Discovering Treasure: The Story of ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’
An overview of the making of John Huston’s 1948 classic “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.”
Genre: Documentary
Director: Jeff Kurtti
Actors: Eric Lax, Evelyn Keyes, Jack L. Warner, John Huston, John Milius, Leonard Maltin, Martin Scorsese, Robert Osborne, Rudy Behlmer, Walter Huston
Country: USA
The 400 Million
The 400 million people of China are heirs to a great civilization, as their pagodas and stone lions can attest. But they are under attack from the Japanese. Civilian refugees…
In Search of Darkness: Part III
The conclusion to the ‘In Search of Darkness’ trilogy. In this epic final chapter, our focus turns to the straight-to-video horror classics that populated the bottom shelves at the video…
Leonardo DiCaprio: Most Wanted!
From his juvenile, tormented, heroic roles, which made him a global phenomenon, to his darker mature roles, a portrait of American actor Leonardo DiCaprio, a consummate performer and probably the…
Comedian
A look at the work of two stand-up comics, Jerry Seinfeld and a lesser-known newcomer, detailing the effort and frustration behind putting together a successful act and career while living…
McQueen
Alexander McQueen’s rags-to-riches story is a modern-day fairy tale, laced with the gothic. Mirroring the savage beauty, boldness and vivacity of his design, this documentary is an intimate revelation of…
When the Daltons Rode
Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked…
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting ‘Platoon’
A documentary about the making of Oliver Stone’s Vietnam War film, Platoon (1986).
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Brilliant, long in-the-works story of the life and art of the world’s greatest comedian and the cinema’s first genius, Charlie Chaplin. Produced, written and directed by renowned film critic Richard…
Food, Inc.
Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner examines how mammoth corporations have taken over all aspects of the food chain in the United States, from the farms where our food is grown to…
Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity
In 1935, 17-year-old aspiring actress Marsha Hunt was discovered in Hollywood. She signed with Paramount Pictures and went on to a flourishing career at MGM. She made 54 films in…
American Beauty: Look Closer…
A promotional short documentary on the making of the film American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball.
Goering’s Catalogue: A Collection of Art and Blood
For more than a decade, Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering, Adolf Hitler’s right-hand man during the infamous Third Reich, assembled a collection of thousands of works of art that were meticulously catalogued.