Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

One-man armies, meet-cutes, casual strolls away from huge explosions — stars and industry insiders toast and roast these cinematic chestnuts and more.

2021

The Longing of Michael Dudok de Wit

Michael Dudok de Wit was asked by the famous Japanese animation studio Ghibli, to create his first feature length animated film. This would be Ghibli'

2016

Silent Echoes: Seven Chances

In this visual essay John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, provides a tour of where

2011

Silent Echoes

Four visual essays by Silent Echoes author John Bengtson identifying Buster Keaton's shooting locations for his many short films produced between 1920

2011

Sex and Buttered Popcorn

Actor Ned Beatty hosts a look at the genre known as "exploitation" films. Interviews with some of the producers and directors of these films are shown

1989

Strolling Into the Sunset

Documentary about the making of Chaplin (1992).

2008

Chaplin the Hero

Short documentary exploring the fame and talent of Charlie Chaplin.

2008

Toil And Trouble: Making 'Macbeth'

A new documentary on the Criterion Collection edition of Roman Polanski's 1971 adaptation of Macbeth featuring interviews with the director, producer

2014

A. K.

An intimate chronicle of the shooting of Ran (1985), a film directed by the legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.

1985

Polanski Meets Macbeth

A 1971 documentary by Frank Simon featuring rare footage of the film’s cast and crew at work.

1972

A Conversation with the Masters: The Empire Strikes Back 30 Years Later

George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Lawrence Kasdan and John Williams look back at The Empire Strikes Back 30 years later.

2011

All the Colors of Giallo

'Giallo' is Italian for 'yellow', the color of the lurid pulp novels that inspired one of the most intense, extreme and influential genres in movie hi

2019

A Box of Film

A film about filmmaking.

1958

Jak vzniká film

1926

Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'

We hear from Coppola, Spielberg, director of photography Gordon Willis, consulting restoration cinematographer Allen Daviau, film archivist Robert A.

2008

Mickey Reece’s Belle Île

Against a collage of excerpts that span thirty-four films, a filmmaker reflects on the community he has built over more then a decade of low-budget mo

2020

Making The Worst Person in the World

In this new program, director Joachim Trier, actors Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, and Herbert Nordrum, screenwriter Eskil Vogt, and sound desi

2022

The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'

A documentary following Terry Gilliam through the creation of "Twelve Monkeys."

1996

Become Successful and be the Master of the World

Filmed mostly on a Mini DV camera Gavin has thought of a quick way to become successful and be the master of the world but he has to wait for it all t

2023

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates film

2006