
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
Documentary about the life and work of film director Preston Sturges.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Kenneth Bowser
Actors: Betty Hutton, Eddie Bracken, Fritz Weaver, Paul Schrader, Preston Sturges
Right Here Right Now
On July 13, 2002, Fatboy Slim, real name Norman Cook, performed the second of his free open-air concerts, The Big Beach Boutique II, in front of a record-breaking crowd, making…
Lightning Over Water
Director ‘Nicholas Ray’ is eager to complete a final film before his imminent death from cancer. Wim Wenders is working on his own film Hammett (1983) in Hollywood, but flies…
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
Alex Zane counts down the top 20 Star Wars moments as voted by the public. Includes contributions from famous fans as well as the stars and crew of the intergalactic…
Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film
Documentary tracing the rise of the ‘slasher’ movie.
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
The Making-of James Cameron’s Avatar. It shows interesting parts of the work on the set.
Tokyo Olympiad
This impressionistic portrait of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics pays as much attention to the crowds and workers as it does to the actual competitive events. Highlights include an epic…
The Nightmare
Eight people experience sleep paralysis, a condition which leaves them unable to move, speak or react.
Manny
From abject poverty to becoming a ten-time boxing world champion, congressman, and international icon, Manny Pacquiao is the true definition of a Cinderella story. In the Philippines, he first entered…
Lords of Scam
This documentary traces the rise and crash of scammers who conned the EU carbon quota system and pocketed millions before turning on one another.
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
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 over the decades, transformed…
Why We Fight
Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki’s shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an…