Documentary

Living Famously: Alfred Hitchcock (BBC, 2002)

Profile of enduring icons. The life and work of legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock is featured, from his early years…

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‘Lawrence of Arabia’ is a glorious 4-hour piece of filmmaking history

  By Sven Mikulec   When David Lean lost interest in doing a film about Gandhi with Alec Guinness in…

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Time never lies, and ‘Ace in the Hole’ is by no means a blank in Billy Wilder’s admirable arsenal

  By Sven Mikulec This Billy Wilder film was so tough and brutal in its cynicism that it died a…

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‘Cinema! Cinema! The French New Wave’

An intimate window into one of the great movements in film history that brought about an evolution in the art…

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The best show about movies on television

Moving Pictures is a television series devoted to film that aired on BBC from 1991 to 1996. It was presented…

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Krzysztof Kieslowski: A Masterclass for Young Directors

In the summer of 1994 the legendary Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski (1941-1996) gave a workshop in Amsterdam for young directors.…

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Top 50 YouTube and Vimeo Channels for Filmmakers and Cinephiles

There are numerous film-related YouTube and Vimeo channels that hold thousands of high quality material about filmmaking. Whether you're interested…

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Dial H for Hitchcock (1999)

Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius aka Dial H for Hitchcock (1999) is a fascinating look at the cinematic genius of…

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Martin Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver’ is the turning point in our lives in terms of film appreciation and education

Martin Scorsese’s 74th birthday seems like a perfect opportunity to float in our minds to the streets of New York,…

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“The thing is, nobody outside the Kubrick house got to see the boxes”

Stanley Kubrick's films were landmark events—majestic, memorable and richly researched. But, as the years went by, the time between films…

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