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Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich (born July 30, 1939) is an American director, writer, actor, producer, critic and film historian. He is part of the wave of "New Hollywood" directors, and his most critically acclaimed and well-known film is the drama The Last Picture Show (1971). Bogdanovich also directed Targets (1968), What's Up, Doc? (1972), Paper Moon (1973), They All Laughed (1981), Mask (1985), The Cat's Meow (2001), and She's Funny That Way (2014).

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Willie and Me (2024)

Trapped in a stagnant marriage, German housewife Greta finds solace in Willie Nelson's music. When he announces his farewell concert, she embarks on a journey to Las Vegas, leaving her husband behind, rediscovering her past. ...

The Wild One (2023)

In the work of Jack Garfein - Holocaust survivor, theater and film director, key figure in the formation of the Actors Studio - past and and present freely intermingled to contribute to memorable stage productions and in two films, many which were ahead of ...

John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons (2023)

John Wayne was a legendary actor and an embodiment of America itself. While he played men who always do the right thing on camera his real life is far more complicated. ...

Fragments of Paradise (2022)

For over 70 years, Jonas Mekas, internationally known as the "godfather" of avant-garde cinema, documented his life in what came to be known as his diary films. From his arrival in New York City as a displaced person in 1949 to his death in 2019, he chroni ...

The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons (2022)

The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons (2022)

A documentary film detailing the hunt for the holy grail of cinema: the legendary lost director's cut of Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons. ...

Dean Martin: King of Cool (2021)

Dean Martin had a laid-back charm that made him successful in everything from big-screen comedies to television variety shows to live acts in Las Vegas. Filmmaker Tom Donahue explores Martin's varied career, including his complicated relationships with Jer ...

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021)

Beginning just before his debut as Frankenstein's creation, this documentary compellingly explores the life and legacy of a cinema legend, presenting a perceptive history of the genre he personified. Karloff's films were long derided as hokum and attacked ...

Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema (2021)

Documentary on the life of legendary filmmaker Roger Corman, often referred to as the "Pope of Pop Cinema" ...

I Am Burt Reynolds (2020)

Friends and family of the late actor Burt Reynolds remember his life and career, accompanied by clips of his most beloved films. ...

Audrey (2020)

An unprecedented and intimate look at the life, work and enduring legacy of British actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993). ...

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 ...

Morning Has Broken (2020)

Morning Has Broken (2020)

A young runaway girl moves in with a seemingly harmless, elderly, Academy Award-winning songwriter. It all seems perfectly normal, until his dark side unleashes a chain reaction of ghastly events. ...

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness (2020)

From "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" to "The Big Lebowski" and everything in between, this fascinating deep-dive documentary begins its celebration of the greatest cult movies of all-time discussing the birth of the midnight movie. ...

It Chapter Two (2019)

27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call. ...

The Creatress (2019)

Young, bestselling author Eryn Bellow concludes her bookstore tour with her agent selling film rights and closing a six figure advance for her follow-up. Headwinds arise as critics get offended by the claims that Eryn is being declared a living literary le ...

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2019)

Pauline Kael (1919–2001) was undoubtedly one of the greatest names in film criticism. A Californian native, she wrote her first review in 1953 and joined 'The New Yorker' in 1968. Praised for her highly opinionated and feisty writing style and criticised ...

Carl Laemmle (2019)

A documentary about the life of Carl Laemmle, early cinema pioneer and founder of Universal Studios, documenting his life in Hollywood and his efforts in the 1930s to save Jewish families in Nazi Germany. ...

Reborn (2018)

A stillborn baby girl is abducted by a deranged morgue attendant and brought back to life by electro-kinetic power. On her sixteenth birthday, traumatized Tess escapes captivity and sets out to find her birth mother leaving a trail of horrifying violent de ...

The Other Side of the Wind (2018)

Surrounded by fans and sceptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. This film was started in 1970 but never completed during Welles's ...

Tesla Nation (2018)

We are all one. People are interconnected by invisible forces. Creative documentary about the history of Serbian immigration to the USA. Road movie through the present, from the East Coast to the West Coast. Global story about a nation. ...

The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018)

A celebration of the life and career of one of America's most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians—Buster Keaton—whose singular style and fertile output during the silent era created his legacy as a true cinematic visionary. ...

A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making (2018)

A glimpse behind the scenes into the complicated process of recovering and completing Orson Welles' final film The Other Side of the Wind. ...

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)

As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind. ...

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2018)

The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr. ...

Los Angeles Overnight (2018)

A struggling actress inherits a bevy of colorful villains after desperation (with a touch of femme fatale) drives her and her gullible boyfriend to steal big from the Los Angeles underworld. ...

We Blew It (2017)

How did America change from Easy Rider into Donald Trump? What became of the dreams and utopias of the 1960's and 1970's? What do the people who lived in that golden age think about it today? Did they really blow it? Shot in Cinemascope - from New Jersey t ...

Cult of Terror (2017)

A journey of years through many countries and film festivals; a nostalgic, adrenaline-fueled and rock-spirited immersion into the universe of cinephilia, in search of genre specialists, fans and filmmakers who speak of their shared passion for fantastic ci ...

78/52 (2017)

The most famous murder scene in movie history comprises 78 camera settings and 52 cuts: the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. 78/52 tells the story of the man behind the curtain and his greatest obsession. ...

The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)

Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr threw the Hollywood parties that defined the 1970s. A producer, manager, and marketing genius, Carr built his bombastic reputation amid a series of successes includ ...

Hawks on Hawks (2017)

This ten-minute segment, heralded as part of a new shorts program, is composed of excerpts from a 1972 audio conversation between Hawks and Peter Bogdanovich, as well as a 1973 interview of Hawks with Richard Schickel, wherein the director reminisces about ...

Six L.A. Love Stories (2016)

Over the course of one afternoon, in six different parts of Los Angeles, six couples connect, reconnect, or fall apart. Marked by nimble shifts in tone (the six stories range from romping farce to emotionally gutting drama) and a potent combination of inno ...

Hollywood Confidential - Les égouts du paradis (2016)

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Between Us (2016)

Longtime couple Henry and Dianne are afraid that if they finally tie the knot it would mean the end of their days as free-spirited urbanites. But a whirlwind night apart involving temptations from a duo of strangers will either make them realize why they a ...

The Tell-Tale Heart (2016)

A haunting account of a tormented man, haunted by the heart of a man he murdered, who continually re-admits himself into a medical facility, in a futile attempt to escape from his pending madness. ...

Durant's Never Closes (2016)

The story of Jack Durant, notorious restaurateur and ladies man whose connections to the mafia remain a mystery. Direced by Travis Mills. ...

Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)

Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book "Hitchcock/Truffaut" ("Le cinéma selon Hitchcock"), written by François Truffaut and published in 1966. ...

This Is Orson Welles (2015)

Misunderstood genius, superstar, Hollywood's fallen angel... Orson Welles left his indelible mark on the 20th century. ...

Pearly Gates (2015)

Pearly Gates is a story about wanting to be remembered, and knowing that long after death, a person can live on through the memories of family, friends associates and even strangers whose lives that person touched. ...

While We're Young (2015)

An uptight documentary filmmaker and his wife find their lives loosened up a bit after befriending a free-spirited younger couple. ...

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)

The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick ...

The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh (2014)

This is the first feature-length documentary on legendary director Raoul Walsh. In this 'memoir,' Walsh 'recounts' his career from the silent film era to the tumultuous 1960s. The documentary makes stunning use of rare, personal and production photos and f ...

One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film (2014)

The grim woes that surrounded famed director Peter Bogdanovich and his film, "They All Laughed. ...

Cold Turkey (2013)

Thanksgiving get-together for the eccentric Turner clan goes from bad to worse when estranged daughter Nina makes a surprise visit home for the first time in 15 years. Nina clashes with her stepmother Deborah, and sister, Lindsay, while half-brother Jacob ...

Are You Here (2013)

When Steve Dallas, a womanizing local weatherman, hears that his off-the-grid best friend Ben Baker has lost his estranged father, the two return to Ben's childhood home. Once there, they discover Ben has inherited the family fortune, and the ill-equipped ...

Don't Let Me Go (2013)

Don't Let Me Go (2013)

An ailing father, who is about to undergo a potentially life-threatening surgery, takes his teenage kids into the woods to try and recapture their early closeness, before he and his wife divorced and everything changed. But the three are swept into a super ...

Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten (2013)

Stardust Hollywood - Sternenstaub und Götterwelten (2013)

Documentary about Hollywood. ...

Casting By (2012)

This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the most overlooked and least understood crafts in filmmaking. ...

John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man (2012)

Dreaming the Quiet Man' includes interviews with aficionados of Ford like, Martin, Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovicz, Jim Sheridan, William Dowling, and Joe McBride. There is mesmeric archive and rare photographs of the making of the film. The main location of ...

Corman's World (2011)

A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film industry, a pioneer of independent filmmaking and discoverer of new talent. ...

By Bogdanovich (2011)

By Bogdanovich (2011)

Feature-length documentary chronicling the career of acclaimed filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich. ...

Hollywood Scandals (2011)

Hollywood Scandals (2011)

TV review of a litany of Hollywood impropriety. ...

100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story (2011)

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Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides (2011)

American Masters takes a look at the career of Jeff Bridges as his friends and family discuss why he's so special and why he's become one of the more popular actors over the past couple of decades. Throughout the films, his co-workers and directors all men ...

Godard Made in USA (2010)

Documentary by Luc Lagier exploring Godard's career as a filmmaker, the production of Breathless and his influence and his relationship with American cinema. ...

BBStory: An American Film Renaissance (2010)

This 2009 documentary features directors Bob Rafelson, Peter Bogdanovich, and Henry Jaglom, actor-director Jack Nicholson, and actresses Karen Black and Ellen Burstyn, among others, reminiscing about the making of the groundbreaking films of BBS Production ...

America Lost and Found: The BBS Story (2010)

America Lost and Found: The BBS Story (2010)

Documentary on the BBS company who released some of the best films of the 1970s. ...

Queen of the Lot (2010)

An electronic ankle bracelet and being under house arrest aren't about to stop up-and-coming actress Maggie Chase (Tanna Frederick) from the two things she craves the most: real fame and true love. With more "Google points" than her Iowa hometown, but far ...

Abandoned (2010)

Mary Walsh delivers boyfriend Kevin to a hospital for routine outpatient surgery. But when Mary returns to take him home, he's mysteriously vanished. ...

Tomorrow, Yesterday, and Today (2010)

Director Peter Bogdanovich discusses the career of director/writer Leo McCarey. Included in The Criterion Collection's 2010 DVD release of the Leo McCarey film Make Way for Tomorrow (1937). ...

Heavy Rain (2010)

A powerful short documentary inspired by the launch of the genre breaking PlayStation 3 title HEAVY RAIN.   Directed by the acclaimed filmmaker Neil LaBute, the seven minute short was filmed in London, LA & Paris and asks leading luminaries, 'How far w ...

Marilyn Monroe: I Want to Be Loved (2010)

Documentary about Marilyn Monroe. ...

Marilyn Monroe: Death of an Icon (2010)

Documentary about Marilyn Monroe: 1962: America loses its blonde icon. Marilyn Monroe dies under mysterious circumstances. How did she die? The police report states: probable suicide. But there are many things that point to murder: a corpse draped too beau ...

A Discussion with Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich (2009)

A Q&A with the director with an emphasis on THE LAST PICTURE SHOW ...

Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood (2009)

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Vittorio D. (2009)

A documentary about Vittorio de Sica with clips of his films and testimonials from friends and family. ...

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' (2009)

Documentary about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 film "Notorious. ...

The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth (2009)

7-part documentary on John Ford's 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' ] Changing of the Guard The Irascible Poet The Hero Doesn't Win, The Winner Isn't Heroic Most Good Things Happen By Accident The Great Protector Spotlight - Lee Marvin Print The Le ...

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2009)

The artistry, triumph and lifelong friendship of the great cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond. With film school equipment, they shoot the Soviet crackdown of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. As refugees they struggle in Hollywood, finally bre ...

Hollywood Gangster (2008)

Hollywood Gangster (2008)

Documentary about American gangster movies. ...

The Making of 'Rebecca' (2008)

Documentary on Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 film "Rebecca" and the working relationship of Hitchcock and producer David O. Selznick. ...

Dreaming with Scissors: Hitchcock, Surrealism & Salvador Dali (2008)

A documentary analyzing the surrealist elements of the film Spellbound, and the work made by Salvador Dalí in that film. ...

The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious' (2008)

Documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Notorious' (1946). ...

Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster (2008)

Documentary on Alfred Hitchcock and early spy and espionage films. ...

The Sound of Silence: The Making of 'The Lodger' (2008)

A "The Making of..." documentary about Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Lodger (1927)'. ...

Humboldt County (2008)

Peter is a medical student about to graduate and begin his residency. When his professor fails him, he winds up in bed with an actress and singer named Bogart rolling through Los Angeles. He accompanies her to the redwoods of northern California, where he ...

The Doorman (2008)

The Doorman (2008)

A nightclub gatekeeper can't shake the documentary film crew following him. ...

Il falso bugiardo (2008)

Based upon Vincenzoni's biography, "Pane e cinema", the documentary traces the story of the screen play writer who invented many stories that became blockbusters throughout the world. ...

Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound' (2008)

Documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Spellbound' that looks deeply at the films presentation of psychoanalysis and of what is now called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder ...

365 Day Project (2007)

This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas' 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007 and for an entire year, as indicated in the title, a large public (the artist's friends, as well as unknowns) were ...

Broken English (2007)

Nora Wilder is freaking out. Everyone around her is either in a relationship, married, or has children. Nora is in her thirties, alone with job she's outgrown and a mother who constantly reminds her of it all. Not to mention her best friend Audrey's "perfe ...

The Fifth Patient (2007)

John Reilly wakes up in an African Hospital with only fragments of his memory intact. An officer of the local regime, Mugambe, accuses him of being an American spy. ...

Dedication (2007)

A modern love story in which a misanthropic, emotionally complex author of a hit children's book is forced to team with a beautiful illustrator after his best friend and collaborator passes away. As Henry struggles with letting go of the ghosts of love and ...

The Dukes (2007)

The Dukes,a Doo Wop group, were on top of the world at 17, now are struggling for survival in 2008. Their manager is desperately trying to get them work but is met with failure at every turn. Finally pushed to the extreme , they pull a heist only a fool wo ...

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007)

Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas presents a long overdue assessment of the rich heritage television drama has to offer. Channel 4 invited o ...

Commemoration: Howard Hawks' 'Rio Bravo' (2007)

An appreciation of Howard Hawks' "Rio Bravo" (1959) by filmmakers and historians. ...

Searching for Orson (2006)

Narrated by Peter Bogdanovich, this biography of Orson Welles includes the emotional memoirs of actress Oja Kodar and interviews with Steven Spielberg, James Earl Jones, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Frank Marshall, Paul Mazursky, Henry Jaglom, Gary Graver, and Merv ...

Infamous (2006)

While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith. ...

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird (2006)

An appreciation and the story of the making of the 1941 film "The Maltese Falcon. ...

Wanderlust (2006)

A look at the mystique of road movies, combining interviews, film clips, music, photography, literature and a narrative storyline featuring Paul Rudd and Tom McCarthy. ...

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)

Hollywoods biggest talents explore what is the recipe for blockbuster, flops, and how absolute happenstance and controlled luck can make movie magic. ...

Edge of Outside (2006)

An hour-long documentary designed to celebrate the spirit of the independent filmmaker from D.W. Griffith to Quentin Tarantino. Interview footage and film clips are blended together to form a chronological approach to the subject matter. ...

Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption (2006)

Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption (2006)

Short documentary about the making of the John Ford/John Wayne film "Stagecoach". ...

The Informer: Out of the Fog (2006)

The Informer: Out of the Fog (2006)

This is a special feature included on the DVD for "The Informer"--a film John Ford made for RKO and which was released in 1935. Victor McLaglen received the Oscar for best actor for this film. ...

Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten (2006)

Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten (2006)

A documentary about Jerry Lewis directed by Eckhart Schmidt. ...

Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger (2006)

Jenseits von Hollywood – Das Kino des Otto Preminger (2006)

German Documentary about the Austrian-American Movie Director Otto Preminger. ...

Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005)

Documentary about filmmaker Budd Boetticher. ...

The Definition of Insanity (2005)

Co-director Robert Margolis stars as Robert, an actor who may or may not be himself in this intense and often hilarious film about acting, aging and the dark side of ambition. Blurring the line between fact and fiction, The Definition of Insanity was film ...

Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals (2005)

Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals (2005)

Documentary about Hollywood during the silent film era. ...

Hitchcock and Dial M (2004)

A retrospective look at the brilliance of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Dial M for Murder. ...

Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock (2004)

A documentary on Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 film, "Suspicion". ...

Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess (2004)

Documentary short focusing on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 1953 film I Confess. ...

3D: A Brief History (2004)

A look at how Dial M for Murder (1954) was produced for 3-D viewing. ...

Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man' (2004)

Documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Wrong Man. ...

Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths (2004)

Short documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's Mr. & Mrs. Smith. ...

Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright' (2004)

Documentary about film. ...

Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic (2004)

A retrospective look at Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train. ...

Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen (2004)

Documentary on the life and work of B-movie filmmaker Edgar G. Ulmer, spanning from his early life to his last film. ...

Cary Grant: A Class Apart (2004)

Documentary that explores the life and career of leading man Cary Grant through film clips and interviews. Produced as S18E03 of the long running series American Masters. ...

Scene Stealers (2004)

Billy Bottomsly, a struggling artist, is plagiarised by a Hollywood mogul. He involves his "typecast" friends in a star-jacking retribution plan. Billy's own dark comedy of errors becomes the ground floor in a pyramid of deception; each revelation an unset ...

'Mask' Revealed: A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich (2004)

'Mask' Revealed: A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich (2004)

A conversation with Peter Bogdanovich about Mask. ...

Hollywood Legenden (2004)

Hollywood Legenden (2004)

Documentary about Hollywood. ...

The Next Picture Show (2003)

Peter Bogdanovich recalls how Tatum O'Neal was chosen to play Addie, and discusses Alvin Sargent's script, the shooting of select sequences in Kansas, the title of the film (which was enthusiastically endorsed by Orson Welles), etc. Also included are comme ...

Getting the Moon (2003)

Getting the Moon (2003)

The third featurette on the PAPER MOON EUREKA The Masters of Cinema Blu-Ray ...

Out of Order (2003)

A distinctive look at a modern, troubled marriage—told from the point of view of the husband who is torn between his love of a clinically depressed wife and their young son, and his attraction for another woman. ...

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. ...

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)

The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and gripping story of the last golden age of American cinema, an exalted celebration of creativity and experimentation; but also of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll: a ...

New York at the Movies (2002)

New York at the Movies (2002)

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 are important to viewers. With a comprehensive gathering of clips from films between 1910's and 1990's, the d ...

Highball (2002)

A newly married couple tries to enhance their social life by throwing fabulous parties and inviting all their friends in Brooklyn to their home. ...

John Ford Goes to War (2002)

When World War II broke out, John Ford, in his forties, commissioned in the Naval Reserve, was put in charge of the Field Photographic Unit by Bill Donavan, director of the soon-to-be-OSS. During the war, Field Photo made at least 87 documentaries, many wi ...

Festival in Cannes (2001)

Cannes, 1999. Alice, an actress, wants to direct an indie picture. Kaz, a talkative (and maybe bogus) deal maker, promises $3 million if she'll use Millie, an aging French star. But, Rick, a big producer, needs Millie for a small part in a fall movie or he ...

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures (2001)

A 60-minute salute to American International Pictures. Entertainment lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff founded AIP (then called American Releasing Corporation) on a $3000 loan in 1954 with his partner, James H. Nicholson, a former West Coast exhibitor and distributo ...

Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (2001)

Hollywood is a town of tinsel and glamour; but there is another Hollywood, a place where maverick independent exploitation filmmakers went toe to toe with the big guys and came out on top. ...

'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic (2001)

A documentary about Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1954 film Rear Window. ...

The Story of 'Frenzy' (2001)

Documentary about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Frenzy'. ...

On Cukor (2000)

Widely thought of as "a woman's director," legendary film director George Cukor is profiled with the use of film clips and interviews with his friends and colleagues to provide a picture of the director's unique accomplishments and to trace the arc of his ...

The Independent (2000)

A notorious B-movie director tries for a comeback by seeking out the film rights to the life story of a serial killer who wants his biography film to be a musical. ...

Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote (2000)

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Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' (2000)

Documentary about how the creative energies of Darryl F. Zanuck and John Ford combined to forge an enduring masterpiece despite the challenges of wartime production. ...

The Trouble with 'Marnie' (2000)

This hour long documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's "Marnie" incorporates the usual melange of contemporary interviews with surviving participants and liberal helpings of film clips and production shots. It also presents a nice selection of scri ...

All About 'The Birds' (2000)

A wonderfully informative 80-minute documentary combining current interviews with archival materials and scenes from the film. Hitchcock's daughter Pat, production designer Robert Boyle, screenwriter Evan Hunter, matte artist Albert Whitlock's colleagues S ...

The Lady from Shanghai: A Discussion with Peter Bogdanovich (2000)

Director Peter Bogdanovich sitting down to discuss Orson Welles' cult classic The Lady from Shanghai. ...

Rated X (2000)

Based on the true story of Jim and Artie Mitchell, two brothers who entered the porn industry in the early 60's. After creating such legendary porn films as "Behind the Green Door" and "Inside Marily Chambers", they later became addicted to drugs and began ...

Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film (2000)

A short documentary about the Making Of Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" (1943). ...

A Constant Forge (2000)

One of the great mavericks of cinema, John Cassavetes has earned a reputation as the godfather of American independent movies. The actor-turned-filmmaker invented a realist style of unadorned narrative films heavily influenced by documentaries. This in-dep ...

Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (1999)

This documentary is a fascinating look at the cinematic genius of Alfred Hitchcock. Briefly covering much of his early British works, the film primarily focuses on his American classics, such as "Shadow of a Doubt", "Notorious", "Rear Window", "Vertigo", " ...

Coming Soon (1999)

Privileged teenage friends Jenny, Nell and Stream spend their senior year on a quest to rid Stream of her virginity. However, Stream wants more than just her first sexual experience. She wants to have an orgasm -- but achieving this proves problematic, as ...

Claire Makes It Big (1999)

Claire Makes It Big, Jeremy Workman's award- winning short comedy, follows the travails of a talented overweight actress and her difficulties landing a decent movie role. A sharply written and briskly directed satire of the acting and filmmaking profession ...

The Last Picture Show: A Look Back (1999)

This hour-long 1999 documentary by Laurent Bouzereau features interviews with director Peter Bogdanovich, actors Cybil Shepherd, Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman, and Frank Marshall, and author Larry McMurty ...

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood (1999)

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood (1999)

Paying homage to two of Hollywood's central icons, the film creates an unparalleled portrait of two very different personalities amidst the demise of the studio system. ...

Lick the Star (1998)

A clique of school girls devise a secret plan that they code-name "Lick the Star". ...

54 (1998)

Shane O'Shea, a Jersey boy with big dreams, crosses the river in hopes of finding another, more exciting life at Studio 54. When Steve Rubell, the mastermind behind the infamous disco plucks Shane from the sea of faces clamoring to get inside his club, Sha ...

Mr. Jealousy (1998)

After his first date at age 15 ended with the girl making out with another man at a party, aspiring writer Lester Grimm has treated all his girlfriends with jealousy and suspicion. While dating Ramona Ray, paranoia gets the best of him when he discovers th ...

Ruhm in der Niederlage - John Ford und der Zweite Weltkrieg (1998)

Ruhm in der Niederlage - John Ford und der Zweite Weltkrieg (1998)

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Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs (1998)

Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How does the studio industry work? What role does marketing and the hype surrounding the stars play? ...

Bella Mafia (1997)

Following the brutal murder of her husband and male kin, Sophia unites with her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law, in a fierce quest for vengeance against their enemies. ...

Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997)

Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the "world's worst director," Henry Jaglom obsessively confuses and abuses the line between life and art. Featurin ...

Howard Hawks: American Artist (1997)

Howard Hawks: American Artist (1997)

A tribute of Howard Hawks by the British Film Institute. ...

Love in Hollywood (1996)

Various Hollywood people talk about love. ...

Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow! (1996)

This documentary celebrates the ridiculous stunts used by Hollywood over the years to market its worst movies. These include the '50s drive-in where moviegoers could drop off their dirty laundry and pick it up after the show, horror filmmaker William Castl ...

The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996)

Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). Features interviews with Welles' and Hearst's co-workers also acts as a relatively complete biograph of Hearst's career. ...

Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II (1993)

Part one of a BBC documentary about Jean Renoir. ...

Working with Orson Welles (1993)

"Working with Orson Welles" is a low-budget production put together by Gary Graver, who worked as a cameraman for Welles in the last 15 years of his life. ...

Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave (1992)

Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave (1992)

An intimate window into one of the great movements in film history that brought about an evolution in the art of cinema. The documentary portrays the movement with insight on the lives and works of Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut and other principal pl ...

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)

This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The ...

Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (1991)

A visceral deconstruction of Academy Award nominated Peter Bogdanovich and the nervous breakdown he nearly had while shooting THE LAST PICTURE SHOW. ...

Hollywood Mavericks (1990)

A documentary focusing on seventeen maverick directors who were not afraid to break the rules of filmmaking to advance their art. Among the classic directors profiled are D.W. Griffith, Josef von Sternberg, Erich Von Stroheim, and Preston Sturges up until ...

With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film (1990)

With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film (1990)

A two-and-a-half hour documentary retrospective on the career of Orson Welles. ...

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)

A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was founded in 1931 by Cheryl Crawford, Harold Clurman and Lee Strasberg, who were strongly influenced by the naturalistic acting of Konstantin Stanislavski's Moscow ...

John Wayne Standing Tall (1989)

John Wayne Standing Tall (1989)

Profile of one of the world's most popular motion picture stars, told through interviews with some of the artists who worked with him, family, friends, and excerpts from many of his films and television appearances. ...

Arena - John Cassavetes (1989)

Arena - John Cassavetes (1989)

Tribute to actor and director John Cassavetes who died in February 1989. Friends, associates and fellow directors remember the man and his work. ...

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1988)

Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life. ...

Bacall on Bogart (1988)

Lauren Bacall tells the story of her late husband Humphrey Bogart, presenting clips from his movies and interview clips with his peers. ...

On the tracks of a filmmaker (1988)

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Out of the Blue and Into the Black (1987)

Paul Joyce's Out of the Blue and Into the Black is an insightful documentary surveying American independent film production post-Easy Rider and includes interviews with Peter Bogdanovich, Dennis Hopper, Monte Hellman and Roger Corman. ...

Pieces of Time: Bogdanovich on the Movies (1987)

A Paul Joyce documentary with Peter Bogdanovich ...

Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story (1985)

This documentary presents the story of Dorothy Stratten, who was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Year in 1980. Stratten was murdered by her husband, Paul Snider. The film investigates the playmate's past, the dynamics of her relationship with her husban ...

Barry Norman in Celebrity City (1982)

Hollywood is still the home of the American Dream - the place where fame and fortune can be achieved overnight. Or so the story goes. For some it does come true. In this status conscious town Barry Norman looks at the attitudes towards success and failure ...

They All Laughed (1981)

New York's Odyssey Detective Agency is hired by two different clients to follow two women suspected of infidelity. Ladies' man John Russo trails Angela Niotes, the elegant wife of a wealthy Italian industrialist, while Charles Rutledge and Arthur Brodsky f ...

Saint Jack (1979)

Jack Flowers is an American hustler trying to make his fortune in 1970s Singapore in small time pimping. His dreams of building a fortune by running a brothel himself and returning to the States is materialized when he is offered the opportunity by the CIA ...

Opening Night (1977)

Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle's fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star's ...

Lost, Lost, Lost (1976)

Jonas Mekas adjusts to a life in exile in New York in his autobiographical film, shot between 1949 and 1963. ...

F for Fake (1973)

Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a f ...

Screwball Comedies... Remember Them? (1972)

A documentary about the making of Peter Bogdanovich's screwball comedy "What's Up Doc?" starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal. ...

Notes on the New York Film Festival (1971)

An interview with Peter Bogdanovich and Henry Jaglom who were presenting films at the ninth New York Film Festival (1971). The documentary was first presented on the television program Camera Three. ...

The Last Picture Show (1971)

High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes t ...

Directed by John Ford (1971)

A documentary about the life and films of director John Ford. ...

Lions Love (1969)

Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood. ...

Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968)

A groups of astronauts crash-land on Venus and find themselves on the wrong side of a group of Venusian women when they kill a monster that is worshipped by them. ...

Targets (1968)

An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psychotic shooting spree around Los Angeles. ...

The Trip (1967)

After his wife leaves him, a disillusioned director dives into the drug scene, trying anything his friend suggests. ...

The Wild Angels (1966)

A motorcycle gang arrives in a small town in search of a motorcycle that has been stolen by a rival gang; but, pursued by the police, one of its members is injured, an event that will cause an orgy of violence and destruction. ...

Movies Made By Peter Bogdanovich (36)

Argentina 1985 (2022)

In the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time. ...

The Other Side of the Wind (2018)

Surrounded by fans and sceptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. This film was started in 1970 but never completed during Welles's ...

The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018)

A celebration of the life and career of one of America's most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians—Buster Keaton—whose singular style and fertile output during the silent era created his legacy as a true cinematic visionary. ...

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)

As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind. ...

She's Funny That Way (2015)

On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the production. ...

Phantom Halo (2014)

Two brothers barely scrape by as their father continues to gamble and drink away the money they do bring home. They hatch a plan for a robbery but at what price? ...

Twelve (2008)

Twelve is a unique collaboration of 12 directors, each responsible for a different film shot in a different month of the year. Separately, there are 12 short films shot in and around Boston... ...

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream (2007)

Directed by Peter Bogdanovich and packed with rare concert footage and home movies, this documentary explores the history of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, including Petty's famous collaborations and notorious clashes with the record industry. Interviews ...

The Big Red One : The Reconstruction (2005)

A re-working, re-editing, and restructuring of Sam Fuller's The Big Red One bringing it closer as originally envisioned by the late filmmaker. It includes forty-seven additional minutes which was not utilized in the film's original release. Supervised by R ...

Hustle (2004)

Few figures in professional baseball had a career quite like Pete Rose -- and practically no one who climbed so high fell so hard. Rose made his major-league debut playing second base with the Cincinnati Reds in 1963; nicknamed "Charlie Hustle" for his dar ...

The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004)

Natalie Wood marries Robert Wagner and faces inner conflicts about her Hollywood persona. ...

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance. ...

The Cat's Meow (2001)

Semi-true story of the Hollywood murder that occurred at a star-studded gathering aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924. ...

A Saintly Switch (1999)

The story is about a married couple with children on the verge of divorce. Their imminent divorce, like many, is due to their mutual lack of respect and compassion for each other and the effect it has on their children. When the family makes a traumatic mo ...

Naked City: A Killer Christmas (1998)

An ambitious reporter gets in the way of two cops assigned to investigate a serial killer who becomes active around Christmas time.. ...

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women (1997)

First in a series of anthology films dealing with Christians who put their lives on the line to help rescue Jews from the Holocaust. In the first of two short films, "Mamusha," as the Nazis invade her country, a Polish Catholic housekeeper takes under her ...

Blessed Assurance (1997)

Upon his discharge following the Korean War, soldier Jerry moves back to the small town in South Carolina where he grew up. Jerry is reunited with his old flame Leslie, gets a job as an insurance salesman and begins to heal from the emotional damage caused ...

To Sir, with Love II (1996)

After thirty years teaching in London, Mark Thackeray retires and returns to Chicago. There, however, the challenge of teaching kids in an inner city school proves to be too much to resist. ...

The Thing Called Love (1993)

A group of newcomers to the country music business seek love and stardom. ...

Noises Off... (1992)

Hired to helm an Americanized take on a British play, director Lloyd Fellowes does his best to control an eccentric group of stage actors. With a star actress quickly passing her prime, a male lead with no confidence, and a bit actor that's rarely sober, c ...

Texasville (1990)

Summer, 1984: 30 years after Duane captained the high school football team and Jacy was homecoming queen, this Texas town near Wichita Falls prepares for its centennial. Oil prices are down, banks are failing, and Duane's $12 million in debt. His wife Karl ...

Illegally Yours (1988)

Called up for jury duty, Richard Dice finds his first crush and only real, but unrequited love, on trial for murder. Richard desperately tries to prove Mollys innocence while untangling a complicated web of murder, blackmail and perjury, and still trying t ...

Mask (1985)

A boy with a massive facial skull deformity and his biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances. ...

The City Girl (1984)

A female photographer who is engaged to a businessman investigates a cult in the local club scene. By living out some of her sexual fantasies, she faces the truth about her life and helps one of the cult's victims escape. ...

They All Laughed (1981)

New York's Odyssey Detective Agency is hired by two different clients to follow two women suspected of infidelity. Ladies' man John Russo trails Angela Niotes, the elegant wife of a wealthy Italian industrialist, while Charles Rutledge and Arthur Brodsky f ...

Saint Jack (1979)

Jack Flowers is an American hustler trying to make his fortune in 1970s Singapore in small time pimping. His dreams of building a fortune by running a brothel himself and returning to the States is materialized when he is offered the opportunity by the CIA ...

Nickelodeon (1976)

In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become important players in the show business industry. Leo learns he has a talent f ...

At Long Last Love (1975)

Four socialites unexpectedly clash: heiress Brooke Carter runs into gambler Johnny Spanish at the race track while playboy Michael O. Pritchard nearly runs into stage star Kitty O'Kelly with his car. Backstage at Kitty's show, it turns out she and Brooke a ...

Daisy Miller (1974)

Despite mixed emotions, Frederick Winterbourne tries to figure out the bright and bubbly Daisy Miller, only to be helped and hindered by false judgments from their fellow friends. ...

Paper Moon (1973)

A bible salesman finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership as a money-making con team in Depression-era Kansas. ...

What's Up, Doc? (1972)

The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations. ...

The Last Picture Show (1971)

High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes t ...

Directed by John Ford (1971)

A documentary about the life and films of director John Ford. ...

Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968)

A groups of astronauts crash-land on Venus and find themselves on the wrong side of a group of Venusian women when they kill a monster that is worshipped by them. ...

Targets (1968)

An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psychotic shooting spree around Los Angeles. ...

The Wild Angels (1966)

A motorcycle gang arrives in a small town in search of a motorcycle that has been stolen by a rival gang; but, pursued by the police, one of its members is injured, an event that will cause an orgy of violence and destruction. ...

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