The birth date of film can be established: December 28, 1895. The place where it happened is also known: Paris, Boulevard des Capucines, Grand Caffe. It is also known who did it first: Louis Lumiere. However, the history of film starts in distant, almost unknown times: from drawings of cave people, through reliefs from Egyptian times, to the discovery of photography. Development of film technique: silent film, sound film, color film. Development of film expression: film as a recording of reality, film as an interpretation of reality, film as fiction or new reality. Development of film as an industry.

The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent...

A journey through the life, work and many artistic miracles of the brilliant Spanish filmmaker Luis ...

Using testimonies by pioneers and witnesses of the times, delve into the feverish visual culture the...

They created and performed the iconic action sequences of 007, Indiana Jones, Superman, Rambo, Star ...

A comprehensive and fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the restoration process of restoring 3-str...

Robert Altman's life and career contained multitudes. This father of American independent cinema lef...

The greatness, fall and renaissance of Hammer, the flagship company of British popular cinema, mainl...

E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Steven Spielberg's endearing movie released in 1982, achieved the tripl...

An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about t...

The Death of 'Superman Lives': What Happened? feature film documents the process of development of t...

A tribute to Italian filmmaker Sergio Corbucci (1926-90), presented by American filmmaker Quentin Ta...

A retrospective look at the global impact of Alien, the science fiction and horror masterpiece direc...

A documentary about film producer Hal Roach.

France, 1974. The erotic film Emmanuelle, directed by Just Jaeckin, breaks all records for cinema at...

Deep Throat, a pornographic film directed by Gerard Damiano, a film-loving hairdresser, and starring...

A retrospective documentary about the groundbreaking horror series, Friday the 13th, featuring inter...

The Big Picture uncovers the untold story of a state-of-the-art cinema quietly forgotten in the cent...

The history of the comic book superhero, Superman, in his various media incarnations.