created “race movies” exclusively for black audiences. The best of these films attempted to counter the demeaning s...

Two filmmakers who always fail to market their films, try to find a way to success by doing black magic in their film production....

A French documentary on Superman actor Christopher Reeve as told by his French voice dubbing actor, Pierre Arditi....

Andrew, a sound recordist, fuels his obsession with a young actress through nefarious means. When Andrew’s flirtations are turned down by actress Amy, he swiftly takes advantage of his ability to listen in on any conversation in a twisted bid for con...

Academy Award-winning screenwriter Robert Riskin headed up a secret film unit that sought to redefine America in the eyes of the world during the darkest days of World War II. The filmmakers created powerful short documentaries that showed America's ...

A collection of restored prints from the Lumière Brothers....

Indy and Finn are best friends who escape into the forest to create a fantasy film filled with heroes, monsters, and wooden swords. As they immerse themselves in their imaginary world, the real world quietly encroaches, Finn is moving away, and neith...

This documentary covers the life and death of London-based Polygram Filmed Entertainment....

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Peter Fonda host an examination of the history of decency standards for movies from the early 1920s onwards....