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Join legendary director Martin Scorsese, and acting icons Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino going behind the scenes of their universally...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Martin Scorsese

Martin Scali, who was Wes Anderson's assistant on "Fantastic Mr. Fox", shot this short documentary in Newport, Rhode Island, during the filming of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Martin Scali

Film critic J. Hoberman discusses the best-selling 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler on which "Fail-Safe" is based, along with the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: J. Hoberman

In this interview, conducted in spring 2021, scholar Nick Rees-Roberts traces the influence of La Piscine on the worlds of film and fashion in the...

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Cast: Nick Rees-Roberts

Filmed in Los Angeles in August 2017, director Donna Deitch, cinematographer Robert Elswit and production designer Jeannine Oppewall discuss their...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Donna Deitch

A new documentary by Daniel Raim and Eugene Suen on the making of "Flowers of Shanghai," featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Mark...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Hou Hsiao-hsien

A collection of excerpted on-screen interviews with fifteen of the Apollo astronauts.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Charlie Duke

CHE was the first feature to use the Red camera, which Soderbergh embraced for its versatility and image quality. This short 2009 documentary looks...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Steven Soderbergh

Time Travelers, a new documentary by Daniel Raim featuring interviews with John Bengtson and film historian Marc Wanamaker, reveals newly discovered...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Buster Keaton

Program about the making of the film, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with actors Reika Kirishima, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masaki...

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Cast: Reika Kirishima

A new documentary on director Nobuo Nakagawa and the making of the film, Jigoku. Featuring exclusive interview with Nakagawa collaborators.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Yōichi Numata

DESERT HEARTS depended on the connection between its two lead actors, Patricia Charbonneau and Helen Shaver, and on their trust in director Donna...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Donna Deitch

This documentary traces the "physical history" of Fritz Lang’s M, from its production and original distribution to the digital restoration used...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Peter Lorre

Introductory piece to Alexander Payne's student film "The Passion of Martin" included on the Criterion Collection release of Election (1999).

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alexander Payne

Radio producer Harry Alan Towers discusses his work with Orson Welles.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Simon Callow

Actor Tom Gaman (Simon) narrates some 8mm movies shot during the film's three-month production and shares memories of working on the movie during his...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tom Gaman

This visual essay sets clips from Robert Bresson's "A Man Escaped" to a reading of "Functions of Film Sound," a chapter from David Bordwell and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dan Stewart

Documentary and interview with Japanese film critic and scholar Tadao Sato about Yasujiro Ozu film The Only Son.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tadao Sato

Orson Welles Biographer Simon Callow discusses the making of "Mr. Arkadin" (aka "Confidential Report.")

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Simon Callow

Documentary about the technical achievements of the 1940 film classic The Thief of Bagdad.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ray Harryhausen