Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' 2015

6.50

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

Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies

Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies 2020

8.00

Time Travelers, a new documentary by Daniel Raim featuring interviews with John Bengtson and film historian Marc Wanamaker, reveals newly discovered connections between Buster Keaton’s MGM debut and the earliest films of his career.

2020

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War 2020

1

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 pervasiveness of nuclear paranoia in films of the sixties.

2020

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

The Making of 'Harlan County U.S.A.'

The Making of 'Harlan County U.S.A.' 2006

6.00

This documentary features new interviews with producer-director Barbara Kopple, cinematographers Hart Perry and Kevin Keating, associate director Anne Lewis, and three people featured in HARLAN COUNTY USA: United Mine Workers organizer Houston Elmore, miner Jerry Johnson, and strike activist Bessie Parker.

2006

Working with De Sica

Working with De Sica 2007

1

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

Functions of Film Sound

Functions of Film Sound 2013

1

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

Vitellonismo

Vitellonismo 2004

7.00

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

2004

Making of Drive My Car

Making of Drive My Car 2022

1

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

Women in Love: Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau on Desert Hearts

Women in Love: Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau on Desert Hearts 2017

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DESERT HEARTS depended on the connection between its two lead actors, Patricia Charbonneau and Helen Shaver, and on their trust in director Donna Deitch. In the following program, made by the Criterion Collection in New York in 2017, the actors and the director discuss the making of the film, the close bond they formed, and the ways it changed their lives.

2017

Making 'The Irishman'

Making 'The Irishman' 2020

7.20

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

André Gregory and Wallace Shawn

André Gregory and Wallace Shawn 2009

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In this hour-long piece, recorded in 2009, filmmaker Noah Baumbach talks with his friends the writer-actors André Gregory and Wallace Shawn about their experiences making My Dinner with Andre. Baumbach speaks first with Gregory, and then with Shawn.

2009

CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution

CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution 2009

1

CHE was the first feature to use the Red camera, which Soderbergh embraced for its versatility and image quality. This short 2009 documentary looks at the evolution of the camera during the film’s production and at the many ways it has enhanced and altered the process of modern digital filmmaking.

2009

Miranda July: Where it Began

Miranda July: Where it Began 2020

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In this documentary, produced in 2019, director Miranda July and filmmaker Lena Dunham explore July’s beginnings, including her early work as a performer, the creation of her Joanie 4 Jackie project, and the development and production of her first feature film, ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW.

2020

Homay King on 'Shanghai Express'

Homay King on 'Shanghai Express' 2018

1

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

2018

Living 'Lord of the Flies'

Living 'Lord of the Flies' 2013

1

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