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.
"El campo para el hombre" was a politically militant documentary about the small holdings of land in...
Otakar Vávra walks through Prague in front of the camera and with the camera, and remembers those wh...

The evolution of the zombie from its roots in Haitian voodoo to its coveted role as the world's most...

Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1919, when the Republic of ...

A portrait of the Spanish-German actor Daniel Brühl, a versatile performer capable of moving easily ...

A look at the life and work of the iconic US actor Charlton Heston (1923-2008); the embodiment of ma...

The story of the rise to stardom of Joaquin Phoenix, an actor of magnetic physique, tumultuous past,...

In 1948 Pablo Picasso met the hairdresser Eugenio Arias. Both were linked by the fate of emigration....

In 1956, actress and Hollywood star Grace Kelly (1929-82), then at the height of her film career, un...

A portrait of the mythical Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni (1924-96), a unique performer who was ...

Antonio Gracia José (1942-2011), known as “Pierrot,” was a prominent member of the Barcelona art sce...

A journey into the mind of French actor and director Jean-Pierre Mocky (1929-2019), author of films ...

The story of the tortuous struggle against the silence of the victims of the dictatorship imposed by...

Born in Campo de Criptana, a small village in the Spanish region of La Mancha, Sara Montiel (1928-20...

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

Television documentary about the making of Jacques Demy's 1964 film "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg".
A documentary about American film director Budd Boetticher
Personal experiences of Northwest Ohio residents during the January 1978 blizzard that disrupted dai...

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...