Strangers in a Strange Land: 50 Greek Mystery & Fantastic Movies

Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

February 2003 •Japanese

Initially, Ambivalent Future was intended as a film about the production of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Bright Future". But director Fujii has taken the "behind the scenes"-concept to unprecedented heights with this unique documentary offering a close look into the world of Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the auteur. Scenes from the surprisingly low key and relaxed production of "Bright Future" are of course sprinkled liberally throughout the documentary, but between these we are treated to interesting and revealing interviews with actors, producers and Kurosawa's many other collaborators. And perhaps the most surprising thing of all is how much of Kurosawa there is, talking candidly about his working methods and the philosophy behind it all.

Constructing a House

October 2010 •English

Interview-based documentary looking back on the making and reception of Nobuhiko Ōbayashi's 1977 film House.

Expedition China

December 2017 •English

Expedition China invites you on location in some of the world's most intense, hard-to-reach environments with the filmmakers of Disneynature's big-screen adventure Born in China.

Room 999

October 2023 •French

In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in the film Room 666. Now, 40 years later, in Cannes, director Lubna Playoust asks Wim Wenders himself and a new generation of filmmakers (James Gray, Rebecca Zlotowski, Claire Denis, Olivier Assayas, Nadav Lapid, Asghar Farhadi, Alice Rohrwacher and more) the same question: “is cinema a language about to get lost, an art about to die?”

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

October 1988 •English

This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.

We Were Once Kids

June 2021 •English

In the early nineties, before the massive gentrification of many of New York's then slums, several young people from very disparate backgrounds left their broken homes and ventured onto the brutal streets of the city. United by their love of skateboarding, they formed a family and built a unique lifestyle that eventually inspired Kids, a groundbreaking and outrageous film directed by photographer Larry Clark and released in 1995.

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

November 1989 •English

A film about the career and methods of the master silent comedy filmmaker.

Ballad of Exiles: Yılmaz Güney

January 2016 •Turkish

In 1981, iconic Turkish film director escapes jail to France, his last work re-creating with other exiles the prison lives they left behind.

Notfilm

October 2015 •English

NOTFILM is a feature-length experimental essay on FILM -- its author Samuel Beckett, its star Buster Keaton, its production and its philosophical implications -- utilizing additional outtakes, never before heard audio recordings of the production meetings, and other rare archival elements.

Renouer avec le vivant

May 2023 •French

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".

Regreso a «Viridiana»

May 2011 •Spanish

Spain, 1960. French student Monique Roumette lives in Madrid on a scholarship. Thanks to a friend who works in the production company Uninci, she has the privilege of attending the shooting of Viridiana, a film directed by Luis Buñuel.

Old Tucson: Where the Legends Walked

May 2007 •English

Tells the story of Tucson and the legendary movies that were shot there.

Tensions and Traditions: Molly Haskell on Red River

August 2014 •English

Interview with critic Molly Haskell about Hawks and Red River

A Film of Firsts: Peter Bogdanovich on Red River

July 2014 •English

Interview with filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich about Red River and the two versions of the film.

Listening to the Space in My Room

September 2013 •English

Ostensibly a portrait of a place where the artist had resided until recently, the new film by Robert Beavers conjures not only the memory but also the physical presence of those who have previously stayed there. Adhering to a solitary intimacy while simultaneously acting as an ode to human endeavour and shared impulses toward fulfillment through art, Listening to the Space in my Room is a moving testament to existence (whose traces are found in literature, music, filmmaking, gardening) and our endless search for meaning and authenticity. The film's precise yet enigmatic sound-image construction carries a rare emotional weight.

11 Colours of the Bird

March 2020 •Czech

A behind-the-scenes look at the eleven-year process it took to make The Painted Bird. The narratives of director Václav Marhoul and actor Petr Kotlár weave their way through the various stages of the film's creation, offering their subjective views from the beginning to the last flap of a year-and-a-half long shoot.

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.

[CENSORED]

June 2018 •English

An essay film by filmmaker and archivist Sari Braithwaite, [Censored] offers an overview of film censorship in Australia, told through an ever-changing collage of images compiled from the footage that was cut from films released domestically between 1958 and 1971.

Rendszerhiba - A magyar film el nem mondott története

May 2023 •Hungarian

Thirty years, three eras: they have been trying to save the Hungarian film industry again and again over the decades. Among these attempts were highs, lows, countless deals and compromises. And now some say that we are living in the saddest period of Hungarian filmmaking.