Filmmaking Movies

How is secularism depicted in films? The term "Aa'La'Ma'Ni" means worldly in Arabic. It's significant in the Middle East, where secularism is...

Blending the animation of Chuck Jones’ original drawings, traditional documentary elements, and one of Jones’ most intimate interviews...

A documentary about Tim Burton's iconic 1988 fantasy comedy Beetlejuice, covering all the aspects of production: from filming in East Corinth,...

Short about the talent behind the musical film, Pigskin Parade, featuring Judy Garland in her first feature film.

Witness never-before-seen footage of the Warren Miller film crew and athletes as they take on the world's most exotic mountains, treacherous terrain...

An independent filmmaker takes on the challenge of creating a large scale WW1 film. When faced with harsh weather conditions and the constraints of...

The making of Cleopatra (1934), showing pre-production, DeMille directing a scene, and the addition of music to the soundtrack.

Disney animator Dan Lund documents the studio's decision to shut down its hand-drawn animation department and focus instead on computer-generated...

An assistant director investigates the authenticity of a popular autobiographical novel being adapted into a movie.

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...

Siwon, a film director whose films have repeatedly failed over the past 10 years, is about to produce a mountaineering film. But the movie stopped...

As artificial intelligence becomes ever more sophisticated, the film industry is split between enthusiasm at what the technology can achieve and...

A detailed history of documentary filmmaking in the US and the UK from 1929 to 1945. The first part, Working for Change, focuses on 1929-1941 and...

An appreciation of Stagecoach, with director and Ford biographer Peter Bogdanovich.

For decades Italian genre cinema dominated the world and before changing beyond recognition it went to unthinkable places. Giants don't die quietly...

A short documentary about the making of the 1956 film, High Society. Hosted by Celeste Holm.

After her divisive debut feature, Anne, an up-and-coming filmmaker, sets out to make her sophomore film, In Memory of Anne Heche. But as scenes go...

Bruce Campbell discusses his memories of making Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat.

This visual essay by John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, reveals the locations...

Academy Award-winning screenwriter Robert Riskin headed up a secret film unit that sought to redefine America in the eyes of the world during the...