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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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  • 2015
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    Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

    Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

    6.50 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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  • 2021
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    Undressing a Legacy

    Undressing a Legacy

    1 2021 HD

    In this interview, conducted in spring 2021, scholar Nick Rees-Roberts traces the influence of La Piscine on the worlds of film and fashion in the...

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  • 2013
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    Functions of Film Sound

    Functions of Film Sound

    1 2013 HD

    This visual essay sets clips from Robert Bresson's "A Man Escaped" to a reading of "Functions of Film Sound," a chapter from David Bordwell and...

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  • 2019
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    On Camera: Fifteen Apollo Astronauts and Their Experience of a Lifetime

    On Camera: Fifteen Apollo Astronauts and Their Experience of a Lifetime

    1 2019 HD

    A collection of excerpted on-screen interviews with fifteen of the Apollo astronauts.

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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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  • 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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  • 2019
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    In Full Swing

    In Full Swing

    1 2019 HD

    A documentary on the making of the 1936 film Swing Time, featuring interviews with jazz and film critic Gary Giddens, dance critic Brian Seibert, and...

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 2018
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    Weimar on the Pacific

    Weimar on the Pacific

    1 2018 HD

    In this documentary, film scholars Gerd Germünden and Noah Isenberg discuss the artistic origins of Marlene Dietrich in the cabarets of Weimar...

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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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  • 2010
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    Underworld: How it Came to Be

    Underworld: How it Came to Be

    1 2010 HD

    Documentary on the making of Josef von Sternberg's 'Underworld,' which launched the American gangster genre as we know it.

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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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  • 2015
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    A Physical History of 'M'

    A Physical History of 'M'

    1 2015 HD

    This documentary traces the "physical history" of Fritz Lang’s M, from its production and original distribution to the digital restoration used...

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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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  • 2004
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    Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau

    Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau

    1 2004 HD

    Director Robert Altman and writer Garry Trudeau discuss their collaboration on Tanner ‘88 in a conversation recorded in June 2004.

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  • 2010
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    Tomorrow, Yesterday, and Today

    Tomorrow, Yesterday, and Today

    1 2010 HD

    Director Peter Bogdanovich discusses the career of director/writer Leo McCarey. Included in The Criterion Collection's 2010 DVD release of the Leo...

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  • 2013
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    Caroline Champetier and Arnaud Desplechin: A Conversation about 'Shoah'

    Caroline Champetier and Arnaud Desplechin: A Conversation about 'Shoah'

    1 2013 HD

    An interview about 'Shoah' featuring Caroline Champetier, who did assistant camera work on the film, and Arnaud Desplechin.

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