Filmmaking Movies

This historical and critical look at slasher films, which includes dozens of clips, begins with Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Prom Night. The...

Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selon Hitchcock”),...

Since its release in 1968, Planet of the Apes, the masterful film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Charlton Heston, and its subsequent...

After spending three years in an asylum, a washed-up actor views a minor assignment from his old director in Rome as a chance for personal and...

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

On location in Portugal, a film crew runs out of film while making their own version of Roger Corman's The Day the World Ended (1956). The producer...

Retrospective documentary about the making of the horror cult classic "The Return of the Living Dead."

Lars von Trier challenges his mentor, filmmaker Jørgen Leth, to remake Leth’s 1967 short film The Perfect Human five times, each with a...

Tony has recently been released from a sentence for violent behaviour. He promises to improve his ways and is finally granted a few hours alone with...

Animator. Storyman. Troublemaker. At 80 years old, see how Disney Legend Floyd Norman, the first African-American animator at Disney, continues to...

A rag-tag group of young film lovers gets a once in a lifetime opportunity to make their own movies to be screened for a powerful director. However,...

Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive film of all time.

Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her...

A pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives, in the manner of the ground-breaking...

This biography, shown on American television as part of the PBS "Great Performances" series, examines the life works of one of Hollywood's most...

A look at legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki following his retirement in 2013.

Tetsuo is a lowlife. A film director with a small indie hit many years back, yet he has never gotten any further as he refuses to go against his...

More than just a baseball movie, Academy Award®-nominated "Field of Dreams" is an enduring story of family, resilience and hope. This documentary...

Narrated by historian, critic and filmmaker Elvis Mitchell, this documentary reflects the development of the iconic filmmaker's signature style,...

The story of one of the great environmental disasters to befall the United States, and the terrible movie that helped bring the catastrophe to light.