Leva Filmworks Movies

An overview of the making of, and a look at the continuing popularity of, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.

Short documentary about prohibition and gangsters and how it affected the movies of the day.

An entertaining look at Clint Eastwood's storied career as a Western icon and filmmaker, featuring interviews with Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Kev...

Milan Kundera's rambling novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, though greatly admired, was thought by Hollywood studio executives to be "unfilmable...

A look at the visual design of the film The Shining (1980).

This documentary about "2001: A Space Odyssey" looks at some of the things that seemed fanciful in 1968, which don't seem quite as much anymore.

Documentary about the work of film director Michael Curtiz.

A documentary on the life and career of Victor Fleming, director of such iconic movies as The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind.

The behind-the-scenes story of how "Casablanca" became an American film classic.

Films beget films. Filmmakers influence other filmmakers constantly. But the most influential filmmaker of all time is Alfred Hitchcock.

Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward changed American history through their dogged pursuit of the truth in uncovering the story of Watergate. Starting smal...

A look back on A Clockwork Orange

An unflinching look at the ongoing debate on violence in movies and its effect on the audience.

It was a plot device worthy of any film noir thriller. A shadowy figure, keeper of the secrets to a national crime, reveals snippets of information to...

Few people outside the director's inner circle knew that Alfred Hitchcock's chief collaborator throughout his career was his wife and muse, Alma Revil...

Set to a bebop jazz beat, this documentary brings to life the extraordinary work of graphic designer Saul Bass, whose groundbreaking title sequences f...

Four featurettes focus on Hitch's collaborations: "Saul Bass: Title Champ" (opening credits),"Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies" (costumes),"...

Short documentary on the prison film in the 1930s.

The cry of gulls. The ticking of a clock. The clatter of a shower curtain, torn from its rod. In this workshop-like documentary, Academy Award-winning...

For over five decades, Edith Head's costumes helped define not only the style of Hollywood movies, but fashion itself. This documentary examines this...