Film On Film
Film on Film is all about making movies. Who makes them, how they make them, who's in them...and how did all this crazy light fantastic get started?
This is a great section for anyone interested film, it's beginnings, it's personalities, it's ups and downs and it's future. Look behind the red velvet curtain and discover the machine behind the screen.
Pictured: The tumultous life of film maker Ed Wood is explored in 'Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora'
Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (2010)
7.2/10
Starring: Lance Henriksen, (narrated by), George A Romero
NIGHTMARES IN RED, WHITE AND BLUE is a comprehensive history of the American horror film. Starting with Thomas Edisons version of Frankenstein and sl... Read more
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008)
7.7/10
Director: Mark Hartley
Starring: Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Dennis Hopper, George Lazenby, Gregory Harrison,...
Celebrating a time when Australian cinema got its gear off and showed the world a full-frontal explosion of sex, violence, horror and pedal-to-the-met... Read more
Once Upon a Time... Les Enfants du Paradis & Le Mepris (2009)
Director: Antoine de Gaudemar, Julie Bonan
Starring: Arletty, Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Jean-Louis Barrault, Michel Piccoli, Pi...
A behind-the-scenes look at two classic French films and the era in which they were created. "Les Enfants du Paradis" ("Children of Paradise") (1945)... Read more
Once Upon a Time... Notorious & Some Like It Hot (2009)
Director: Auberi Edler, David Thompson
A behind-the-scenes look at two classic American films and the era in which they were created. "Notorious" - In 1946, at the end of World War II, Alfr... Read more
Overnight (2004)
7.1/10
Director: Mark Brian Smith, Tony Montana
Starring: Troy Duffy, Taylor Duffy, Mark Wahlberg, Jake Busey, Willem Dafoe, Billy Connoll...
When budding filmmaker Troy Duffy sold his screenplay, 'The Boondock Saints', to Harvey Weinstein at Miramax Films for a hefty sum, Harvey even offere... Read more
Palace of Dreams (2005)
6.8/10
Sydney's magnificent State Theatre is one of the few remaining examples in the world of the old style Picture Palace, and also one of the most beautif... Read more
Pharos of Chaos (Leuchtturm des Chaos) (Blu-ray) (1983)
7.2/10
Director: Wolf-Eckart Bühler
Starring: Sterling Hayden, Burkhard Driest, Hannes Wader, Hanns Zischler
Pharos of Chaos (a.k.a Leuchtturm des Chaos) is a 1983 documentary profile of the American actor Sterling Hayden (1916 – 1986). The film features d... Read more
Pleasures and Dangers (1991)
Director: Shirley Horrocks
Profiling six contemporary female artists, internationally successful in their fields of painting, photography, filmmaking and sculpture, this documen... Read more
Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy (2001)
6.4/10
Director: Scott J Gill
Starring: Ron Jeremy
This entertaining mini-documentary chronicles the life and times of Ron Jeremy; a squat, hairy and by-no-means handsome school teacher who went on to... Read more
Prisoner of Paradise (2002)
7.7/10
Director: Malcolm Clarke, Stuart Sender
This Oscar-nominated documentary is the startling true story of Kurt Gerron, a well-known and beloved German-Jewish actor, director and cabaret star i... Read more