Filmmaking Movies

About Jösta Hagelbäck (1945-2009), Swedish film director, writer, poet, musician, actor etc. A human bipolar mixture of genius and madman....

Documentary about Buster Keaton's The 'High Sign' (1921) and Keaton's developing style.

A young director intent on making "the greatest color crime movie ever" can't seem to finish his script--he has a beginning and an end, but he can't...

Frédérique has obtained a firm commitment for the financing of her film on excision. At the last moment, however, the bank withdrew....

A history of movie magic from 1895 to 1995, showing primitive effects used in such films as "A Trip to the Moon" up to the state of the art effects...

For this inform­at­ive new one-off, film writer Ian Nathan focuses on the first 60 years of British film, from the inven­tion of cinema...

In this visual essay John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, provides a tour of where...

A diverse group of actresses becomes frustrated by not getting a break, then decide to make their own film. Low on funds they find the most unlikely...

From Go Fish to Paris is Burning to The Watermelon Woman, this festival favorite goes behind the scenes to reveal seven successful lesbian directors....

A look at the legendary Czech sound designer and his profession. Editor and documentary filmmaker Adéla Špaljová has her father...

A portrait of an independent filmmaker and the lengths he will go to fulfill his celluloid dream.

Two struggling friends chase dreams, battling rejections and unforeseen challenges in their artistic careers, reflecting the under-appreciated life...

A life long dream of making a feature film turns into a comedic disaster for a New Jersey filmmaker.

Handbook of Movie Theaters’ History is a documentary about the history, the development in the present days and the future of movie theaters in...

Is there an audience for Latin American movies? These are some of the questions posed by an Ecuadorian filmmaker whose latest movie was a commercial...

Conrad Brooks discusses "Hellborn," his unfinished movie with Ed Wood, and other projects