Filmmaking Movies

The story of the creation of The Spirit of the Beehive, a film directed by Víctor Erice in 1973.

Short about the talent behind the musical film, Pigskin Parade, featuring Judy Garland in her first feature film.

Through repeated takes and mounting tension, a divided cast and crew on an indie film set slowly learn to work together through conflict and...

The amazing story of stunts, men and women who risk their lives every day on set to get the perfect action scene.

An interview between Volker Schlöndorff and Billy Wilder.

Documentary about the original 1986 film Critters. Features interviews with actors Dee Wallace, Don Opper, Terrence Mann, and Lin Shaye; producer...

Explores the life and death of one of the first onscreen flappers. By the time she appeared in The Flapper, she had completed more than seventeen...

Akerman, Monteiro, Oliveira, Ruiz, Schroeter and Wenders are among the directors he produced: Deux, trois fois Branco is a portrait of Portuguese...

Comprehensive classic piece that looks at the process of creating the movie, told with a strong, well-constructed narrative that plays almost as a...

A biodoc about the first female filmmaker and her relative disappearance from the history of cinema after directing, producing, and writing more than...

Bruce Lee expert John Little tracks down the actual locations of some of Bruce Lee's most iconic action scenes. Many of these sites remain largely...

An in-depth oral history of the production and development history of Robert Altman's "O.C. and Stiggs," featuring commentaries from the film's cast...

This film was broadcast on La Sept in October 1990 as a part of Hélène Mochiri's Cinéma de poche program devoted to Soviet...

This jazzy short was one of two efforts in the very brief "Binko the Bear Cub" series. Completed in 1930 yet never exhibited in theaters. Created by...

Best friends Michael, Steve, Cooly and Richie are seniors at a large Toronto high school. Foremost on their minds and that of many of their...

An in-depth documentary revealing all the secrets behind Marko Mäkilaakso's film THE CREEPS.

Aim (Aimme), a Thai immigrant navigating grief and lost dreams, returns to New York after her mother’s passing and is surprised by the sudden...

Documentary from celebrated Bruce Lee devotee, John Little, tracing the chronology of Lee's four films. Little follows Lee's footsteps from Macau,...

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...

The special effects in The Play House (1921) are discussed.