Burden of Dreams

What makes European cinema so special? Find out in Paul Joyce’s feature-length documentary, Pictures of Europe, which examines the differences...

A television documentary on the life and career of British film director David Lean. Scenes of Lean directing are intercut with personal interviews...

A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued...

This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

This documentary captures the sounds and images of a nearly forgotten era in film history when African American filmmakers and studios created...

In 1987, a small film distributor from Frankfurt/Main brings the film "Dirty Dancing" to West German cinemas against all negative odds. The film...

An account of the life and work of Spanish actress Penélope Cruz: a long journey that began in the working-class neighborhoods of Madrid and...

Austrian actress Romy Schneider (1938) and French actor Alain Delon (1935), once fervent lovers in the early sixties, maintained a close friendship...

The video revolution of the 1970s offered unprecedented access to the moving image for artists and performers. This Is Not a Dream explores the...

Narrated by Academy Award winners Sissy Spacek and Herbie Hancock, River of Gold is the disturbing account of a clandestine journey into Peru's...

A gentle portrait of the mythical Spanish actor Arturo Fernández (1929-2019) in the hour of his passing, in his own words, through his latest...

This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German...