Living 'Lord of the Flies'

Living 'Lord of the Flies' 2013

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Actor Tom Gaman (Simon) narrates some 8mm movies shot during the film's three-month production and shares memories of working on the movie during his summer vacation.

2013

Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' 2015

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

2015

Making 'The Irishman'

Making 'The Irishman' 2020

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

2020

Functions of Film Sound

Functions of Film Sound 2013

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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 Kristin Thompson's book "Film Art." The chapter analyzes the sound design of Bresson's masterpiece as a means of discussing the use of sound in film.

2013

Making of Drive My Car

Making of Drive My Car 2022

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Program about the making of the film, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with actors Reika Kirishima, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masaki Okada, Park Yu-rim, Jin Dae-yeon, and others

2022

Reviving Harry Lime

Reviving Harry Lime 2006

1

Radio producer Harry Alan Towers discusses his work with Orson Welles.

2006

Fellini's Homecoming

Fellini's Homecoming 2006

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A documentary created by the Criterion Collection for their release of Italian film director Federico Fellini's Amarcord about his relationship with his home town, Rimini, featuring archive interviews with the director and more recent interviews with some of his friends and collaborators.

2006

Working with De Sica

Working with De Sica 2007

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This short documentary features interviews with film scholar Callisto Cosulich, BICYCLE THIEVES coscreenwriter Suso Cecchi d’Amico, and actor Enzo Staiola. The interviews were conducted in Italy in 2005.

2007

Vitellonismo

Vitellonismo 2004

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

2004

Revolutions Per Second

Revolutions Per Second 2012

1

A 25-minute visual essay by Kent Jones about Jean-Luc Godard and his film 'Weekend'.

2012

In Full Swing

In Full Swing 2019

1

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 Dorothy Fields biographer Deborah Grace Winer. This is an all-encompassing feature covering the evolution of the Hollywood musical, Astaire's and Rogers' work, and the film's music, written by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields.

2019

Homay King on 'Shanghai Express'

Homay King on 'Shanghai Express' 2018

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Film scholar Homay King discusses director Josef von Sternberg's cinematic China and the role of star Anna May Wong in 'Shanghai Express'.

2018

Men of Mystery

Men of Mystery 2006

1

Orson Welles Biographer Simon Callow discusses the making of "Mr. Arkadin" (aka "Confidential Report.")

2006

A Physical History of 'M'

A Physical History of 'M' 2015

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This documentary traces the "physical history" of Fritz Lang’s M, from its production and original distribution to the digital restoration used as the basis for this edition. It includes a look at the French-language version of M but was produced before the discovery of the English-language version.

2015