An oral history exploring the development of film projection and cinema in Kingston-on-Thames - from resident innovator Eadweard Muybridge through the heyday, decline, and re-emergence of cinema. Features interviews with historians, projectionists and usherettes as well as cinema-goers with rare footage and images from Kingston’s cinemas.
8 2023 HD
Downtown Recife’s classic movie palaces from the 20th century are mostly gone. That city area is now an archaeological site of sorts that...
7.9 2002 HD
The history of Frankenstein's journey from novel to stage to screen to icon.
6 2007 HD
Documentary detailing the extensive number of shots long lost from constant film re-cutting of 1925's great silent cinema classic Battleship Potemkin...
7.3 2019 HD
Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this is the untold...
2 1995 HD
The life and career of legendary Hollywood glamour portrait photographer George Hurrell is profiled by his contemporaries including other...
6.721 2019 HD
The most comprehensive retrospective of the '80s action film genre ever made.
6 2016 HD
An affectionate and entertaining look at our nation's obsession with cinema from the early days of silent cinema, through the golden age of the...
8.1 2020 HD
A feature that not only celebrates the 1986 classic "Flight of the Navigator", but also looks at the life of its child star, Joey Cramer, and his...
0 2017 HD
0 2015 HD
0 2016 HD
0 2005 HD
From the first movie nickelodeon on Canal Street in New Orleans at the turn of the century to the mega-plex theatres in the suburbs of the city, this...
0 2012 HD
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...
8 2021 HD
For two decades, Cine Marrocos, a movie theatre in the heart of São Paulo, was one of the most popular and opulent of the city. After it was...
7.5 2013 HD
As Hong Kong's foremost filmmaker, Johnnie To himself becomes the protagonist of this painstaking documentary exploring him and his Boundless world...
7.131 2017 HD
Music is an integral part of most films, adding emotion and nuance while often remaining invisible to audiences. Matt Schrader shines a spotlight on...
0 2006 HD
The birth date of film can be established: December 28, 1895. The place where it happened is also known: Paris, Boulevard des Capucines, Grand Caffe....
0 2006 HD
We live with films every day, and it seems nothing easier than answering the question: what is a film? Obviously, a film is, first and foremost, a...
0 2020 HD
A documentary about Australian animation pioneer Eric Porter’s work on the iconic Aeroplane Jelly animated promos of the 1940s and 1950s.
0 1984 HD
Retrospective of the life and movie work of British actor James Mason. The documentary presents interview footage interspersed with some movie...
