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  • 2020
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    'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

    'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

    1 2020 HD

    Film critic J. Hoberman discusses the best-selling 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler on which "Fail-Safe" is based, along with the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: J. Hoberman

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  • 2020
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    Making 'The Irishman'

    Making 'The Irishman'

    7.20 2020 HD

    Join legendary director Martin Scorsese, and acting icons Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino going behind the scenes of their universally...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Martin Scorsese

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  • 2022
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    Making of Drive My Car

    Making of Drive My Car

    1 2022 HD

    Program about the making of the film, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with actors Reika Kirishima, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masaki...

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    Cast: Reika Kirishima

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  • 2015
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    Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

    Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

    5.80 2015 HD

    Martin Scali, who was Wes Anderson's assistant on "Fantastic Mr. Fox", shot this short documentary in Newport, Rhode Island, during the filming of...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Martin Scali

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  • 2013
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    Functions of Film Sound

    Functions of Film Sound

    1 2013 HD

    This visual essay sets clips from Robert Bresson's "A Man Escaped" to a reading of "Functions of Film Sound," a chapter from David Bordwell and...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Dan Stewart

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  • 2015
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    A Physical History of 'M'

    A Physical History of 'M'

    1 2015 HD

    This documentary traces the "physical history" of Fritz Lang’s M, from its production and original distribution to the digital restoration used...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Peter Lorre

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  • 2009
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    CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution

    CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution

    1 2009 HD

    CHE was the first feature to use the Red camera, which Soderbergh embraced for its versatility and image quality. This short 2009 documentary looks...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Steven Soderbergh

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  • 2004
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    Vitellonismo

    Vitellonismo

    7.00 2004 HD

    A look at the making of Federico Fellini's "I Vitelloni".

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Vittorio Boarini

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  • 2008
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    Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad

    Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad

    7.00 2008 HD

    Documentary about the technical achievements of the 1940 film classic The Thief of Bagdad.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ray Harryhausen

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  • 2013
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    The Making of 'Nashville'

    The Making of 'Nashville'

    1 2013 HD

    Retrospective documentary on the making of Robert Altman's Nashville (1975).

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ronee Blakley

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  • 2019
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    On Camera: Fifteen Apollo Astronauts and Their Experience of a Lifetime

    On Camera: Fifteen Apollo Astronauts and Their Experience of a Lifetime

    1 2019 HD

    A collection of excerpted on-screen interviews with fifteen of the Apollo astronauts.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Charlie Duke

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  • 2017
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    Women in Love: Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau on Desert Hearts

    Women in Love: Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau on Desert Hearts

    1 2017 HD

    DESERT HEARTS depended on the connection between its two lead actors, Patricia Charbonneau and Helen Shaver, and on their trust in director Donna...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Donna Deitch

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  • 2019
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    Ron Briley on 'A Face in the Crowd'

    Ron Briley on 'A Face in the Crowd'

    1 2019 HD

    In this interview, shot by the Criterion Collection in 2018, Ron Briley, author of 'The Ambivalent Legacy of Elia Kazan: The Politics of the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ron Briley

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  • 2016
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    Shooting 'Blood Simple'

    Shooting 'Blood Simple'

    1 2016 HD

    Telestrator commentary and interview with Joel and Ethan Coen and Barry Sonnenfeld.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Joel Coen

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  • 2020
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    Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies

    Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies

    8.00 2020 HD

    Time Travelers, a new documentary by Daniel Raim featuring interviews with John Bengtson and film historian Marc Wanamaker, reveals newly discovered...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Buster Keaton

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  • 2006
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    Men of Mystery

    Men of Mystery

    1 2006 HD

    Orson Welles Biographer Simon Callow discusses the making of "Mr. Arkadin" (aka "Confidential Report.")

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Simon Callow

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  • 2010
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    Underworld: How it Came to Be

    Underworld: How it Came to Be

    1 2010 HD

    Documentary on the making of Josef von Sternberg's 'Underworld,' which launched the American gangster genre as we know it.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Janet Bergstrom

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  • 2021
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    Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'

    Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'

    1 2021 HD

    A new documentary by Daniel Raim and Eugene Suen on the making of "Flowers of Shanghai," featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Mark...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Hou Hsiao-hsien

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  • 2018
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    Weimar on the Pacific

    Weimar on the Pacific

    1 2018 HD

    In this documentary, film scholars Gerd Germünden and Noah Isenberg discuss the artistic origins of Marlene Dietrich in the cabarets of Weimar...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Gerd Germünden

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  • 2009
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    For All Mankind: An Accidental Gift

    For All Mankind: An Accidental Gift

    1 2009 HD

    Documentary featuring interviews with Al Reinert, Apollo 12 and Skylab astronaut Alan Bean, and NASA archive specialists.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Al Reinert

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