Movies: Filmmaking

Behind-the-scenes tidbits of "The Legend of the Stardust Brothers"....

Discover the unrealised visions and passion projects of revered British filmmaker Michael Powell, in this fascinating documentary featuring Oscar-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker....

A bombed city under martial law and powers on the verge of a new war gives home to deceit and uncertainty in 1948 Vienna. The city, divided among the allied powers, is also hosting the filming of The Third Man. Its star, American actor Orson Welles, ...

Documentary film about the making of Arttu Haglund's feature film Gone....

John H. Whitney Sr. explains the graphic art potential of the computer and the methods and philosophy involved in his computer filmmaking. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012....

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

"From the Notebook of..." was shot in Florence and takes as its point of departure Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks and Paul Valéry's essay on da Vinci's process. These two elements suggest an implicit comparison between the treatment of space in Renais...

A coming-of-age documentary that follows a group of young filmmakers as they make their first feature film, Scuba....

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Dinosaurs Vs. Apes: DINOSAUR MOVIES and HOLLYWOOD GOES APE! have been hailed as the definitive documentaries on the prehistoric and anthropoid creatures that have appeared on the silver screen. Filled with rare movie clips, behind-the-scenes footage ...

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Akira Kurosawa: The Epic and the Intimate is a French documentary film that consists primarily of interviews with Kurosawa’s European collaborators from the time of the making of Ran, with footage from the film interspersed between the talking heads....

Two scientists uncover the secrets of time travel, but will their love for one another destroy existence itself....

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

Documentary about the making of Buster Keaton's silent comedy classic, Sherlock Jr. (1924)....

Two-part documentary about French director Jacques Tati chronicles the evolution of the filmmaker's alter ego, Monsieur Hulot, through archival interviews, on-set footage, photos, and film clips....

The 60s was the birth and ascension of the French New Wave. Characterised as an avant-garde film movement and created by directors like Godard and Varda, it give birth to iconic actors such as Bardot and Belmondo....