In 1974, Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on the quixotic project of adapting Frank Herbert's influential novel Dune (1969) for the big screen. After investing two years, and millions of dollars, the gigantic project ended in failure; but the artists Jodorowsky brought together to carry it out continued to work together, and ended up laying the foundations for modern science fiction cinema.

Making-of documentary about Lino Brocka's 1975 film "Manila in the Claws of Light," featuring interv...

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

In 1928, as the talkies threw the film industry and film language into turmoil, Chaplin decided that...
Pianist Richard Glazier offers a unique view of Broadway and Hollywood music using fascinating inter...

Documentary about filmmakers of the New German Cinema who were members of the legendary Filmverlag f...

Celebrating the splendor and grandeur of the great cinemas of the United States, built when movies w...

Hawaii, May 1977. After the success of Star Wars, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg meet to find a n...
An in-depth look at the highly successful TV series, including a study of the philosophical approach...

Six elderly retired women, two from Buenos Aires, Argentina; two from Montevideo, Uruguay; and two f...

How are the sex scenes filmed? What tricks are used to fake the desire? How do the interpreters prep...
Documentary about the history of Philippine cinema.

A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a t...

The glorious and tragic story of American athlete and actor Johnny Weissmuller (1904-84), Olympic sw...

In the early nineties, before the massive gentrification of many of New York's then slums, several y...

The story of the making and subsequent success of The Day of the Beast, the Spanish cult film direct...

The city of Madrid as it appears in the Spanish films of the 1950s. A small tribute to all those who...

Documentary about the legendary American film director from his introduction to the film industry in...

A remarkable new epic documentary spotlighting the pop culture milestones of 1982 including notable ...