Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music
A look at the life and work of the Austrian composer who pioneered the musical scoring of films – hundreds of them – from King Kong, to Gone with the…
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Guillermo del Toro, Rian Johnson and other film luminaries look back at LA’s historic Egyptian Theatre as it returns to its former movie palace glory.
Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
Explore the rich history of the Walt Disney Archives as legendary producer and host Don Hahn tours rarely seen areas of the department’s vast collections along with beloved Disney locations…
Notfilm
NOTFILM is a feature-length experimental essay on FILM — its author Samuel Beckett, its star Buster Keaton, its production and its philosophical implications — utilizing additional outtakes, never before heard…
Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein
Before MTV and the age of television, there were Soundies. First appearing in 1941, these three minute black-and-white films featured artists of the Big Band, Jazz and Swing era, like…
Forgotten Silver
The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888.
The Marx Brothers: Hollywood’s Kings of Chaos
A documentary about the Marx Brothers containing interviews with Leonard Maltin, Dick Cavett and others.
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
This is the first feature-length documentary on legendary director Raoul Walsh. In this ‘memoir,’ Walsh ‘recounts’ his career from the silent film era to the tumultuous 1960s. The documentary makes…
The Méliès Mystery
A documentary that details the process of restoring 270 of the 520 lost films of pioneering director Georges Méliès, all orchestrated by a Franco-American collaboration between Lobster Films, the National…