Movies

A portrait of the brilliant American writer Truman Capote (1924-84) and the New York high society of his time.

Tony Palmer's award-winning feature-length documentary profile of Richard Burton.

The epic story of how the film The African Queen (1951), directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was shot on real...

Kate is a young woman visiting her grandmother to talk about her mother "Eve" but instead she surprisingly ends up as both chauffeur and chaperone on...

In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the...

A documentary on the creation of Lars von Trier's fascinating drama Dogville starring amongst others Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Stellan...

During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies.

The childhood, adolescence, and incredible adult years of Al Hirschfeld, celebrated creator of thousands of line drawings of famous people - many in...

Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the...

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1949.

A private investigator endures the rigors of an insane asylum in order to locate $1 million in stolen loot.

Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of film clips, written material and interviews of friends...

In the '40s Howard Hawks boasts that he can make a movie out of the worst thing Hemingway ever has written. When Hemingway asks, which novel he...

Meryl Streep conducts us to a trip to New York City as presented in many films during the 20th Century, and how its cultural importance and impact...

A governess, caring for two children at a remote estate, becomes convinced that the grounds are haunted and the children are under an evil influence.

Two runaway kids hide in a museum. Once they are locked inside overnight, they try to solve a mystery about a statue supposedly carved by...

Women whose husbands are incarcerated decide to band together to rob a hotel safe.

Sir Michael Parkinson looks back over his 50 years as a broadcaster, revealing some tricks of the interview trade and remembering some of his...

The world's on the brink of World War II, but a young actress is caught in a sentimental contest between a playwright and a director.

Roland is an avant-garde artist in Venice, California whose sister lives on their family's estate in Venice, Italy. Their father is near death and...