In 1818, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, a powerful and timelessness novel which eternal theme is nothing other than man's quest for the secret of life. Since then, the Creature became a pop culture icon, overshadowing the novel and Doctor Frankenstein himself.

Musings on life and literature in this student drama made by the Cambridge Film Unit.

A personal meditation on Rumble Fish, the legendary film directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1983; t...

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

The daily life of Petra, Virginie, and Estelle, three stuntwomen, from the dangerous film sets, wher...

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell...

The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teac...

In 19th-century Quebec, Claire, a kitchen hand for a group of fishermen, dreams of learning the men'...

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show ...

In Spain, on May 11, 1896, at the Price circus, the first moving images ever shown in the country ar...

Hawaii, May 1977. After the success of Star Wars, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg meet to find a n...

In the summer of 1975, the young director Steven Spielberg set new standards for cinema worldwide wi...

In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts h...

An account of the life and work of controversial German orchestra conductor Herbert von Karajan (190...

An in-depth portrait of British composer, pianist and singer Elton John, pop star and myth of modern...

Mary Shelley created a monster in 1818, and writers, actors and filmmakers haven't been able to get ...

When professor Lippzigger dies, his favorite student Mark inherits the key to his secret laboratory....
Documentary with a treasure trove of rare footage and vintage trailers, offering a rich and unusual ...