Filmmaking Movies

Discussion of the making of the film Summer Stock (1950).

A short documentary about the making of Abbas Kiarostami's 'Shirin'.

Charismatic and resourceful, seducer and daredevil, Jean-Paul Belmondo has always played his roles as he lived, at a thousand miles an hour. He...

History of Dutch women working behind the scenes of moviemaking.

The film chronicles filmmaker Joel DeMott, significant other/film partner Jeff Kreines and filmmaker Mark Rance as they head to Michigan to make a...

A brief look at the history of "Homicide: Life on the Street", one of the best shows on television and its ratings history as well as some of the...

A documentary about filmmaker Marguerite Duras.

A documentary about the making of Joe Cash's last directorial feature film Carnal Redemption, showcasing the behind the scenes, the preproduction...

Documentary about Buster Keaton's The 'High Sign' (1921) and Keaton's developing style.

Based on a true story, this is a subtle tale of re-affirmation of the identity of the artist following the Armenian Diaspora. It is an encounter with...

Spain, 1960. French student Monique Roumette lives in Madrid on a scholarship. Thanks to a friend who works in the production company Uninci, she has...

The story of the shooting of Satan's Blood (Escalofrío), a film directed by Carlos Puerto in 1978.

A documentary film about cult director José María Zabalza. How he made pictures with very little money and was granted little...

Short documentary exploring the fame and talent of Charlie Chaplin.

Orson Welles pitches to potential investors his vision of a largely improvised bullfighter movie about an existential, James Dean type troubadour who...

This visual essay by John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, reveals the locations...

The Uno Killer is a 2023 short film about a mysterious man who goes around carrying UNO cards for fun and after committing each horrendous crime he...

Interview with filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich about Red River and the two versions of the film.

On the slope of Sengokuhara, a film crew is getting ready to shoot a major scene of a samurai movie.