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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

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

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 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

Deep Throat, a pornographic film directed by Gerard Damiano, a film-loving hairdresser, and starring Linda Lovelace, a shy girl manipulated by a...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Anna Sigalevitch

The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding of the Cinecittà studios and the successful...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Vinicio Marchioni

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

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Walter Murch

In August 2021, the director Thierry Mauvignier revisited a Poitevine legend of "the grave of the child" with his brother, the writer Laurent...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Thierry Mauvignier

A collection of restored prints from the Lumière Brothers.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Thierry Frémaux

A very personal look at the history of cinema directed, written and edited by Jean-Luc Godard in his Swiss residence in Rolle for ten years...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jean-Luc Godard

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

A very personal look at the history of cinema directed, written and edited by Jean-Luc Godard in his Swiss residence in Rolle for ten years...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jean-Luc Godard

Among the pieces featured in Fragments are the final reel of John Ford's The Village Blacksmith (1922) and a glimpse at Emil Jannings in The Way of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Baby Peggy

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

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alessandra Ferri

Spanish filmmaker David Trueba travels to New York to interview Woody Allen, who reviews his filmography and his many personal and artistic concerns.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Woody Allen

An account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Costa-Gavras

The greatness, fall and renaissance of Hammer, the flagship company of British popular cinema, mainly from 1955 to 1968. Tortured women and sadistic...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Marcus Hearn

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

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: Hana Vítová

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

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

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Genre: Documentary

Cast: Miroslav Táborský

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...

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