More than anyone in the cynical film industry, legendary artist Robert Redford embodies the United States' brightest side: perseverance, independence, idealism, and integrity. A champion of active environmentalism and the right to openly criticize any institutional abuse, he has put his artistic work at the service of his political commitments, whether as an actor, director, producer, or founder of the Sundance Festival, a formidable forum for his struggles since 1985.
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas follows his friend, film director Martin Scorsese, and his cast and crew, thro...
An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist...
The portrait of a woman who remembers. Sheila tells the story of Sheila, without concessions or evas...
An account of the life of the Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653), the first female ar...
The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert (194...
Profile of Jean Gabin, the great French actor of 100 films, who died in 1976 at the age of 73. Here ...
His unforgettable scores are an essential part of some of the most beloved movies of our time, over ...
The story of the life, loves and work of US writer Patricia Highsmith (1921-95), told through her un...
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of F...
An all-access tour behind the scenes at France’s premiere film school, La Fémis. Showing us how succ...
An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most promi...
Marco Paolini interviews Mario Rigoni Stern about—among other things—his well-known experience as a ...
Who gets the idea to write “Nine unfinished symphonies” - one of them perhaps the shortest Symphony...
An in-depth exploration of supervillains across comic book history, this French documentary zooms in...
During production on the film "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou", documentary filmmakers followed ...
The script of "Back to the Future" was one of the most refused of Hollywood: more than forty times. ...
The lives of Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), on the screen and behind the curt...
This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journ...