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  • 2015
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    Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

    Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

    6.13 2015 HD

    Martin Scali, who was Wes Anderson's assistant on "Fantastic Mr. Fox", shot this short documentary in Newport, Rhode Island, during the filming of...

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  • 2011
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    The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet

    The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet

    6.00 2011 HD

    In this visual essay, Charles Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance, author of "Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema", draws upon a wealth of photography as well...

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  • 2017
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    Remembering Reno: Reflections on the Making of Desert Hearts

    Remembering Reno: Reflections on the Making of Desert Hearts

    1 2017 HD

    Filmed in Los Angeles in August 2017, director Donna Deitch, cinematographer Robert Elswit and production designer Jeannine Oppewall discuss their...

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  • 2013
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    The Making of 'Nashville'

    The Making of 'Nashville'

    1 2013 HD

    Retrospective documentary on the making of Robert Altman's Nashville (1975).

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  • 2006
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    Fellini's Homecoming

    Fellini's Homecoming

    1 2006 HD

    A documentary created by the Criterion Collection for their release of Italian film director Federico Fellini's Amarcord about his relationship with...

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  • 2004
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    Vitellonismo

    Vitellonismo

    7.00 2004 HD

    A look at the making of Federico Fellini's "I Vitelloni".

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  • 2018
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    Strange Magic

    Strange Magic

    1 2018 HD

    Writer and Rookie editor in chief Tavi Gevinson explores THE VIRGIN SUICIDES through the lens of adolescence, suicide, and memory. It features...

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  • 2016
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    Blood Simple: A Conversation with Dave Eggers

    Blood Simple: A Conversation with Dave Eggers

    1 2016 HD

    A new conversation between author Dave Eggers and the Coen Brothers about the production, from inception to release, of 'Blood Simple'.

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  • 2020
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    Making 'The Irishman'

    Making 'The Irishman'

    7.00 2020 HD

    Join legendary director Martin Scorsese, and acting icons Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino going behind the scenes of their universally...

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  • 2020
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    'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

    'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

    1 2020 HD

    Film critic J. Hoberman discusses the best-selling 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler on which "Fail-Safe" is based, along with the...

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  • 2022
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    Making of Drive My Car

    Making of Drive My Car

    1 2022 HD

    Program about the making of the film, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with actors Reika Kirishima, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masaki...

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  • 2004
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    The Restoration of John Cassavetes' 'Shadows'

    The Restoration of John Cassavetes' 'Shadows'

    1 2004 HD

    Documentary short chronicling the process of restoring John Cassavetes' debut feature, Shadows (1959)

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  • 2006
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    Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'

    Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku'

    6.00 2006 HD

    A new documentary on director Nobuo Nakagawa and the making of the film, Jigoku. Featuring exclusive interview with Nakagawa collaborators.

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  • 2021
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    Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'

    Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'

    1 2021 HD

    A new documentary by Daniel Raim and Eugene Suen on the making of "Flowers of Shanghai," featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Mark...

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  • 2005
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    Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa

    Lucas, Coppola & Kurosawa

    1 2005 HD

    Directors George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola discuss [Akira] Kurosawa and their roles as executive producers of Kagemusha.

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  • 2014
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    A Film of Firsts: Peter Bogdanovich on Red River

    A Film of Firsts: Peter Bogdanovich on Red River

    1 2014 HD

    Interview with filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich about Red River and the two versions of the film.

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  • 2010
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    An Appreciation of Stageocach with Peter Bogdanovich

    An Appreciation of Stageocach with Peter Bogdanovich

    1 2010 HD

    An appreciation of Stagecoach, with director and Ford biographer Peter Bogdanovich.

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  • 2017
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    Women in Love: Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau on Desert Hearts

    Women in Love: Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau on Desert Hearts

    1 2017 HD

    DESERT HEARTS depended on the connection between its two lead actors, Patricia Charbonneau and Helen Shaver, and on their trust in director Donna...

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  • 2008
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    Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad

    Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad

    7.00 2008 HD

    Documentary about the technical achievements of the 1940 film classic The Thief of Bagdad.

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  • 2013
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    Table Scraps: Notes on Babette's Feast

    Table Scraps: Notes on Babette's Feast

    1 2013 HD

    In this essay on Babette's Feast, filmmaker Michael Almereyda charts the path from Isak Dinesen’s story to Gabriel Axel’s film, taking...

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