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  • 2015
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    Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

    Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

    6.50 2015 HD

    Martin Scali, who was Wes Anderson's assistant on "Fantastic Mr. Fox", shot this short documentary in Newport, Rhode Island, during the filming of...

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  • 2018
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    Weimar on the Pacific

    Weimar on the Pacific

    1 2018 HD

    In this documentary, film scholars Gerd Germünden and Noah Isenberg discuss the artistic origins of Marlene Dietrich in the cabarets of Weimar...

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  • 2012
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    The Unluckiest Dragon

    The Unluckiest Dragon

    1 2012 HD

    An audio essay narrated by Greg Pflugfelder explaining the events surrounding a tuna-fish boat called 'Daigo fukuryu maru'. The event inspires the...

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  • 2013
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    Living 'Lord of the Flies'

    Living 'Lord of the Flies'

    1 2013 HD

    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...

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  • 2021
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    Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'

    Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'

    1 2021 HD

    A new documentary by Daniel Raim and Eugene Suen on the making of "Flowers of Shanghai," featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Mark...

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  • 2020
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    Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies

    Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies

    8.00 2020 HD

    Time Travelers, a new documentary by Daniel Raim featuring interviews with John Bengtson and film historian Marc Wanamaker, reveals newly discovered...

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  • 2008
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    Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad

    Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad

    7.00 2008 HD

    Documentary about the technical achievements of the 1940 film classic The Thief of Bagdad.

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  • 2012
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    Revolutions Per Second

    Revolutions Per Second

    1 2012 HD

    A 25-minute visual essay by Kent Jones about Jean-Luc Godard and his film 'Weekend'.

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  • 2010
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    Tadao Sato on Ozu's The Only Son

    Tadao Sato on Ozu's The Only Son

    1 2010 HD

    Documentary and interview with Japanese film critic and scholar Tadao Sato about Yasujiro Ozu film The Only Son.

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  • 2020
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    'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

    'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

    1 2020 HD

    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...

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  • 2013
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    Functions of Film Sound

    Functions of Film Sound

    1 2013 HD

    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...

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  • 2006
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    Reviving Harry Lime

    Reviving Harry Lime

    1 2006 HD

    Radio producer Harry Alan Towers discusses his work with Orson Welles.

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  • 2021
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    Undressing a Legacy

    Undressing a Legacy

    1 2021 HD

    In this interview, conducted in spring 2021, scholar Nick Rees-Roberts traces the influence of La Piscine on the worlds of film and fashion in the...

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  • 2004
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    The Restoration of John Cassavetes' 'Shadows'

    The Restoration of John Cassavetes' 'Shadows'

    1 2004 HD

    Documentary short chronicling the process of restoring John Cassavetes' debut feature, Shadows (1959)

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  • 2019
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    Ron Briley on 'A Face in the Crowd'

    Ron Briley on 'A Face in the Crowd'

    1 2019 HD

    In this interview, shot by the Criterion Collection in 2018, Ron Briley, author of 'The Ambivalent Legacy of Elia Kazan: The Politics of the...

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  • 2009
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    CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution

    CHE and the Digital Cinema Revolution

    1 2009 HD

    CHE was the first feature to use the Red camera, which Soderbergh embraced for its versatility and image quality. This short 2009 documentary looks...

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  • 2010
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    Underworld: How it Came to Be

    Underworld: How it Came to Be

    1 2010 HD

    Documentary on the making of Josef von Sternberg's 'Underworld,' which launched the American gangster genre as we know it.

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  • 2016
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    Blood Simple: A Conversation with Dave Eggers

    Blood Simple: A Conversation with Dave Eggers

    1 2016 HD

    A new conversation between author Dave Eggers and the Coen Brothers about the production, from inception to release, of 'Blood Simple'.

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  • 2004
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    Vitellonismo

    Vitellonismo

    7.00 2004 HD

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

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  • 2019
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    Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’

    Sniffing Out ‘Polyester’

    1 2019 HD

    Featurette on the making of John Waters' "Polyester."

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