Keyword: cinema history

Mr. Scorsese

8.7

2025

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Follows the life and career of legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese.

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

8.4

2011

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A comprehensive history of the medium and art of motion pictures.

Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy

7

2022

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Follows the behind-the-scenes odyssey to get Midnight Cowboy (1969) produced, as well as the tumultuous era in which the movie was released and embraced.

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

6.3

2021

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A thorough overview and dissection of the subgenre of folk horror, with contributions from many of the major creators and clips from cinema all over the world.

Becoming Marilyn

7.7

2022

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On the 60th anniversary of Marilyn Monroes passing, this documentary provides a unique portrait of the screen icon from her own perspective. In contrast to the many films made and books written about her, this one offers to give her back her voice, through the interviews she gave, the books she wrote and the fragments she left behind. For the first time, it will be a matter of understanding how Norma Jeane Baker created the iconic Marilyn Monroe. Because Marilyn was not born Marilyn, she became her.

The Pervert's Guide to Ideology

7.6

2012

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Philosopher Slavoj Zizek examines the hidden themes and existential questions asked by world renowned films.

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno

7.3

2009

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Henri-Georges Clouzots unfinished masterpiece, Inferno (1964), is reconstructed in this film which is part drama and part documentary.

The Méliès Mystery

7.5

2021

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In 1923, facing bankruptcy, film pioneer Georges Méliès burned all the original negatives of his early masterpieces. Almost a century later, dozens of his negatives were discovered in the Library of Congress. How did he do his final trick?

Kung Fu Stuntmen

6.8

2020

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The documentary gathers several best Chinese Kung Fu masters living in film industry, gives a full display of Hong Kong Kung Fu people in more than sixty years and shows their derring-do lives.

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story

6.9

2021

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Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young songwriters and romantic partners, find themselves caught in movie star Gloria Swansons web when she hires them to write a musical version of Sunset Boulevard.

This Filthy World

7.8

2006

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Jeff Garlins documentary on the work of John Waters.

Straight to VHS

6

2021

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The story of Act of Violence Upon a Young Journalist, a 1988 Uruguayan cult film created by enigmatic filmmaker Manuel Lamas.

Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood

6.3

2022

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In 1971, Melvin Van Peebles, an independent filmmaker far ahead of his time, released a mind-blowing piece of avant-garde cinema - Sweet Sweetbacks Baadasssss Song. It broke all the rules, inventing its own grammar and proclaiming its emancipation from cinematic conventions. It turned the Hollywood studio system on its head, creatively sidestepping prevailing constraints and scrounging up alternative financing. Most importantly, Van Peebles splashed Black Power across the big screen in a way people had never seen before, depicting a heroic character who both defies \the man\ and illustrates the oppression of Blacks, from slavery to the Watts riots.

The Pervert's Guide to Cinema

7.9

2006

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Slavoj Zizek examines famous films in a philosophical and a psychoanalytic context.