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Films About Films
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Movie: Reel Injun ( 2009 )
The history of the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood films.
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Movie: The Celluloid Closet ( 1996 )
A documentary surveying the various Hollywood screen depictions of homosexuals and the attitudes behind them throughout the history of North American film.
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Movie: American Grindhouse ( 2010 )
A documentary about the history of exploitation movies, from the silent-film era to the 1970s.
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Movie: Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film ( 2009 )
An exploration of the appeal of horror films, with interviews of many legendary directors in the genre.
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Movie: Room 237 ( 2012 )
An exploration of various interpretations of Stanley Kubrick's horror film, The Shining (1980).
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Movie: Disclosure ( 2020 )
An in-depth look at Hollywood's depiction of transgender people and the impact of those stories on transgender lives and American culture.
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Movie: These Amazing Shadows ( 2011 )
Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and indeed the American experience itself.
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Movie: It Came from Kuchar ( 2009 )
The definitive documentary about the zany, underground filmmaking twins, George and Mike Kuchar.
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Movie: Divine Trash ( 1998 )
The life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer, John Waters. Intercut with a 1972 interview of Waters are clips from his first films and recent interviews with his parents, his brother, Divine's mom, actors and crew, other directors, film critics, a film curator, psychologists, and Maryland's last censor, who shudders at the memory of Waters's p...Read all
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Movie: The Kid Stays in the Picture ( 2002 )
Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans (the film shares the same name as Evans's famous 1994 autobiography).
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Movie: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse ( 1991 )
Documentary that chronicles how Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979) was plagued by extraordinary script, shooting, budget, and casting problems - nearly destroying the life and career of the celebrated director.
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Movie: This Film Is Not Yet Rated ( 2006 )
Kirby Dick's exposé about the American movie ratings board.
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Movie: Inside Deep Throat ( 2005 )
An examination of the infamous pornographic film Deep Throat (1972), covering aspects from the film's creation to its cultural impact.
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Movie: A Decade Under the Influence ( 2003 )
A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time.
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Movie: Best Worst Movie ( 2009 )
A look at the making of the film Troll 2 (1990) and its journey from being crowned the "worst film of all time" to a cherished cult classic.
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Movie: Life Itself ( 2014 )
The life and career of the renowned film critic and social commentator, Roger Ebert.
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Movie: Baadasssss Cinema ( 2002 )
Filmmaker Isaac Julien uses film clips and interviews to illustrate the history of the so-called "blaxploitation" genre.
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Movie: Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel ( 2012 )
A documentary on DIY producer/director Roger Corman and his alternative approach to making movies in Hollywood.
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Movie: Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood ( 2003 )
A look at 1970s Hollywood when it was known as New Hollywood, and the director was the star of the movie.
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TV Show: A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss ( 2010 )
A documentary mini-series that aired in 2010, written and presented by actor, writer and horror enthusiast Mark Gatiss. The series explores horror films in the Golden Age of Hollywood, the British Hammer Horror tradition, and American horror movie classics. A one-off special, Horror Europa, followed in 2012.
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Movie: Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies ( 2001 )
A look at several legendary 'exploitation' film-makers from the golden days of drive-in movies, and how they had a lasting effect on the movie landscape in general.
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Movie: Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story ( 2009 )
Documentary on famed Hollywood director and producer - and supreme showman - William Castle. Castle made his mark in the decade from the mid-1950s to the mid 1960s with a series of low-budget but highly popular and profitable horror films. The list includes Macabre (1958), House on Haunted Hill (1959), Homicidal (1961) and many others. Castle always had to have a gimmick to go with his movies. These included having nurses on duty in the lobby should anyone need medical assistance or giving everyone a $1000 insurance policy should anyone die of fright. Castle's greatest success came as he producer of Rosemary's Baby (1968). All in all he is fondly remembered by those who knew and worked with him.
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Movie: That Guy... Who Was in That Thing ( 2012 )
Follows sixteen actors who detail their ups and downs as they struggle to forge careers in Hollywood.
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Movie: That Gal... Who Was in That Thing: That Guy 2 ( 2015 )
Actresses talk about their personal lives and dealing with a balance between family responsibilities and being a professional actor.
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Movie: Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror ( 2019 )
A look at the history of black horror films and the role of African Americans in the film genre from the very beginning.
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Movie: Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies ( 2020 )
The definitive documentary on the history of nudity in feature films from the early silent days to the present, studying the changes in morality that led to the use of nudity in films while emphasizing the political, sociological and artistic changes that shaped that history. Skin will also study the gender inequality in presenting nude images in motion pictures and will follow the revolution that has created nude gender equality in feature films today. It culminates in a discussion of "what are nude scenes like in the age of the #METOO movement" as well as a look at CGI nudity that seems a large part of motion pictures' future. The documentary will compare the use of nudity to further storylines vs. simple exploitation and discuss how nudity is used in movies today with the explosion of must-see television and its influence on the film medium.
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Movie: Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema ( 2009 )
Unzips America's obsession with sex and takes us on a steamy trip through the milestones of erotic cinema.