Film History Movies

The life of Eiji Tsuburaya, pioneer of Japanese special effects.

A documentary film that delves into the life and cinematic career of one of Japan's most prolific directors: Ishiro Honda. The film will spotlight...

The story of the abandoned production of 'Day of the Champion', a movie about Formula 1 which was set to film in 1966.

A discussion between John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones about their film The Meaning of Life

Feature-length documentary on the making of HOT DOG... THE MOVIE.

Four visual essays by Silent Echoes author John Bengtson identifying Buster Keaton's shooting locations for his many short films produced between...

How the first Godzilla suit was created and the struggles that came along with it.

For the first 50 years of film history, the newsreel was a fixture in American movie theaters. From 1911 to 1967, these shorts proved an influential...

A documentary about Buster Keaton's "Italian" villa in Beverly Hills.

The actors in My Wife's Relations (1922) are discussed in this documentary.

At 18 hours and 43 minutes long, 'The Complete Story of Film' collects two epic documentaries by Mark Cousins into a stunningly expansive global...

Documentary short regarding the preservation and restoration of the worldwide remains of the Keystone films.

Early short film.

We live with films every day, and it seems nothing easier than answering the question: what is a film? Obviously, a film is, first and foremost, a...

In this visual essay John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, provides a tour of where...

A documentary on the creation of the popular Charlie Chan detective character as well as the history of Chan films of the 1930s.

Many people contributed to the creation of Godzilla, but only one man was truly the father of the monster.

The suit actors of Toho's science fiction and fantasy films faced many challenges in bringing their iconic monsters to life.