Films like Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
This historical and critical look at slasher films, which includes dozens of clips, begins with Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Prom Night. The films' directors, writers, producers, and special effects creators comment on the films' making and success. During the Reagan years, th...
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Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Film · 2025 · also documentaryThe authorized documentary celebrating the film that redefined Hollywood, 50 years after its premiere. Featuring rare archival footage and interviews with acclaimed Holly...
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Jodorowsky's Dune
Film · 2013 · also documentaryIn 1974, Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on the quixotic project of adapting Frank Herbert's influential novel Dune (1969) for the big screen. After...
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Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
Film · 2006 · also documentaryFollow the evolution of the 'Halloween' movies over the past twenty-five years. It examines why the films are so popular and revisits many of the original locations used...
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Altman
Film · 2014 · also documentaryRobert Altman's life and career contained multitudes. This father of American independent cinema left an indelible mark, not merely on the evolution of his art form, but...
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Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Film · 2020 · also documentaryThe definitive documentary on the history of nudity in feature films from the early silent days to the present, studying the changes in morality that led to the use of nu...
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More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
Film · 2011 · also documentaryRetrospective documentary about the making of the horror cult classic "The Return of the Living Dead."
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American Grindhouse
Film · 2011 · also documentaryThis documentary explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema and unearths the sh...
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The Pixar Story
Film · 2007 · also documentaryA look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, t...
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Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Film · 2019 · also documentaryThe history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.
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Side by Side
Film · 2012 · also documentarySince the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, cre...
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