Critics' Corner: The Films of Quentin Tarantino

Movies by Machine - AI and Cinema

September 2024 •German

As artificial intelligence becomes ever more sophisticated, the film industry is split between enthusiasm at what the technology can achieve and concern over the future for human workers in the industry. Will actors and actresses be replaced by machines? An overview on the coming wave of AI in cinema.

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

May 2002 •French

Documentary showing one day of work of over 90 actors and filmmakers from French cinema on the same day. On 27 March 2002, 27 teams filmed actors, directors, producers and technicians at work, from Hawaii to Paris and from New York to Lisbon.

Homo Cinematographicus

June 1998 •French

Homo Cinematographicus is a human species whose unit of measurement and point of reference is the cinema and its derivative, television. Filmed at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, the film offers an unspecified number of statements, talking about memories and a thousand fragments of stories, titles and film scenes, the warp of a gigantic collective Chanson de geste.

Jackie Chan: Down to Earth

Invalid date •English

An in-depth look at the past four decades of work by legendary martial artist, Jackie Chan.

Akira Kurosawa: The Epic and the Intimate

February 2010 •French

Akira Kurosawa: The Epic and the Intimate is a French documentary film that consists primarily of interviews with Kurosawa’s European collaborators from the time of the making of Ran, with footage from the film interspersed between the talking heads.

This Changes Everything

June 2019 •English

An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry.

King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries

December 2005 •English

Academy Award - winning filmmaker Peter Jackson invites you behind the scenes of his latest movie to witness the birth of King Kong.

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

November 2007 •English

Chronicles the last great American showman, filmmaker William Castle, a master of ballyhoo who became a brand name in movie horror with his outrageous audience participation gimmicks.

A Christmas Eve Conversation With Quentin Tarantino & Paul Thomas Anderson

December 2015 •English

Two great filmmakers discuss the evolution of film, 70mm and Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight".

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

July 2004 •English

There are some movies that are so bad they're good. And there are some movies that are so bad- that they're just bad...

Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water'

December 2005 •English

Wicked Wishes: Making the Wishmaster

January 1997 •English

U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'

August 2023 •French

The international success of the film Das Boot by Wolfgang Petersen made U-96 one of the most famous submarines in cinematic history. But the true story of one of Hitler's most fearsome U-boats and its crew goes far beyond fiction. For the first time, this documentary sheds light on the reality behind the fiction through exclusive interviews with the makers and actors of Das Boot, as well as the last survivors of the time. In doing so, this documentary explores how Hitler's propaganda images may have influenced the visual and narrative force of Das Boot.

The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'

July 1999 •English

This Is Cinerama

September 1952 •English

Designed to introduce the then-new widescreen process Cinerama, audiences experience the roller coaster at Rockaways' Playland, the temple dance from Aida, Niagara Falls, a Viennese choir, the canals of Venice, a military tattoo in Edinburgh, a bullfight, and more. The film concludes with a view from the nose of a low-flying B-25 while America the Beautiful plays.

Shaft: Still the Man

January 2000 •English

My True Brilliant Friend

December 2018 •Italian

A unique portrayal of two young amateur actresses embarking on a journey that will forever change their lives as they star in the most eagerly anticipated new show of 2018, Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend.

Inside Traffic: The Making of 'Traffic'

December 2000 •English

Autoritratto Auschwitz. L'occhio è per così dire l'evoluzione biologica di una lagrima

September 2007 •Italian

In the film we find some scrap of slow motion they see a Monica Vitti trying to cry, a meeting between Antonioni and Grifi, a film shot in the concentration camp of Auschwitz with a survivor who recounts those awful moments, a glimpse of Palestine today, Grifi's reflections on the prison.

Bienvenido Mr. Heston

November 2016 •Spanish

Spain, 1961. Life in the small village of Torrelobatón, in the province of Valladolid, was turned upside down when the cinematic magic circus of a future Hollywood blockbuster, produced by Samuel Bronston, the rogue mogul of his own film empire, came to town: its inhabitants became participants and witnesses of the shooting of “El Cid,” a film directed by Anthony Mann, starring mythical actors Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren. Those days, legends came alive.