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.

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

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

A documentary about film producer Hal Roach.

In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber barely managed to convince legendary actor Robert...

A documentary about Fassbinder and the early years of the legendary Antiteater, the group he was a m...

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

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

A documentary covering 3 decades of Clerks films

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The history of Frankenstein's journey from novel to stage to screen to icon.

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

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

A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious ...

The story of how the original Godzilla went from idea to script to screen.

A new documentary film revisits the golden age of kung fu stuntmen and action directors in Hong Kong...

The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding o...

Composed of numerous archives and film clips, this documentary is the story of a transgressive actor...

A portrait of a man of rare elegance and enigmatic charm, versatile and successful: Jean-Louis Trint...