Filmmaking Movies

A documentary about the legendary Japanese filmmaker.

In the silent film era, movies were never really silent. In the background of films that made figures like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton into...

Documentary about the making of Buster Keaton's silent comedy classic, Sherlock Jr. (1924).

A documentary showing Norman McLaren working on the hand-drawn sound process he uses for his short film, Loops.

A documentary film about cult director José María Zabalza. How he made pictures with very little money and was granted little...

Forty years later, Guillermo Montesinos, the actor who played José María el Cepa in The Cuenca Crime (1980), directed by Pilar...

The special effects in The Play House (1921) are discussed.

Annual Charitable Christmas Evening “Action!”

A filmmaker and rapper duo revive Michel Gondry’s “Be Kind Rewind” protocols - a set of filmmaking “rules” with which...

The actors in My Wife's Relations (1922) are discussed in this documentary.

A celebration of 100 years of cinema presenting the technical and artistic evolution of the motion picture. We move from mute to sound, from...

A behind-the-scenes look at the 1939 Wizard of Oz film adaptation that tested the limits of its creators, which included director Victor Fleming and...

Aim (Aimme), a Thai immigrant navigating grief and lost dreams, returns to New York after her mother’s passing and is surprised by the sudden...

After a long and obsessive casting process, a team of determined filmmakers finally secure the perfect lead actor for their movie. But on the first...

The Making of It's Always Fair Weather with footage and discussion by historians and participants.

Video piece, featuring journalist Buzz Bissinger, about trader Harry Goulding's key role in bringing Monument Valley to Hollywood.

A stripper and taxi driver are fished out of poverty and anonymity by a commercial film director. The obsession with success forces them to affect...

A short documentary on the lives of songwriters Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby and the making of the film, Three Little Words.

This documentary short subject for DVD gives a look at the making of Cole Porter's MGM classic, "Les Girls". Hosted by Finnish film legend and star...

Short documentary exploring the fame and talent of Charlie Chaplin.