Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates films, revealing the organization's underhanded efforts to control culture. Dick questions whether certain studios get preferential treatment and exposes the discrepancies in how the MPAA views sex and violence.

Documentary about the making of the Spierig Brothers' 2014 film PREDESTINATION that is based on Robe...
Documentary about the making of Chaplin (1992).
Short documentary exploring the fame and talent of Charlie Chaplin.

This visual essay by John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the...

Hawaii, May 1977. After the success of Star Wars, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg meet to find a n...

Documentary about the making of Buster Keaton's silent comedy classic, Sherlock Jr. (1924).
Documentary about Buster Keaton's The 'High Sign' (1921) and Keaton's developing style.
Short documentary on the making of Buster Keaton's One Week.
Documentary about the development of Buster Keaton's The Haunted House (1921).
The special effects in The Play House (1921) are discussed.
The actors in My Wife's Relations (1922) are discussed in this documentary.
A short documentary on Buster Keaton's The Frozen North (1922), regarding how the events of Fatty Ar...
Documentary on Day Dreams (1922), a Buster Keaton silent comedy.
This visual essay by John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the...

A strippers' convention and a major contest. The movie focuses on a few strippers, each with her own...

A cheerful road movie all about Belgian films at Cannes over the past 70 years. Filmmakers from the ...

Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely ...

French documentarist Sonia Kronlund follows actor and director Salim Shaheen, an Afghan movie star w...

A mother embarks on a journey of acceptance and joy while supporting her child's gender transition i...
In the summer of ’83 a camera crew visited Valkhn Films, an editing house where Style Wars was being...