Kevin Brownlow Movies

It's New Year's Eve in Thatcher's de-industrialising Britain. The scene is set at a seedy bar in Liverpool where a group of Irish Protestant and...

A loving tribute to the great American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, filmed entirely at her 700-acre upstate New York farm.

Travelogue of two film historians Nikolay Izvolov and Sergey Kapterev who visit world film archives around the globe in search of a lost sound...

Documentary about the legendary American film director from his introduction to the film industry in its early years to his death in 1959.

Follows the creation of Lindsay Anderson's The White Bus (1968), from pre-production to the shoot and in post.

A documentary about the Irish scientist Charlotte Keppel who in the 1930s invented a machine that could see into the past.

Loïe Fuller, stage name of Marie Louise Fuller: the American actress and dancer trained in burlesque, circuses and variety shows who, in the...

Part of the "American Masters" series; this documentary shows the career of filmmaking pioneer D.W. Griffith

This documentary explores the incredible life of Merian C. Cooper, from his time as a soldier and pilot in three different wars, to his exploits in...

Documentary following the history of America's first cinematographers.

The life of an old man, John Cartner Ronson, living alone in a huge block of flats in London since his wife died nine years earlier.

The film will track the evolution of the action hero in films and how aspects and perspectives have changed about them. Along with Stallone, it will...

A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and...

An original documentary from Turner Classic Movies, Garbo offers an intimate look at the life and career of the movies' most luminous, reclusive and...

Film editing initially began as a woman's art in France. As veteran film editor, Dede Allen, tell it, "They thought that women were good at little...

A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of the film “The Great Dictator,”...

As the documentary points out, 85 percent of all silent pictures are gone forever because of neglect, abuse, and improper storage of original prints....

BBC documentary on the long and flamboyant career of French filmmaker Abel Gance.

A documentary looking at the life, films, and troubled times of America's first sex symbol, screen actress Clara Bow, featuring interviews and...

Three Hours That Shook the World: Observations on Intolerance is an interview with Kevin Brownlow which includes occasional clips and stills from the...