We live with films every day, and it seems nothing easier than answering the question: what is a film? Obviously, a film is, first and foremost, a document, a testimony of the world that surrounds us. The rich expressional possibilities of film are based on the imperfection of the human eye, its sluggishness, so thanks to the stroboscopic effect we can animate a still image. Film is therefore a kinetic image, or a moving image. It can make the invisible visible, bring the distant closer, enlarge the small, speed up the slow, slow down the fast, and return the end to the beginning. The technological basis of film: light, film tape, camera, projector, film screen. Expressive possibilities of film: scientific, documentary, communicative, artistic. Basic film genres: differences among films.
Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and...
A documentary about Australian animation pioneer Eric Porter’s work on the iconic Aeroplane Jelly an...
The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott's Alien - rooted in Greek and Egyptian mythologies, unde...
The history of Frankenstein's journey from novel to stage to screen to icon.
An enchanting making-of story told through all-new in-depth interviews and cast conversations, invit...
Documentary detailing the extensive number of shots long lost from constant film re-cutting of 1925'...
A film pioneer, Binka Zhelyazkova was at the forefront of political cinema under Bulgaria's Communis...
The life and career of legendary Hollywood glamour portrait photographer George Hurrell is profiled ...
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The most comprehensive retrospective of the '80s action film genre ever made.
A detailed history of documentary filmmaking in the US and the UK from 1929 to 1945. The first part...
Fulton and Pepe's 2000 documentary captures Terry Gilliam's attempt to get The Man Who Killed Don Qu...
A feature that not only celebrates the 1986 classic "Flight of the Navigator", but also looks at the...
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The history of the comic book superhero, Superman, in his various media incarnations.
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As Hong Kong's foremost filmmaker, Johnnie To himself becomes the protagonist of this painstaking do...
The birth date of film can be established: December 28, 1895. The place where it happened is also kn...
Retrospective of the life and movie work of British actor James Mason. The documentary presents inte...
A documentary on the creation of the popular Charlie Chan detective character as well as the history...