They are the first and the last, those who imagine stories and give voice to the characters who live them. However, they never speak. But now, they emerge from the shadows of a poorly lit room and tell their secrets, their tricks, their influences; they tell their own story, that of those who face the blank page, the absolute nothingness; that of those who are the true authors, those who create and destroy entire universes. They are the screenwriters.

In Manhattan's Central Park, a film crew directed by William Greaves is shooting a screen test with ...

An exploration of the appeal of horror films, with interviews of many legendary directors in the gen...

Documentary about the making of the 1962 cult film "Carnival of Souls".

A funny walk through the life story of Billy Wilder (1906-2002), a cinematic genius; a portrait of a...

From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga is a 1983 television documentary special that originall...

An intimate portrait and saga of four film pioneers--Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack who rose from immig...

Friends, family, co-stars and admirers of actor Steve McQueen talk about his life and his movie care...

Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men a...

The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and grip...

A documentary about the production of From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) and the people who made it.

The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent...

Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino in conversation about The Irishman.

A peculiar homage to the things that go wrong, this film is purportedly about rugby. The self-explan...

The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adven...

Documentary about the making of director Steven Spielberg's film Empire of the Sun

A documentary that uncovers the careers of a population of entertainers never heard from before: Bla...

BBC documentary about the rise of the New German Cinema and several of its most important figures.

Documentary about the making of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 film "Straw Dogs."
In this new program, actors Beverly D'Angelo, Don Dacus, Ellen Foley, Annie Golden, John Savage, and...