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Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film 2001
Documentary
With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this documentary looks at Stanley Kubrick's life and films. Director Jan Harlan, Kubrick's brother-in-law and sometime collaborator, interviews heavyweights like Jack Nicholson, Woody Allen and Sydney Pollack, who explain the influence of Kubrick classics like "Dr. Strangelove" and "2001: A Space Odyssey," and how he absorbed visual clues from disposable culture such as television commercials.
The sides of Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
- Stanley Kubrick's life and films
- Interviews with Jack Nicholson and others who worked with him
- Home footage from his family
Good for you if
- you love Dr. Strangelove, 2001 and the films around them.
- you want to know the man behind the legend from people who knew him.
- you care about how every Kubrick frame was built.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through almost two and a half hours of documentary.
- you need a story, not a career told in interviews.
About: obsession · creation · cinema

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing 2004
Documentary
Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.
The sides of The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
- Film editors talking about their craft
- Clips from a century of movies
- The cut that changes a scene
Good for you if
- you like seeing how silent films and classics were put together.
- you like hearing real editors like Thelma Schoonmaker explain cuts you never noticed.
- you like going back to your favorite films to spot the cuts.
Bad for you if
- you want a documentary that grips like a thriller.
- you want to follow one person's story, not a parade of interviews.
About: filmmaking · craft · invisible work
The Celluloid Closet 1996
Documentary
Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s.
The sides of The Celluloid Closet
- A hundred years of gay characters on screen
- Clips from more than a hundred Hollywood films
- Actors and writers looking back
Good for you if
- you like seeing a century of Hollywood through one lens.
- you want actors and writers telling what was hidden in plain sight.
- you love classic Hollywood clips and the subtext between the lines.
Bad for you if
- you lose track when clips from over a hundred films go by one after another.
- you'd rather not revisit decades of gay characters mocked or killed off.
About: representation · censorship · identity
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse 1991
Documentary
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.
The sides of Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
- The shoot of Apocalypse Now in the Philippines
- Footage filmed by Eleanor Coppola
- A typhoon, a heart attack and a director near breaking point
Good for you if
- you like seeing how a famous film almost never got made.
- you like watching Francis Ford Coppola stake everything on one film.
- you like the strange scenes of Brando improvising in the dark and Dennis Hopper rambling.
Bad for you if
- you want the battles of the film, not the chaos behind them.
- you find grainy 1970s home footage dated.
About: obsession · art · ego · madness
Disclosure 2020
Documentary
An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.
The sides of Disclosure
- Trans actors and writers talking about the screen
- Decades of film and TV clips
- How Hollywood shaped the way people see trans lives
Good for you if
- you want trans people telling their own story of growing up with Hollywood.
- you like tracing a century of film and TV images.
- you like being moved by people recalling what the screen did to them.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through cruel jokes and painful scenes being replayed.
- you'd rather keep your distance from heartfelt, personal testimony.
About: representation · identity · media
The Pixar Story 2007
Documentary
A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.
The sides of The Pixar Story
- John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs
- The making of Toy Story
- Pixar's early years with Disney
Good for you if
- you like the true story of how a small studio changed animation.
- you want a warm, upbeat story of artists getting to make the films they dreamed of.
- you like getting to know John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs and what each brought to Pixar.
Bad for you if
- you want a documentary with real conflict and suspense.
- you roll your eyes at a company telling its own success story.
About: creativity · teamwork · technology
78/52 2017
Documentary
The most famous murder scene in movie history comprises 78 camera settings and 52 cuts: the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. 78/52 tells the story of the man behind the curtain and his greatest obsession.
The sides of 78/52
- The shower scene of Psycho
- 78 camera setups and 52 cuts
- Filmmakers and editors on Hitchcock
Good for you if
- you like learning how one scene from 1960 changed horror films.
- you like seeing how a single scene is built shot by shot.
- you like details you only catch frame by frame.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch the same stabbing scene over and over.
- you want a story with people, not one scene taken apart.
About: filmmaking · fear · craft
Memory: The Origins of Alien 2019
Documentary
The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott's Alien - rooted in Greek and Egyptian mythologies, underground comics, the art of Francis Bacon, and the dark visions of Dan O'Bannon and H.R. Giger. A contemplation on the symbiotic collaborative process of movie-making, the power of myth, and our collective unconscious.
The sides of Memory: The Origins of Alien
- The making of Ridley Scott's Alien
- H.R. Giger's dark art
- Dan O'Bannon's script and old myths
Good for you if
- you like studying the art of H.R. Giger and Francis Bacon.
- you want to know how the chestburster scene came to be.
- you like digging into myths and nightmares behind a monster.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather watch Alien itself than an essay about it.
- you want a light, fun behind the scenes film.
About: creation · myth · fear

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream 2006
Documentary
From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.
The sides of Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
- Six cult films shown at midnight in the 1970s
- El Topo, Eraserhead and Rocky Horror
- Directors looking back on how it happened
Good for you if
- you love the cinema of the 1970s.
- you like the strangest films that ever found a crowd.
- you want the true story of how midnight screenings became a ritual.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not see raw clips from films like Pink Flamingos.
- you want one story to follow, not six films and many interviews.
About: cult cinema · the counterculture · audiences
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy 2004
Documentary
From the earliest versions of the script to the blockbuster debuts, explore the creation of the Star Wars Trilogy.
The sides of Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
- George Lucas's early scripts
- Auditions for Luke, Leia and Han
- An effects team inventing as it went
Good for you if
- you like hearing George Lucas and his cast tell how Star Wars was made.
- you like seeing 1970s Hollywood take a risk on a space movie.
- you like George Lucas fighting to keep control of his sequels and toys while Fox doubted him.
Bad for you if
- you find two and a half hours of making-of too long.
- you want space battles, not interviews.
About: ambition · creativity · risk
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films 2014
Documentary
A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.
The sides of Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
- Two Israeli cousins running a Hollywood studio
- Chuck Norris and Charles Bronson action films
- Actors and crew telling stories of the 1980s
Good for you if
- you like true stories about how movies really get made.
- you laugh at wild anecdotes from cheap 1980s film sets.
- you grew up on video store shelves and want the story behind them.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather avoid the many nude clips from the films.
- you can't stand gory clips, even short ones.
About: ambition · excess · show business
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead 2018
Documentary
As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.
The sides of They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
- Orson Welles making his last film
- The Other Side of the Wind
- Years of chaotic shooting and money troubles
Good for you if
- you want the real story behind a film shot over years and left unfinished.
- you like a portrait of a stubborn filmmaker late in life.
- you love old Hollywood and the era of Welles.
Bad for you if
- you need a story told in order, without a flood of archive footage.
- you want a warm, easy watch rather than a chaotic shoot.
About: ambition · legacy · art
Hitchcock/Truffaut 2015
Documentary
Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selon Hitchcock”), written by François Truffaut and published in 1966.
The sides of Hitchcock/Truffaut
- Recordings of Hitchcock talking with Truffaut
- Scorsese, Fincher and others on Hitchcock
- Clips from Vertigo and Psycho
Good for you if
- you love Hitchcock's classics and want to see them again.
- you like two directors talking shop about how a scene works.
- you like hearing filmmakers explain what they learned from one book.
Bad for you if
- you want the private life of Hitchcock the man. This is about how he built his scenes.
- you'd rather feel the suspense of Psycho than hear how it was made.
About: filmmaking · suspense · influence
Tokyo-Ga 1985
Documentary
German director Wim Wenders tries to explore the Tokyo that was depicted in the films of Yasujiro Ozu and finds a very different city.
The sides of Tokyo-Ga
- Wim Wenders walking through 1980s Tokyo
- Pachinko halls and plastic food
- Interviews with Ozu's actor Chishu Ryu and cameraman Yuharu Atsuta
Good for you if
- you like long, quiet shots of a city going about its day.
- you love Ozu and want to look for his Tokyo.
- you like a filmmaker's diary of a real city and its habits.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles in German and Japanese.
- you want characters to follow. Here the only lead is the city.
About: memory · cinema · modern life
Jodorowsky's Dune 2013
Documentary
In 1974, Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on the quixotic project of adapting Frank Herbert's influential novel Dune (1969) for the big screen. After investing two years, and millions of dollars, the gigantic project ended in failure; but the artists Jodorowsky brought together to carry it out continued to work together, and ended up laying the foundations for modern science fiction cinema.
The sides of Jodorowsky's Dune
- A director preparing Dune in 1974
- A book of storyboards for a film nobody shot
- Dalí and Mick Jagger in the cast
Good for you if
- you want the man himself telling you how he lost the film.
- you like pages of Moebius drawings and Giger designs on screen.
- you like the feeling of a film too big to exist.
Bad for you if
- you want something happening on screen and not people remembering a project.
- you can't take a man casting Salvador Dalí as a galactic emperor.
About: ambition · failure · cinema
Spielberg 2017
Documentary
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.
The sides of Spielberg
- Steven Spielberg telling his own story
- From Jaws to Lincoln
- His parents and his childhood
Good for you if
- you want Steven Spielberg telling his own story, film by film.
- you like hearing how his parents' divorce runs through his films.
- you like fifty years of Hollywood seen through one career.
Bad for you if
- you find two and a half hours of interviews too much.
- you roll your eyes at filmmakers praising each other.
About: childhood · ambition · cinema
Val 2021
Documentary
For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood's most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors, has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.
The sides of Val
- Val Kilmer's own home videos over forty years
- His son reading his words
- Throat cancer and a lost voice
Good for you if
- you like an actor's life told through his own camera.
- you can be moved by Val Kilmer struggling to speak after cancer.
- you like a family story, from 16mm films made with his brothers to his son reading his words.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch illness and a body that fails.
- you want the energy of his films, not a quiet look back.
About: art · illness · memory
Tim's Vermeer 2013
Documentary
Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? Spanning a decade, Jenison's adventure takes him to Holland, on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artista David Hockney, and eventually even to Buckingham Palace. The epic research project Jenison embarques on is as extraordinary as what he discovers.
The sides of Tim's Vermeer
- An inventor who has never painted
- A room in Texas rebuilt like Vermeer's
- Mirrors, lenses and years of patience
Good for you if
- you like a theory tested with real lenses and mirrors.
- you like a centuries old question about how Vermeer painted.
- you like Dutch painting from the 1600s.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, and months of painting wear you out.
- you want Penn and Teller's stage comedy. Here they mostly watch a friend paint.
About: art · obsession · patience
Waking Sleeping Beauty 2010
Documentary
By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovate and old timers not yet ready to relinquish control. These conditions produced a series of box-office flops and pessimistic forecasts: maybe the best days of animation were over. Maybe the public didn't care. Only a miracle or a magic spell could produce a happy ending. Waking Sleeping Beauty is no fairy tale. It's the true story of how Disney regained its magic with a staggering output of hits - "Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast ," "Aladdin," "The Lion King," and more - over a 10-year period.
The sides of Waking Sleeping Beauty
- Disney animation in crisis in the mid-1980s
- Studio executives fighting over control
- The run from The Little Mermaid to The Lion King
Good for you if
- you want the true story of how Disney went from flops to The Lion King.
- you like the studio fights between Katzenberg, Eisner and Roy Disney.
Bad for you if
- you need more than interviews and home video footage.
- you don't care about animated films, even how they were made.
About: creativity · rivalry · reinvention
The Beaches of Agnès 2008
Documentary
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda's self-portrait recounts the highs and lows of her professional career, the many friendships that affected her life and her longtime marriage to cinematic giant Jacques Demy.
The sides of The Beaches of Agnès
- Agnès Varda looking back at eighty
- Mirrors set up on a beach
- Her life with Jacques Demy
Good for you if
- you like a filmmaker telling her own life in her own way.
- you like playful images, from mirrors on the sand to a street turned into a beach.
- you want time with a warm, curious, funny woman.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a French film.
- you need a documentary that moves fast and sticks to the facts.
About: memory · aging · love · cinema