Movies: Filmmaking

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Bruce Lawton discusses Buster Keaton's The Blacksmith (1922), a film that Keaton had dismissed as a "lesser" work....

A short documentary on the making of the 1946 film Ziegfeld Follies....

A video letter to Nancy Holt, made in homage to a shared interest in terminal lakes, framed views, monuments and time. Filmed on and around the Great Salt Lake, Mono Lake and Meteor Crater....

Things fall apart, but they are also reassembled and given new life, in an enlightened form. Meet the New York based artist and filmmaker Bill Morrison in this interview about his haunting experimental collage films 'Decasia' and 'Light is Calling'....

Roundtable discussion of the films of Quentin Tarantino with four film critics....

An Asian film crew’s attemptsat making a film while navigating the strict laws of filming in the UK. They don’t have a budget or enough preparation, all they have is a shared passion to create. Stay Maybe is a comparison of cultures, at times sublime...

The Invisible Subtitler is an independent documentary about the use of subtitles in cinema and the life of subtitlers themselves, focusing on the economic issues faced by the subtitlers and how they are currently invisible in the globalized business ...

A documentary about filmmaker Marguerite Duras....

A short documentary on Jerome Kern and the making of Till the Clouds Roll By....

Documentary about the Buster Keaton short Hard Luck (1921)....

During the production of my Jabba documentary short, Slimy Piece of Worm Ridden Filth, I was put in contact with Toby Philpott’s colleague and Jabba’s right hand man. Literally, his right hand man, puppeteer Dave Barclay. Dave helped us, along with T...

Interview with critic Molly Haskell about Hawks and Red River...

Largely due to censorship, many films, especially documentaries and independent films, can't be released in China. But underground cinema clubs are making independent films accessible to Chinese audience despite the all the risks....

Video interview with Ford's grandson, Dan Ford about the director and his home movies....

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Georgie Price tells Bryan Foy, who is to direct his short film, that he is nervous about performing to a camera and microphone instead of an audience. He then sings a couple songs, in an Al Jolson/Eddie Cantor style....

Video piece, featuring journalist Buzz Bissinger, about trader Harry Goulding's key role in bringing Monument Valley to Hollywood....

An in-depth documentary on renowned film producer James Ivory, co-founder of globally acclaimed Merchant Ivory Productions....

Documentary about the making of Buster Keaton's silent comedy classic, Sherlock Jr. (1924)....