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'
Charlotte Rampling: The Look (2011)
8.9/10
Director: Angelina Maccarone
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Paul Auster, Peter Lindbergh, Juergen Teller
Legendary actress Charlotte Rampling is "the perfect confluence of brains and beauty" (Time Out NY), and "The Look" is the entrancing documentary that... Read more
The Peter Sellers Story ...As He Filmed It (2004)
Director: Peter Lydon, Anthony Wall
Starring: Peter Sellers
Using a unique collection of his own home movies shot between 1948 and 1977 and discovered years after his death, this film presents an intriguing and... Read more
Fashion in Film (2010)
5.7/10
From the catwalks of Paris to the red carpets and silver screens of Hollywood, discover the history of the costumes, couture and glamour icons that ha... Read more
Barefoot Cinema: The Life and Art of Cinematographer Alun Bollinger (2008)
Director: Gerard Smyth
Starring: Peter Jackson, Gaylene Preston, Helen Bollinger, Vincent Ward, Geoff Murphy, Alu...
A portrait of Alun Bollinger (AlBol), who lives with his wife Helen (HelBol) and assorted grandchildren near Reefton, on New Zealand's remote West Coa... Read more
Love, Marilyn (2012)
7.3/10
Director: Liz Garbus
Starring: Adrien Brody, David Strathairn, Ellen Burstyn, Glenn Close, Hope Davis, Janet Mc...
50 years after the death of the beautiful, iconic, troubled Marilyn Monroe, two boxes of her personal letters, diaries and private musings were discov... Read more
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017)
7.4/10
Director: Alexandra Dean
Hedy Lamarr was a Hollywood movie star who was hailed as the most beautiful and glamorous in the world. However, that was only the surface that tragic... 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
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2014)
7.4/10
Director: Dave LaMattina, Chad Walker
Starring: Caroll Spinney
Think you know everything there is to know about Sesame Street? You don't. You might know that Frank Oz turned down an offer to play Big Bird, but you... Read more
Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018)
7.8/10
Director: Thom Zimny
Starring: Ann-Margret , Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Berry, Dean Martin, Elvis Pres...
Trekkies 2 (2004)
6.4/10
Director: Roger Nygard
Starring: Denise Crosby
In this sequel to "Trekkies", the filmmakers visit "Star Trek" fans all over the world, including the Spock of Germany, an Englishman who transformed... Read more