Filmmaking Movies

Panning shot of a room while a group of people discusses film while eating at a table.

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

Two struggling friends chase dreams, battling rejections and unforeseen challenges in their artistic careers, reflecting the under-appreciated life...

A young screenwriter and a wanna-be director find a backer for their latest movie project... a mafioso who expects his no-talent son to get the...

An ambitious young filmmaker rushes to get her first film finished on schedule, or else face breaching her contract and being sued.

In 1978, two South Korean filmmakers--Director Shin Sang-ok and his star actress and ex-wife, Choi Eun-hee--were abducted and smuggled into North...

An overview of the history of Great Britain's Amicus Films, which was a rival of Hammer Studios in the horror field. Included are interviews with...

Randi, a freelance filmmaker from Bandung, feeling uneasy and lonely at the new year's eve. To express his uneasiness, he connects with Gista, his...

A short documentary on Jerome Kern and the making of Till the Clouds Roll By.

An appreciation of Stagecoach, with director and Ford biographer Peter Bogdanovich.

Jorge Prelorán was one of the most prolific documentary filmmakers from Argentina. This documentary presents an interview which focuses on his...

The special effects in The Play House (1921) are discussed.

Handbook of Movie Theaters’ History is a documentary about the history, the development in the present days and the future of movie theaters in...

Canadian actor and filmmaker Connor Jessup (Closet Monster, Falling Skies) profiles Apichatpong Weerasethakul, a maverick of Thai cinema who...

A documentary showing Norman McLaren working on the hand-drawn sound process he uses for his short film, Loops.

Documentary about Stanley Kramer, included on the 40th anniversary edition of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

Nearly half a century ago, Carmen Ignarra arrived to Mexico after leaving behind her Cuban homeland, in the hopes of becoming the greatest Caribbean...