Documentary

“I’ve always said that my best dialogue and screenwriter is Ennio Morricone”

Legendary Maestro Ennio Morricone is an international treasure, and today we celebrate his 86th birthday with a great BBC short documentary exploring the…

9 years ago

Michael Mann’s ‘The Insider’ unflinchingly stands as significant as ever

Rarely have we seen such an important film as Michael Mann's The Insider. The story of Jeffrey Wigand, a whistle-blower…

9 years ago

In 1941 the young Robert Wise met the equally young Orson Welles

In 1941 the young Robert Wise met the equally young Orson Welles. And the rest, as they say, is film-history.…

9 years ago

The Art of Storyboarding

The importance of storyboarding is mostly known to everybody who ever tried to make a movie. Whether it helps you…

9 years ago

The ‘angry young man’ of Hollywood, Rod Serling became something of a personal hero to us

The 'angry young man' of Hollywood, Rod Serling became something of a personal hero to us. An acclaimed television writer,…

9 years ago

‘Full Metal Jacket’ is an indisputable classic that simply has to be part of any filmmaker’s education

At the same time devastating and inspiring, war has always been a popular theme for filmmakers to exploit. Through the…

10 years ago

“The best education in film is to make one. I would advise any neophyte director to try to make a film by himself. A three-minute short will teach him a lot”

Stanley Kubrick actually made the transition from photography to film after reading Vsevolod Pudovkin’s Film Technique. Pudovkin was a Russian film director, screenwriter…

10 years ago

The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge

A fantastic documentary on one of the key people in the history of cinema. A portrait of the pioneer photographer,…

10 years ago

Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood

Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995) is a documentary series produced by David Gill and silent film historian Kevin Brownlow.…

10 years ago

“You have to let me play Frank! Because I am Frank!”

There are probably only a handful of storytellers of David Lynch's caliber in the world today. From Eraserhead to Inland…

10 years ago