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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'

Frank Hurley: The Man Who Made History (2004)

6.5/10
Starring: Frank Hurley

Frank Hurley left behind a collection of striking and daring photographs. His most famous images are of Ernest Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedi... Read more

Full-Tilt Boogie (1998)

6.5/10
Director: Sarah Kelly
Starring: Robert Rodriguez, Harvey Keitel, Quentin Tarantino

Chronicles 10 weeks in the life of a film cast and crew on and off the set of the wild and crazy blood and guts vampire romp "From Dusk until Dawn". D... Read more

Gangland - Bullets Over Hollywood (2005)

Director: Elaina B Archer
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Edward G Robinson, Pau...

Documentary about Hollywood's depiction of the gangster. Since the beginning of cinema, Hollywood has always had a strong fascination with gangsters a... Read more

Garbo (2005)

8.3/10
Director: Kevin Brownlow, Christopher Bird
Starring: Narrated by, Julie Christie

Greta Garbo is almost as famous for her reclusiveness a she is for starring in such enduring classics as 'Grand Hotel', 'Anna Christie', and 'Ninotchk... Read more

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984)

7.7/10
Director: George Stevens Jr
Starring: Fred Astaire, Warren Beatty, Katharine Hepburn, Jean Arthur, Montgomery Clift, J...

A remarkable documentary covering the career of the director of "Giant", "A Place in the Sun", "Woman of the Year", etc. The film ties together the ev... Read more

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs - The Story of Movie Westerns (2005)

Starring: Tom Mix, Gary Cooper, John Wayne, William Boyd, George Gabby Hayes, Smiley Burne...

This is the story of the early Western movie pioneers. The 'Old West' flicks were predominantly 'Cowboys and Indians', the white hats against the blac... Read more

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies (2001)

5.4/10
Director: Peter Jones
Starring: Narrated by, Dustin Hoffman

Based on A. Scott Berg's acclaimed biography, this compelling documentary looks at legendary independent Hollywood producer Samuel Goldwyn. Follow the... Read more

Great Romances of the 20th Century (1999)

7.1/10

Take a look at some of the twentieth century's greatest love stories. Forged in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s, they flourished - and sometimes floundered... Read more

Gulpilil: One Red Blood (2002)

7.4/10
Director: Darlene Johnson
Starring: David Gulpilil, Rolf de Heer, Jack Thompson, Phillip Noyce

David Gulpilil was the first Aboriginal Australian to appear as an actor in a film, Nicholas Roeg's 'Walkabout' in 1971, and since then he has become... Read more

H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds: An Historical Perspective (2005)

Director: Rod Pyle

H.G. Wells' classic tale of interplanetary invaders landing on Earth has enthralled audiences around the world for decades. This intriguing two-part d... Read more