Footsteps

A 60-minute salute to American International Pictures. Entertainment lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff founded AIP (then called American Releasing Corporation) on a $3000 loan in 1954 with his partner, James H. Nicholson, a former West Coast exhibitor and distributor. The company made its mark by targeting teenagers with quickly produced films that exploited subjects mainstream films were reluctant to tackle.

Documentary about filmmakers of the New German Cinema who were members of the legendary Filmverlag für Autoren (Film Publishing House for Authors). Among them are Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Wim Wenders.

The film tells the story of the intimate and unprecedented encounter between the photojournalists of the Magnum Agency and the world of cinema. The confrontation of two seemingly opposite worlds – fiction and reality. For 70 years their paths crossed: a family of photographers, amongst them the biggest names in photography, and a family of actors and filmmakers who helped write the history of cinema, from John Huston to Marilyn Monroe to Orson Welles, Kate Winslet and Sean Penn.

The true story behind the Prince of the City.

Documentary about the making of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 film "Straw Dogs."

A comprehensive 12-part documentary on the making of "Spider-Man 2," covering everything from pre-production to premiere.

Documentary about Italian film director Ermanno Olmi, with emphasis on "The Tree of Wooden Clogs".

An interview with French film director Eric Rohmer.

Documentary about the making of the film first presented on the British television series "The South Bank Show".

The greatness, fall and renaissance of Hammer, the flagship company of British popular cinema, mainly from 1955 to 1968. Tortured women and sadistic monsters populated oppressive scenarios in provocative productions that shocked censorship and disgusted critics but fascinated the public. Movies in which horror was shown in offensive colors: dreadful stories, told without prejudices, that offered fear, blood, sex and stunning performances.

Television documentary about the making of Marcel Carné's 1945 film "Children of Paradise"

Television documentary about the making of Jacques Tati's 1958 film "Mon oncle".

Television documentary about the making of Roman Polanski's 1979 film "Tess."

Television documentary about the making of Jacques Demy's 1964 film "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg".

The story of Enrique Herreros (1903-1977), cartoonist, advertiser, poster designer, talent manager, actor, producer and filmmaker, and the most daring of mountaineers; the man who, along with his companions from the so-called “other Generation of '27,” brought Hollywood to Madrid's Gran Vía, turning a grey and sinister post-war city into the capital of an incipient and ambitious cultural industry.

Television documentary about the making of Roman Polanski's 1979 film, Tess.

A conversation with Patty McCormack.

One of the dominating figures in Elvis Presley's life was his manager, who was known as the "Colonel". No other relationship in Elvis' life was as controversial and misunderstood as the one he had with Colonel Tom Parker. The truth about their unique friendship is revealed in this documentary.

Documentary about the making of director Steven Spielberg's film Empire of the Sun

Documentary exploring the friendship between French director Jean-Pierre Melville and actor Alain Delon, and their collaboration on the 1967 film Le samouraï.