In Manhattan's Central Park, a film crew directed by William Greaves is shooting a screen test with various pairs of actors. It's a confrontation between a couple: he demands to know what's wrong, she challenges his sexual orientation. Cameras shoot the exchange, and another camera records Greaves and his crew. Sometimes we watch the crew discussing this scene, its language, and the process of making a movie. Is there such a thing as natural language? Are all things related to sex? The camera records distractions - a woman rides horseback past them; a garrulous homeless vet who sleeps in the park chats them up. What's the nature of making a movie?

Documentary about the making of the Spierig Brothers' 2014 film PREDESTINATION that is based on Robe...

Interviews and archival footage weave together to tell the story of the Master of Suspense, one of t...
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...

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

A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides a...

To fly a – way from/out of death, don’t hire a taxidermist but take a ride in this taxidrome! Serie...

This non-narrative short film examines one of the great American icons: the Louisville Slugger baseb...

Sprout. In the vacant lots against the hammering of buildings always under construction, between wa...

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...