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An enchanting making-of story told through all-new in-depth interviews and cast conversations, inviting fans on a magical first-person journey...

Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the...

The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.

From the earliest versions of the script to the blockbuster debuts, explore the creation of the Star Wars Trilogy.

Music is an integral part of most films, adding emotion and nuance while often remaining invisible to audiences. Matt Schrader shines a spotlight on...

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

The Death of 'Superman Lives': What Happened? feature film documents the process of development of the ill fated "Superman Lives" movie, that was to...

The definitive documentary on the history of nudity in feature films from the early silent days to the present, studying the changes in morality that...

The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott's Alien - rooted in Greek and Egyptian mythologies, underground comics, the art of Francis Bacon, and the...

A subjective documentary that explores various theories about hidden meanings in Stanley Kubrick's classic film The Shining. Five very different...

Filmmaker Lawrence Shapiro discusses voice-over acting with the talented people behind the characters.

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...

A documentary concerning the violent Italian 'poliziotteschi' cinematic movement of the 1970s which, at first glance, seem to be rip-offs of American...

The history of the comic book superhero, Superman, in his various media incarnations.

A documentary on the last remaining Blockbuster Video in Bend, Oregon.

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

A look at the making of the film Troll 2 (1990) and its journey from being crowned the "worst film of all time" to a cherished cult classic.

Fulton and Pepe's 2000 documentary captures Terry Gilliam's attempt to get The Man Who Killed Don Quixote off the ground. Back injuries, freakish...

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

Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula over the years.

As told through clips from 183 female directors, this epic history of the cinema focuses on women’s integral role in the development of film...

Web series about film history, movies and filmmaking.

Five programmes that trace a remarkable decade in British film-making through interviews with its stars and directors.

An eight-part series on the history of French cinema from the postwar era to New Wave and beyond. Unearths the stories behind the films’...

Shashi Kapoor presents a history of the Hindi film industry from its roots in 1913 to the 1980s, illustrated with clips and interviews.

Colm Meaney presents a celebration of Roddy Doyle's trilogy about Dublin family the Rabbittes and the film adaptations of the books, The Commitments,...

Movie expert Elwy Yost interviews industry people on both sides of the camera, encouraging them to talk about themselves, the state of their art, and...

Hosted by Ian Nathan, this series features the cinematic stories of the Cold War era: propaganda, nuclear fear, a change in the US society; the spy...