Upon the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in July 1936, the anarchist union CNT socialized the film industry in Spain, so in Madrid and Barcelona film workers took over the production assets and, between 1936 and 1938, numerous films on a wide variety of topics were released, composing a varied mosaic that gives rise to one of the most unusual and original moments of Spanish cinematography.
Otakar Vávra walks through Prague in front of the camera and with the camera, and remembers those wh...

Madrid, Spain, 1949. The Circo Americano arrives in the city. While the big top is pitched in a vaca...

Documentary about the life and work of film director Preston Sturges.

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extrem...

Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achie...
"El campo para el hombre" was a politically militant documentary about the small holdings of land in...

When looking at Pedro Almodóvar’s filmography, it becomes evident that women are everywhere; in fact...

A showcase of German chancellor and Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler at the 1934 Nuremberg Rally.

A Swedish short film taking us inside Värmdö church for the Christmas holiday.

London, England, May 2000. The peaceful life of elderly Joan Stanley is suddenly disrupted when she ...

David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he ...

An experimental documentary about dead turtles, crab swarms, decaying tennis courts, and microscopic...

Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downt...

A comprehensive 12-part documentary on the making of "Spider-Man 2," covering everything from pre-pr...

An interview with French film director Eric Rohmer.

Documentary about the making of the film first presented on the British television series "The South...

The greatness, fall and renaissance of Hammer, the flagship company of British popular cinema, mainl...

Television documentary about the making of Jacques Tati's 1958 film "Mon oncle".

Television documentary about the making of Roman Polanski's 1979 film "Tess."