Cinema History Movies

An homage to the weird and wonderful world of B-movies, this short fauxdocumentary by film artist Chris Gerrard splices together classic clips with...

The story of how the original Godzilla went from idea to script to screen.

The life of Eiji Tsuburaya, pioneer of Japanese special effects.

A documentary celebrating over one hundred years of The Riverside Theatre & Cinema in Woodbridge.

In Taiwan, there is a group of people participating in this race against time. They are hidden inside the film archive of New Taipei City’s...

On September 14, 1975, Pier Paolo Pasolini played his last game of football, before his death, in San Benedetto del Tronto. “The last match of...

Comedian, actor, author, director and emblematic figure of the French stage and cinema of the 50s and 60s, Francis Blanche liked to change register,...

Actor Ned Beatty hosts a look at the genre known as "exploitation" films. Interviews with some of the producers and directors of these films are...

A biography and tribute to one of Japan's most prolific composers.

A journey into the mind of French actor and director Jean-Pierre Mocky (1929-2019), author of films both playful and profound, of an impressive...

This visual essay by John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, reveals the locations...

Barry Barclay was a New Zealand/Aotearoa director of documentaries and feature films. He is regarded as one of the world's first, and very...

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....

A documentary on the creation of the popular Charlie Chan detective character as well as the history of Chan films of the 1930s.

A journey through the work of Spanish filmmaker Juan Piquer Simón (1935-2011).

Film critic Alejandro G. Calvo traces an audiovisual journey through the work of David Lynch trying to find clues to decipher his enigmatic universe.

The epic and poetic tale of the early years of Italian cinema, from 1896 to 1930: how peplum was born, how the first stars shone, how many daring...