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2008
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Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad7.00 2008 HD
Documentary about the technical achievements of the 1940 film classic The Thief of Bagdad.
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2013
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Functions of Film Sound
Functions of Film Sound1 2013 HD
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...
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2020
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Making 'The Irishman'
Making 'The Irishman'7.00 2020 HD
Join legendary director Martin Scorsese, and acting icons Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino going behind the scenes of their universally...
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2020
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'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War1 2020 HD
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...
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2015
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Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'6.50 2015 HD
Martin Scali, who was Wes Anderson's assistant on "Fantastic Mr. Fox", shot this short documentary in Newport, Rhode Island, during the filming of...
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2013
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The Making of 'Nashville'
The Making of 'Nashville'1 2013 HD
Retrospective documentary on the making of Robert Altman's Nashville (1975).
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2014
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Modes of Masculinity: The Western and Red River
Modes of Masculinity: The Western and Red River1 2014 HD
Author Lee Clark Mitchell discusses the Western genre and literature.
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2021
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Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'
Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'1 2021 HD
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...
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2019
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Ozu & Noda
Ozu & Noda6.00 2019 HD
A new documentary by Daniel Raim on Yasujiro Ozu's relationship with longtime screenwriter Kogo Noda.
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2007
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Life as It Is: The Neorealist Movement in Italy
Life as It Is: The Neorealist Movement in Italy1 2007 HD
A film scholar named Mark Shiel discusses the history of italian neo-realism in filmmaking, accompanied by rare still photographs and newly restored...
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2018
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Weimar on the Pacific
Weimar on the Pacific1 2018 HD
In this documentary, film scholars Gerd Germünden and Noah Isenberg discuss the artistic origins of Marlene Dietrich in the cabarets of Weimar...
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2010
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Tadao Sato on Ozu's The Only Son
Tadao Sato on Ozu's The Only Son1 2010 HD
Documentary and interview with Japanese film critic and scholar Tadao Sato about Yasujiro Ozu film The Only Son.
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2018
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Strange Magic
Strange Magic1 2018 HD
Writer and Rookie editor in chief Tavi Gevinson explores THE VIRGIN SUICIDES through the lens of adolescence, suicide, and memory. It features...
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2006
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Fellini's Homecoming
Fellini's Homecoming1 2006 HD
A documentary created by the Criterion Collection for their release of Italian film director Federico Fellini's Amarcord about his relationship with...
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2010
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Underworld: How it Came to Be
Underworld: How it Came to Be1 2010 HD
Documentary on the making of Josef von Sternberg's 'Underworld,' which launched the American gangster genre as we know it.
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2019
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In Full Swing
In Full Swing1 2019 HD
A documentary on the making of the 1936 film Swing Time, featuring interviews with jazz and film critic Gary Giddens, dance critic Brian Seibert, and...
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2013
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Living 'Lord of the Flies'
Living 'Lord of the Flies'1 2013 HD
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...
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2022
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Making of Drive My Car
Making of Drive My Car1 2022 HD
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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2004
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Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau
Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau1 2004 HD
Director Robert Altman and writer Garry Trudeau discuss their collaboration on Tanner ‘88 in a conversation recorded in June 2004.
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2006
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Men of Mystery
Men of Mystery1 2006 HD
Orson Welles Biographer Simon Callow discusses the making of "Mr. Arkadin" (aka "Confidential Report.")