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'
Murders of Hollywood (2004)
This documentary goes behind the scenes to explore the real-life stories of famous Hollywood homicides. Cases looked at include - Bob Crane, Nicole Si... Read more
A Walk into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory (2007)
6.9/10
Director: Esther B Robinson
In 1966, editor/filmmaker Danny Williams disappeared, adding tragic mystery to the time he spent with pop art guru Andy Warhol as part of the much-stu... 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
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
Cinema of Vengeance: Martial Arts and the Movies (1994)
6.3/10
Director: Toby Russell
Starring: Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-Fat, Jean-Claude Van Damme, John Woo
'Cinema of Vengeance' is the essential history of Martial Arts and The Movies, covering fifty years of Chinese action cinema from the late forties thr... 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
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2005)
7.4/10
Director: Stuart Samuels
Starring: David Lynch, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Richard O'Brien, John Waters, Roger Ebert, Ti...
Based on the best selling book by director Stuart Samuels, this intriguing documentary offers a rare insight into the explosion of cult cinema and the... Read more
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Audience of One (2007)
7.4/10
Director: Michael Jacobs
After Pentecostal preacher Richard Gazowsky got a greenlight from God to make a science-fiction epic based on the story of Joseph, he and his San Fran... Read more
A Flickering Truth (2015)
7.2/10
Director: Pietra Brettkelly
The fourth feature-length offering from New Zealand documentary filmmaker Pietra Brettkelly (Maori Boy Genius, NZIFF12) is her most ambitious project... Read more
An Evening with Kevin Smith / An Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder (2002)
Director: JM Kenny
Starring: Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes
Kevin Smith started out making movies in any spare moment he could find, patching together his cult hit 'Clerks' while the store he worked at (and fil... Read more