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'
The Robert Epstein Collection: The Celluloid Closet / Common Threads / Paragraph 175 / The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
Director: Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein
A collection of four documentaries from queer filmmaker Robert Epstein. "The Celluloid Closet" (1995) - This entertaining and often hilarious look at... Read more
The Search for Weng Weng (2013)
7.4/10
Director: Andrew Leavold
Starring: Tikoy Aguiluz, Roy Arabejo, Tilman Baumgaertel
Almost a decade ago Australian trash cinema aficionado Andrew Leavold set off to the Philippines to uncover the true story behind his cinema obsession... Read more
The Seventh Victim / Shadows in the Dark (1943)
Director: Mark Robson
Starring: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell, Kim Hunter
A young woman comes to New York City to look for her missing sister and uncovers a deadly devil-worshipping cult in 'The Seventh Victim', starring Kim... Read more
The Story of Elvis Presley (1990)
8/10
Director: Anon
Starring: Elvis Presley
Go back to where it all began. How the phenomenal career of Elvis Presley really got started. How Elvis started in show business, rare footage of his... Read more
The Wes Craven Collection: The Last House on the Left / The Hills Have Eyes / The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 / The American Nightmare (2000)
Director: Wes Craven
Starring: John Laughlin, Susan Lanier, Robert Houston, Dee Wallace, Sandra Cassell, Lucy G...
This collection of films from American horror director Wes Craven includes: 'The Last House on the Left' - In Craven's notorious film debut , four der... Read more
The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993)
8/10
Director: Ray Muller
Starring: Leni Riefenstahl
Despite her fame as an actress and director in the '20s and '30s, German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl will best be remembered as the creator of the mode... Read more
This Film is Not Yet Rated (2005)
7.5/10
Director: Kirby Dick
Starring: Kevin Smith, Matt Stone, John Waters, Kimberly Peirce
In a rare and refreshing reversal of roles, filmmakers put the powerful Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA for short) under the microscope fo... Read more
This Is Elvis (1981)
7.5/10
Director: Andrew Solt, Malcolm Leo
Starring: David Scott, Paul Boensh Iii, Johnny Harra
Unusual documentary combines actual footage along with actors playing Elvis at various parts of his life. Includes both the original 1981 theatrical... Read more
This is Not a Film (2011)
7.5/10
Director: Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
Starring: Jafar Panahi
This clandestine documentary, shot partially on an iPhone and smuggled into France in a cake for a last-minute submission to Cannes, depicts the day-t... Read more
Tigrero: A Film That Was Never Made (1994)
6.8/10
Director: Mika Kaurismaki
Starring: Samuel Fuller, Jim Jarmusch
This acclaimed documentary chronicles the aborted efforts of director Sam Fuller to make an action film in the Brazilian rain forest in 1954. Forty ye... Read more