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Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'

Short documentary about Charles Laughton's 1995 film "The Night of the Hunter," with interviews with the cast and crew.

Pictureman News

A newscast reports that there is a real superhero acting in the city. The media tries to investigate this story and find out how much truth there is about this character.

My Father Takes Pictures

Director Claire Pijman portrays her father Boy Pijman who was born in the Dutch East Indies. When his children ask, Boy Pijman tells his story that he had never spoken about before; his three years as a prisoner of wa

Pictures from a Revolution

In 1981, Susan Meiselas published "Nicaragua, June 1978 to July 1979," 70 photographs she took documenting the Sandanista revolution. Ten years later, Meiselas returns looking for the people who appear in the photographs

Pictures of Ghosts

Downtown Recife’s classic movie palaces from the 20th century are mostly gone. That city area is now an archaeological site of sorts that reveals aspects of life in society which have been lost. And that’s just part of t

Taking Pictures

Before the 1970s, the Commonwealth Film Unit represented the people of PNG in a paternalistic way, as curiosities. The unit used pompous voice-overs telling viewers what they should believe. Les McLaren and Annie Stiven

American Expendables: The Films of North American Pictures

The documentary celebrates some of the unsung action stars of the late eighties/nineties in the North American Pictures Catalog. From Cynthia Rothrock and Bolo Yeung to Billy Blanks the film explores the martial arts cra

Pictures of Lily

A man travels to the coast from London for a meeting but is taken off the path after he meets Lily - someone very different from himself. The strangers spend the day together, slowly learning more about each other.

Bruce Lee: A Life in Ten Pictures

Revealing the life of the acclaimed martial artist and actor through ten defining images. Bruce Lee's image is famous around the world, but these iconic shots and private snaps reveal a new story.

Pictures

Walter Burton's realistic photographs depicting poor treatment of Maori prisoners are rejected by late 19th century government officials. Walter is condemned to making a living from everyday studio work, the frustration

Living pictures

A film based on Fritiof Nilsson Piraten's short story "Lefvande bilder" - a story about when the movies came to the author's childhood village.

Pictures

A young photographer, Julia, makes a disastrous set of photos. She comes to a meeting with a client and he blows her up with his friend, a professional skilled photographer. The dispirited girl steals an expensive photo-

Moving Pictures

The horrors of war, the art of producing pictures, the autobiography of a master filmmaker and the parallels between the mass production of weapons and violent media images--all come together in Moving Pictures, a rich,

I Used to Be in Pictures

I Used to be in Pictures is a filmed documentary tracing the early years of film making in Hollywood.

Salty

After their parents are killed in a hurricane, brothers Taylor and Tim Reed are taken in by the owner of a fledgling marina in the Florida Everglades, where they befriend a sea-lion named Salty and carry out a series of

The Republic Pictures Story

A history of Republic Pictures studios, featuring hundreds of clips plus on-camera interviews with stars, director, stuntman, etc.

Quentin Tarantino: A Life in Pictures

The director of Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill and Inglorious Basterds looks back on his Life in Pictures, discussing his trademark combination of non-linear storytelling and idiosyncratic dialogue with graphic violence.

Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures

The official feature-length documentary about the rise and fall of Charles Band's legendary Empire Pictures studio.

Moving Pictures: Chungking Express

Director Wong Kar Wai and cinematographer Christopher Doyle discuss Chungking Express, their work and aesthetics in this 1996 episode of the British television series Moving Pictures.