Filmmaking Filmes

Blending the animation of Chuck Jones’ original drawings, traditional documentary elements, and one of Jones’ most intimate interviews...

Negev Desert, Israel, 1987. Bashir Abu Rabi'a works as a pyrotechnics and special effects assistant on the film Rambo III, starring Sylvester...

Young artist Kyoko wreaks havoc on everyone that she encounters when Japan's oldest major movie studio asks a batch of venerable filmmakers to revive...

In 1981, iconic Turkish film director escapes jail to France, his last work re-creating with other exiles the prison lives they left behind.

In the early nineties, before the massive gentrification of many of New York's then slums, several young people from very disparate backgrounds left...

Right at the heart of the debates on the discrimination of women in the film industry, this documentary raises questions, while offering a voice to...

Interview with critic Molly Haskell about Hawks and Red River

An English-German filmmaking couple retreat to Fårö for the summer to each write screenplays for their upcoming films in an act of...

Filmmaker Kailee McGee’s world turns sideways with a late-stage breast cancer diagnosis. She’s in the middle of treatment but just...

The summer of 1960 was a critical moment in the history of film, when the fly-on-the-wall documentary was born. The Camera that Changed the World...

An overview of the history of Great Britain's Amicus Films, which was a rival of Hammer Studios in the horror field. Included are interviews with...

Australian-born filmmaker George Miller offers a personal view of Australian films. He suggests that they can be regarded as visual music, public...

A series of auditions is taking place in a museum-like living room. Various men improvise or deliver prepared lines, rehearse gestures and slogans,...

A devout Mormon living in L.A. becomes a pornographic actor after his martial arts moves impress a big-time director.

When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.

"The Art of the Animator" series examines the creative thoughts and processes behind the meticulous work of several animators; this part examines the...

One-man armies, meet-cutes, casual strolls away from huge explosions — stars and industry insiders toast and roast these cinematic chestnuts...

A history of movie magic from 1895 to 1995, showing primitive effects used in such films as "A Trip to the Moon" up to the state of the art effects...

Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with...

The arrival of a beautiful new stranger in town prompts two boys to spend their summer holidays enticing the young woman to act in a short-film....