Chuck Amuck: The Movie

Chuck Amuck: The Movie is a 1991 documentary film about Chuck Jones' career with Warner Bros., centered on his work with Looney Tunes; narrated by Dick Vosburgh.

1991-10-23 | en

A Pretty British Affair

Detailed interview with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger looking back at their long career as influential British film-makers and their unusual partnership. Includes clips from many of their films.

1981-08-14 | en

The Invisible Half: Luis García Berlanga's The Executioner

Documentary about Spanish director Luis García Berlanga's "The Executioner" (1963)

2012-02-25 | es

'In a Lonely Place' Revisited

Documentary about Nicholas Ray's film "In a Lonely Place" (1950).

2003-03-18 | en

The Creative Person: Satyajit Ray

In 1967, Canadian documentarian James Beveridge traveled to Kolkata to film director Satyajit Ray at work. The resulting program, produced for the American public television series “The Creative Person,” features interviews with Ray, several of his actors and crew members, and film critic Chidananda Das Gupta.

1967-01-01 | en

The Making of Europa

Documentary about the making of Lars von Trier's 1991 film.

1991-12-31 | en

In the Realm of the Senses: Recalling the Film

Documentary about the making of Nagisa Oshima's 1976 film.

2003-01-01 | fr

100 Years of the UFA

The intricate history of UFA, a film production company founded in 1917 that has survived the Weimar Republic, the Nazi regime, the Adenauer era and the many and tumultuous events of contemporary Germany, and has always been the epicenter of the German film industry.

2017-08-28 | de

Jasper Mall

A year in the life of a dying shopping mall.

2020-01-24 | en

The Five Obstructions

In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starring a man and women sitting in a box while a narrator poses questions about their relationship and humanity. Years later, Danish director Lars von Trier made a deal with Leth to remake his film five times, each under a different set of circumstances and with von Trier's strictly prescribed rules. As Leth completes each challenge, von Trier creates increasingly further elaborate stipulations.

2003-11-07 | da

Showbiz Goes to War

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the American public through bond sales, morale-boosting USO tours, patriotic war dramas and escapist film fare. Comedian David Steinberg plays host for this star-studded, 90-minute documentary, which looks at the way Tinseltown helped the United States' war effort.

1982-12-31 | en

The Decline of the Century: Testament L.Z.

An epic documentary of rise and fall of Ustasha regime in Croatia.

1994-02-13 | hr

Artur

2011-05-10 | pt

At the Drive-In

Unable to purchase a $50,000 digital projector, a group of film fanatics in rural Pennsylvania fight to keep a dying drive-in theater alive by screening only vintage 35mm film prints and working entirely for free.

2017-10-24 | en

The Costume Designer

This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The costume designer must design clothing that is correct for the film historically and geographically, and must be appropriate for the mood of the individual scene. We see famed costume designer Edith Head at work on a production. The Costume Designer was part of The Industry Film Project, a twelve-part series produced by the film studios and the Academy. Each series episode was produced to inform the public on a specific facet of the motion picture industry. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

1950-07-13 | en

The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun

Documentary about the making of director Steven Spielberg's film Empire of the Sun

1987-12-30 | en

Enfant Terrible: A Conversation with Patty McCormack

A conversation with Patty McCormack.

2004-01-01 | en

Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story

Exploring the rise and fall of the groundbreaking animated series ​Ren & Stimpy​ and its controversial creator, John Kricfalusi, through archival footage, show artwork and interviews with the artists, actors and executives behind the show.

2020-01-28 | en

Be Water

In 1971, after being rejected by Hollywood, Bruce Lee returned to his parents’ homeland of Hong Kong to complete four iconic films. Charting his struggles between two worlds, this portrait explores questions of identity and representation through the use of rare archival footage, interviews with loved ones and Bruce’s own writings.

2020-01-25 | en

The Reason I Jump

Based on the book by Naoki Higashida, filmmaker Jerry Rothwell examines the lives of five non-speaking, autistic youngsters.

2020-01-23 | en