Examines the early 1980s Hong Kong filmmaking community. Tony Rayns interviews some of the new generation of filmmakers and figures from the wider film culture.
The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.
The history of the peplum genre, known as sword-and-sandal cinema, set in Antiquity, from the silent...
A documentary on the dark and brutal side of the Samurai warrior clans featuring the life of peasant...
Hitler's invasion of Russia was one of the landmark events of World War II. This documentary reveals...
Music is an integral part of most films, adding emotion and nuance while often remaining invisible t...
The mavericks who pioneered the modern pit stop made it a raceday staple that takes less than two se...
He was the most prolific within the New Portuguese Cinema generation. He would try western spaghetti...
An artist's sculpture is burnt down, a protester is charged with a criminal case, and a democracy mo...
A detailed history of documentary filmmaking in the US and the UK from 1929 to 1945. The first part...
The history of Frankenstein's journey from novel to stage to screen to icon.
New Model Army have been one of the biggest underground music artists for over quarter of a century....
Chez Schwartz takes us inside a year in the life of Schwartz's Deli - the unique 75-year-old landmar...
French film and WWII historian Sylvie Lindeperg analyzes Alain Resnais's seminal 1956 film, "Night a...
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of F...
Doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and ...
The life and times of Leilani Muir, the first person to file a lawsuit against the Alberta provincia...
Spanish actress Charo López finds it hard to talk about herself; but she only needs to start reminis...
The life and work of stage designer ADOLPHE APPIA, originator of the most profound agitations in con...