Before Cinema Novo revolutionized the Brazilian cinematic scenery, a young craftsman and Bahian filmmaker had already paved the way for the beginning of the journey for some of the biggest and most popular films of Brazilian history. The documentary tells fragments of the story of director Roberto Pires, through snippets of his life and a journey through his body of work, interspersing archival footage, scenes of his films and an interview with his son, also a filmmaker, Petrus Pires, followed by a poetic narration and an original soundtrack inspired by his film Abrigo Nuclear.

From her precocious status as a sex symbol to her consecration as a filmmaker, Jodie Foster's story ...

Cinecitta is today known as the center of the Italian film industry. But there is a dark past. The f...

In 1996, Damon Hill claimed the Formula 1 world championship—defying the odds and overcoming familia...

A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words...

A two parts making of documentary, following José Augusto Silva and his film crew during the shootin...

Brad Pitt is a singular actor in Hollywood's glamorous world, breaking through his "playboy image" a...

Forty years after the release of Claude Lanzmann’s monumental film Shoah, Guillaume Ribot reveals th...

With this two-part feature documentary, Shlomi Elkabetz shares a poignant love letter to his sister,...

Charlotte Gainsbourg looks at her mother Jane Birkin in a way she never did, overcoming a sense of r...

The extraordinary life of playwright, singer, actor, composer, and director Noël Coward, who rose fr...

Just after midnight on 10 March 1945, the US launched an air-based attack on eastern Tokyo; continui...

In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starri...

During the Vietnam War, the US bombed Laos more heavily than any other country had been bombed befor...

The Irreversible Odyssey is a retrospective documentary featuring interviews with Gaspar Noé, actors...

Making of documentary from the Ultra HD Blu-ray edition of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer releas...

Born in 1932, Keiko Kishi has been one of the first Japanese actresses known worldwide. Her decision...

Luis Bunuel, the father of cinematic Surrealism, made his film debut with 'Un Chien Andalou' in 1929...

Told through performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and unpub...

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having...

In this poetic portrayal of Luigi Ghirri (1943–1992), a master of contemporary photography, the dire...