Film History Movies

Documentary exploring the thirty-seven years of preparatory work that director Carl Th. Dreyer did for "Jesus of Nazareth" – a film that was never pro...

Early short film.

A portrait of Per Åhlin, who has been called the father of Swedish animation.

A biography and tribute to one of Japan's most prolific composers.

Part one starts with an overview of the prehistory of moving images in the 19th Century: Zoetrope, Phenakistiscope, Chronophotagraphy etc. until the i...

Feature-length documentary on the making of HOT DOG... THE MOVIE.

In this visual essay John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, provides a tour of where...

An oral history exploring the development of film projection and cinema in Kingston-on-Thames - from resident innovator Eadweard Muybridge through the...

Writer Adam Rockoff provides a basic overview of the slasher movie genre.

The story of how the original Godzilla went from idea to script to screen.