Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga is a 1983 television documentary special that originally aired on PBS. It is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the original Star Wars trilogy, with particular emphasis on the final film, Return of the Jedi. Narrated by actor Mark Hamill, the documentary was written by Richard Schickel who had written the previous television documentaries The Making of Star Wars (1977) and SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980).

An intimate portrait and saga of four film pioneers--Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack who rose from immigrant poverty through personal tragedies persevering to create a major studio with a social conscience.

The intricate history of UFA, a film production company founded in 1917 that has survived the Weimar Republic, the Nazi regime, the Adenauer era and the many and tumultuous events of contemporary Germany, and has always been the epicenter of the German film industry.

Allen Baron, director of "Blast of Silence" visits locations from the film and recalls the production.

The story of the creation of The Spirit of the Beehive, a film directed by Víctor Erice in 1973.

From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.

Documentary about the Parisian locations for the film by Louis Malle.

Behind-the-scenes documentary about a fundraiser which was staged for Robert Altman's film "The Player" (1992).

Documentary about the making of Lars von Trier's 1991 film.

Documentary about the making of Nagisa Oshima's 1976 film.

Film historians, a costumer, and three of the actors relate what it was like to work with John Wayne on True Grit (1969).

Documentary about Spanish director Luis García Berlanga's "The Executioner" (1963)

Documentary about Nicholas Ray's film "In a Lonely Place" (1950).

The evolution of the zombie from its roots in Haitian voodoo to its coveted role as the world's most popular monster: from being a clumsy corpse to becoming a cannibal killer and the main agent of every infectious pandemic, the zombie has come a long way in seventy years. A look at the rising tide of zombie culture examining why something so dead has so much life in viewers' nightmares and at the box office.

A documentary about the legendary Japanese filmmaker.

In 1967, Canadian documentarian James Beveridge traveled to Kolkata to film director Satyajit Ray at work. The resulting program, produced for the American public television series “The Creative Person,” features interviews with Ray, several of his actors and crew members, and film critic Chidananda Das Gupta.

A 2003 documentary study of mainstream Cyberpunk films of the 1980s created by director Andrew J. Holden. The film uses the structure of literary theorist Northrop Frye to describe the common, repeating stories in Western culture, and how Cyberpunk can be defined and understood according to that analysis, with a focus toward American film industry portrayal of race, gender, and government.

A documentary about the production of From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) and the people who made it.

A short documentary about Fritz Lang's film 'Frau im Mond', and its relation to the science and history of real space travel.

Chuck Amuck: The Movie is a 1991 documentary film about Chuck Jones' career with Warner Bros., centered on his work with Looney Tunes; narrated by Dick Vosburgh.