I Am Somebody (2015)

En la década de 1980, un cineasta comienza un proyecto para grabar la vida de un niño promedio. En Perry, Ohio, elige a Rich Longfellow, un chico tímido, y comienza a filmar. Poco después, muere en Mozambique. Dieciséis años más tarde, su hijo continúa el proyecto, encontrando a Rich, ahora de 23 años, en Los Ángeles, con el sueño de ser un actor de Shakespeare, obteniendo experiencia en películas porno. Conocemos a Betsy, la novia sensata de Rich, Lee, el productor impaciente, y Carmichael, un director con pretensiones artísticas que inspira a Rich. Los problemas con Besty y la tensión en el set llevan a Rich a una crisis; Cuando su amigo de la infancia comienza una compañía de Shakespeare que recorre hogares de ancianos en el Valle de San Fernando, Rich ve una salida.

A documentary about the Armenian avant-garde filmmaker, Artavazd Pelešjan.

Among the legends of Hollywood, George Pal takes his place as a true visionary, an innovator and a showman who profoundly shaped the art of motion pictures. A peer of Walt Disney, Pal pioneered stop motion animation and went on to virtually invent the modern science fiction and fantasy film genres. Pal's extraordinary genius molded a dazzling array of films, which earned an incredible total of eight Academy Awards and left a cinematic legacy that served as formative inspiration for the movies of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Gene Roddenberry.

A deranged horror fanatic stalks and kills members of a film crew after discovering their intent to remake a popular 1980s slasher film.

Insulted when his screenwriter wife writes a leading role for a younger man, aging Broadway idol Fitz Wynn disguises himself as a handsome young Italian.

Documental sobre el cine de terror de la Universal.

A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.

African filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo (YAABA) discusses the influence that Charlie Chaplin has been on his work, along with archival footage of interviews with several of Chaplin's co-stars.

A humorous documentary about Nicolas Winding Refn and his struggle to secure his family financially and help him get on with his life. Forced to file for personal bankruptcy after the failure of "Fear X" at the box office, Refn has only one chance to wipe the slate clean and continue his career as a filmmaker: produce sequels to his breakthrough movie "Pusher."

Profile of Jean Gabin, the great French actor of 100 films, who died in 1976 at the age of 73. Here his career is traced and he is remembered by some of the many producers, directors, writers and actors with whom he worked. Illustrated with many photographs and film clips. Narrated by Nadia Gray who played opposite Gabin in the early 50's. Interviews with Directors Rene Clement, Jean Dellanoy, Denys de la Patelliere, Granbier-Deferre. Actors Madeleine Renaud, Michele Morgan, Simone Simon, Jean Desailly, Francois Arnoul, Lino Ventura, Danielle Darrieux. Cinema Critics and Historians Claude Beylie, Robert Chazal. Screenwriter Michel Audiard. 1978.

México /// Emiliano, desde su mundo de director de cine, explora sus procesos y trata de conectar con su realidad inmediata, la historia mezcla sin miramientos con su realidad cotidiana, su mundo real parece estar visto siempre por el lente de la cámara y su realidad está emplazada entre un punto de vista que resuelve sus conflictos morales en las acciones cotidianas; confundido, solo, siempre frente a la pantalla que es su realidad transfigurada, controlable, manejable, escucha solitario esa canción que se repite como una oración que te obliga a seguir el intento de amar.

This 82-minute 1991 documentary by Eckhart Schmidt features a 1980 interview with Douglas Sirk in which he reflects on his career.

A screenwriter gets involved with two actresses who are trying to succeed in the 1960s Hong Kong film industry.

A syndicate is set up to buy a racehorse, but they end up buying the wrong one by mistake. Unfortunately the horse is useless on the flat, so they try entering him as a jumper.

Son la primera piedra de una película y dan voz a las historias y a los personajes aunque nunca hablan: los guionistas. Ahora, de primera mano, nos cuentan sus secretos, sus trucos, sus referentes. Ahora veremos como es el oficio de la única persona del equipo que tiene que enfrentarse al folio en blanco, a la nada; el que puede ser considerado el auténtico autor de la historia porque de él parte todo lo demás: el guionista.

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History es el documental más completo hecho hasta ahora sobre las producciones musicales de Hollywood. Shirley Jones, ícono de la televisión y del cine, nos presenta esta celebración llena de canciones y bailes, comenzando por "El Cantor de Jazz" y continuando con "Chicago" y "Dreamgirls".

This short shows the entrances of the various Hollywood studios, then specifically visits Warner Bros. / First National Studios. We start at the casting office, then see Busby Berkeley and choreographer Bobby Connolly working with chorus girls on production numbers. Then come some candid shots of several contract stars. Finally we see comedian Hugh Herbert filming a scene for an upcoming release, then the various behind the scenes steps that transition the raw film in the camera into the finished product.

En los años sesenta, el cineasta sueco Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) construyó una casa en la remota isla de Fårö, situada en el mar Báltico, dejó Estocolmo y se fue a vivir allí. Cuando murió, la casa fue conservada. Un grupo de cinéfilos muy especial, llegado de todo el mundo, viaja a Fårö en busca del genio y su legado. (Versión abreviada de «La videoteca de Bergman», 2012).

Actor and writer Mark Gatiss embarks on a chilling journey through European horror cinema, from the silent nightmares of German Expressionism in the 1920s to the Belgian lesbian vampires in the 1970s, from the black-gloved killers of Italian bloody giallo cinema to the ghosts of the Spanish Civil War, and finally reveals how Europe's turbulent 20th century forged its ground-breaking horror tradition.

A look at actresses who starred in films with thought-provoking subjects made between 1930 and July 1934, before the Hollywood Production Code —the infamous Hays Code— was enforced.