Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis

A moving and very funny portrait of the personal and professional life of the magnificent French comedian Louis de Funès (1914-83),as well as a detai...

From the 1950s onwards, Erika and Ulrich Gregor brought countless film historical milestones to Berlin and shaped cinema discourse in post-war Germany...

A portrait of the Spanish actress María Casares (1922-96).

An American low-budget action film celebrated an unexpected worldwide success in 1988: "Bloodsport". With its, the world of film fans and martial arts...

Documentary about master director Roberto Rossellini, who tells details of his life and childhood and visits the places where he has lived and shot so...

Andrés Godoy is an unusual musician. At the age of 14, already an accomplished guitarist, he lost his right arm while working in his parents' mill. Af...

An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97),the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.

An all-access tour behind the scenes at France’s premiere film school, La Fémis. Showing us how successful candidates get to follow in the footsteps o...

When French writer Marguerite Duras (1914-96) published her novel The Sea Wall in 1950, she came very close to winning the prestigious Prix Goncourt....

The life story of Richard Pryor (1940-2005),the legendary performer and iconic social satirist who transcended racial and social barriers with his ho...

Second part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone's masterpiece, released i...

Third part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone's masterpiece, released in...

A look at the life and work of Christina Lindberg, the most famous Swedish model of the 1970s and star of exploitation cinema.

Documentary about Bernardo Bertolucci, and his film The Last Emperor, tracing the director’s geographic influences, from Parma to China.

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of John Huston's "Under the Volcano" (1984).