Film History Movies

The most comprehensive retrospective of the '80s action film genre ever made.

This is not a documentary about the making of Midnight Cowboy. It is about a humane and groundbreaking masterpiece and the flawed but gifted people wh...

An intimate documentary delving into Rian Johnson's process as he comes in as a director new to the Star Wars universe.

Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this is the untold history...

An homage to Italian director Sergio Corbucci of the 1960s and contemporary director Quentin Tarantino, recounting a memorable period in Italian cinem...

Before computer graphics, special effects wizardry, and out-of-this world technology, the magic of animation flowed from the pencils of two of the gre...

A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film in...

A documentary covering Firefly's birth, death and rebirth from the perspective of both the fans and the cast and crew of both productions.

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

The series tells the story of the São Paulo International Film Festival, one of the most traditional cultural events in Latin America. For 48 years, t...

A nostalgic journey through ’80s Sci-Fi-films, exploring their impact and relevance today, told by the artist who made them and by those who were insp...

Profile of the producer and former studio head of 20th Century Fox in the 1970s, Alan Ladd Jr.

The Captains' Summit documents the first time in Star Trek history that four stars who at some point have played Captains in Star Trek (William Shatne...

This visual essay by John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, reveals the locations whe...

The life and career of legendary Hollywood glamour portrait photographer George Hurrell is profiled by his contemporaries including other photographer...

A documentary from Universal about the movie "Dracula" (1931) starring Bela Lugosi.

Inspired by the woman who edited "Man with a Movie Camera" (1929),"Woman with an Editing Bench" reveals the personal impact of Stalin’s censorship of...

A discussion between John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones about their film The Meaning of Life

A documentary that explores the power of cult film told through the lens of the Monster Squad and the impact it has on fans, cast and crew and the ind...