Richard Schickel Movies

Documentary on Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 film "Rebecca" and the working relationship of Hitchcock and producer David O. Selznick.

Tribute to film director Vincente Minnelli by his daughter Liza.

An hour documentary on the history of Bond for the 25th anniversary of the film series.

Film critic Richard Schickel interviews Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg about his craft, his body of work and the movie business.

Behind the scenes of the 1992 film Unforgiven.

A history of horror movies.

In 1972 and '73, film critic Richard Schickel made an 8-part series for American public television: 'The Men Who Made the Movies'. Each episode...

The making of Quo Vadis (1951).

With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this documentary looks at Stanley Kubrick's life and...

From its simple beginnings in 1939 in a sleepy beach town in the south of France, the prestigious Cannes Film Festival has become the must-attend red...

In the 1980s, Andrew McCarthy was part of a young generation of actors who were set to take over Hollywood after a string of successful teen movies....

A documentary featuring film historians, directors and authors discussing the making of Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity."

As a newspaper writer in Chicago, young Ben Hecht saw it all and learned how to captivate an audience with his writing. By the 1920s, he took that...

An original documentary featuring an exclusive interview with Ron Howard, who recounts his remarkable career from child star to Oscar-winning...

A retrospective look at the brilliance of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Dial M for Murder.'

A profile of writer-director Billy Wilder

Documentary about the film Where Danger Lives (1950)

Clint Eastwood tells us how he yearned to be a director from the time he was on "Rawhide" to finally obtaining the approval of his mentor, Don...

Making-of documentary for Sergio Leone's landmark spaghetti western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."

Widely thought of as “a woman’s director,” legendary film director George Cukor is profiled with the use of film clips and...