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'
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
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros Story (2008)
7.7/10
Director: Richard Schickel
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Narrated by
The power and the stories. The trends and trendsetters. The mirror that reflects our life and times. It's Rick sticking his neck out for nobody. Super... Read more
For No Good Reason (2012)
7/10
Director: Charlie Paul
Starring: Johnny Depp, Richard E Grant, Terry Gilliam, Tim Robbins, William Burroughs
Gonzo artist Ralph Steadman--most well-known for his fruitful partnership with author Hunter S. Thompson--is interviewed by Johnny Depp in this imagin... 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
Inside the Actors Studio: Johnny Depp (2002)
8.7/10
Starring: Johnny Depp, James Lipton
Johnny Depp, who began as one of the most intriguing actors of his generation, has become one of its most respected artists and incandescent stars. In... Read more
Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut (2009)
8.1/10
Starring: Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jone...
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the first broadcast of 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' by BBC TV in 1969, 'Almost The Truth: The Lawyer's Cut' tell... 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
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
The People vs George Lucas (2010)
6.7/10
Director: Alexandre O Philippe
Few filmmakers have experienced the extreme levels of both adoration and animosity that George Lucas has. This funny and fascinating documentary uses... 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