In 1936, the sound film had already been around for a decade. Nevertheless, Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) made another silent film, "Modern Times", which only used sound effects as a dramaturgical device. Speaking is reserved for the apparatus alone. The film became a monument in the history of cinema for this very reason.
This cinematic portrait shows the Austrian filmmaker Ulrich Seidl at work. The much-discussed ‘Seidl...
Reflects a depressing and hopeless reality by following some of the members of "la dieciocho", the s...
Offbeat documentarian Chris Smith provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the pe...
Raj Kapoor, the film maker and actor became a legend in his lifetime. Head of one of the last great ...
A brand new feature-length documentary featuring new interviews with the cast and crew of Anna and t...
Filmed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Tate Britain, London, the exhibition reveals Sarge...
An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about t...
In 1971, after being rejected by Hollywood, Bruce Lee returned to his parents’ homeland of Hong Kong...
Single mother Anna and her four children live in the front-line war zone of Donbas, Ukraine. While t...
Film historians, a costumer, and three of the actors relate what it was like to work with John Wayne...
An appreciation of Stagecoach, with director and Ford biographer Peter Bogdanovich.
Retrospective documentary on the making of the 70's women-in-prison exploitation cult favorites "The...
After the 1999 premiere of the first Matrix movie, it became a pop culture phenomenon. A special doc...
The biography of former Beatle, John Lennon—narrated by Lennon himself—with extensive material from ...
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Stev...
Cinecitta is today known as the center of the Italian film industry. But there is a dark past. The f...
Cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus relive the creation, rise and fall of their independent film ...
Follow in the footsteps of burlesque actor Pierre Richard, a key figure in French cinema in the 1970...
Gene Kelly is a legend of the heyday of the Hollywood musical. His name stands for masterpieces such...