The epic and poetic tale of the early years of Italian cinema, from 1896 to 1930: how peplum was born, how the first stars shone, how many daring filmmakers were able to create an original style amalgamating literature, theater, painting and opera; a tale of splendor and decadence.

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

Deep Throat, a pornographic film directed by Gerard Damiano, a film-loving hairdresser, and starring...

The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.

A new documentary film revisits the golden age of kung fu stuntmen and action directors in Hong Kong...

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the ra...

The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding o...

Who invented time, who invented the clock? Why 1 hour, why 60 minutes, why 60 seconds? Since prehist...

Why did she die? The Supreme Court first sentenced her to death, but then commuted her sentence to l...

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

The history of the comic book superhero, Superman, in his various media incarnations.

Richthofen goes off to war like thousands of other men. As fighter pilots, they become cult heroes f...

The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppress...

The history of Frankenstein's journey from novel to stage to screen to icon.

In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber barely managed to convince legendary actor Robert...

E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Steven Spielberg's endearing movie released in 1982, achieved the tripl...

The Death of 'Superman Lives': What Happened? feature film documents the process of development of t...

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the e...

An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about t...

A comprehensive and fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the restoration process of restoring 3-str...

Documentary about filmmakers of the New German Cinema who were members of the legendary Filmverlag f...