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Spain, early 20th century. As a child, Leocadia Cantalapiedra was dazzled by a new art: cinema; but she lives in a society where directing films is...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Isabel Medarde

The early days of the future genius of Spanish cinema Luis García Berlanga, from his birth in Valencia in 1921 to his departure to Madrid in...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Chechu García-Berlanga

An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Laverne Cox

Marilyn wasn't born Marilyn, she became it. This unique portrait reveals her in her own words: a lucid and determined woman, shifting image of the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Marilyn Monroe

The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Walter Murch

Since its release in 1968, Planet of the Apes, the masterful film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Charlton Heston, and its subsequent...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alexandra Alévêque

The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alan Hofmanis

Jack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Albert Warner and Sam Warner were siblings who were born in Poland and emigrated to Canada near the turn of the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Clint Eastwood

France, 1974. The erotic film Emmanuelle, directed by Just Jaeckin, breaks all records for cinema attendance: the story of the creation of a sensual...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Crystal Shepherd-Cross

An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Keanu Reeves

To be in Venice and see the architecture of New York, to perceive in a painting by Tintoretto the birth of animated images, to look at the burlesque...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Philippe-Alain Michaud

A journey into the labyrinthine heart of ideology, which shapes and justifies both collective and personal beliefs and practices: with an infectious...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Slavoj Žižek

In 1964, Henri-Georges Clouzot's production of L'Enfer came to a halt. Despite huge expectations, major studio backing and an unlimited budget, after...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Romy Schneider

An unprecedented and intimate look at the life, work and enduring legacy of British actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993).

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alessandra Ferri

How did Marilyn Monroe become one of the greatest sex symbols of all time? What drove a prudish little Californian girl, who was not especially...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ian Ayres

An exploration of the cinematic history of the folk horror, from its beginnings in the UK in the late sixties; through its proliferation on British...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Abraham Castillo Flores

A collection of restored prints from the Lumière Brothers.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Thierry Frémaux

A fragmented collection of independent closed cinemas, in London during lockdown, captured on Super 8mm film.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Aidan McCarthy

A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Peter Hudson

A lyrical and nostalgic analysis of how Casablanca, the mythical film directed by Michael Curtiz in 1942, has influenced both film history and pop...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Javier Dotú

A worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema through the history of cinematic innovation.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mark Cousins

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Miroslav Táborský

Television series Golden Sixties examines new insights into Czech and Slovak cinema of the 1960s and the role of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Each...

Genre: Documentary

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As told through clips from 183 female directors, this epic history of the cinema focuses on women’s integral role in the development of film...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tilda Swinton

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Hana Vítová

Running for 7 weeks from July 2007, each week focused on a different genre, examining British film by genre. Presented by Jessica Stevenson (Shaun Of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jessica Hynes

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Two-part documentary about the Czechoslovak "New Wave" in the '60s, including interviews with directors, actors, and others involved in the industry...

Genre: Documentary

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