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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'

Death By Misadventure: The Mysterious Life Of Bruce Lee (1994)

7/10
Director: Toby Russell
Starring: Bruce Lee, Joe Lewis, Leo Fong, George Lazenby

An in-depth exploration of the life and death of Bruce Lee, featuring rare footage from his early films. There are numerous television clips of Lee, i... Read more

Derek Jarman: Life as Art (2004)

7.3/10
Director: Andy Kimpton-Nye
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Peter Tatchell, Tariq Ali, Simon Fisher-Turner

Derek Jarman was one of the most idiosyncratic, innovative and controversial film-makers in Britain throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s. On-screen and off... Read more

Divine Trash (1998)

7.8/10
Director: Steve Yeager
Starring: Divine, Jim Jarmusch, Mink Stole, Steve Buscemi, John Waters, Paul Morrissey

Get the lowdown (and we mean low down!) on one of the most infamous films of all time, John Waters' 1972 cult classic "Pink Flamingos", in this acclai... Read more

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide (2013)

8.3/10
Starring: Colin Baker, Paul McGann, Peter Davison, Sylvester McCoy, David Tennant, Katy Ma...

Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman celebrate the 50th anniversary of the space-travelling Time Lord and take an in-depth look at of one of the most intrigui... Read more

Double Dare (2004)

7.4/10
Director: Amanda Micheli
Starring: Quentin Tarantino, Lucy Lawless, Lynda Carter, Zoe Bell, Steven Spielberg, Jeann...

DOUBLE DARE is a double-barreled, action-packed documentary about the struggles of two stuntwomen in male-dominated Tinseltown to stay working, stay t... Read more

East Side Story (1996)

6.7/10
Director: Dana Ranga
Starring: Chris Doerk, Erich Gusko, Helmet Hanke

This fascinating and fun, though not campy, documentary focuses on Soviet musicals, which were made to distract audiences from the oppressive politica... Read more

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls (2003)

7.5/10
Director: Kenneth Bowser
Starring: William H Macy, Karen Black, Peter Bogdanovich, Ellen Burstyn, Micky Dolenz, Ric...

Peter Biskind's best-selling book inspired this acclaimed documentary on the films and colourful filmmakers of the 1960s and '70s. See how the sex 'n'... Read more

Edge of Outside: The Story of the Independent Filmmaking Movement (2006)

6.8/10
Starring: Robert Townsend, Edward Burns, Seymour Cassel, Peter Bogdanovich, Erich Von Stro...

Exploring independent filmmakers from the early silent days of Buster Keaton and DW Griffith, to modern outsiders like Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorses... Read more

Edison: The Invention of the Movies (2005)

8.1/10

Truly an event to be celebrated by cinephiles, "Edison: The Invention of the Movies" is an unprecedented survey of one of cinema's most influential fi... Read more

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)

7.4/10
Director: Mark Hartley

Electric Boogaloo is a documentary about Israeli filmmakers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus who, having produced the biggest Israeli box office hit eve... Read more