Cast: Paul Schrader

Direction Mark Cousins

Cast Aleksandr Sokúrov · Norman Lloyd · Lars von Trier · Paul Schrader

Plot 'The Story of Film: An Odyssey' is a documentary film about the history of film, presented on television in 15 one-hour chapters with a total length of 900 minutes. It...

Direction Laurent Bouzereau

Cast Martin Scorsese · Paul Schrader · Peter Boyle · Robert De Niro

Plot This 70-minute documentary delves into the making of Scorsese's film and highlights the many contributions put forth by Taxi Driver's ensemble of talented actors and artisans.

Direction Ted Demme · Richard LaGravenese

Cast Martin Scorsese · Francis Ford Coppola · Robert Altman · Peter Bogdanovich

Plot The 1970s was an extraordinary time of rebellion, of questioning every accepted idea: political activism, hedonism, protests, the sexual revolution, the women's movement, the civil rights movement, the music revolution,...

Direction Tom Thurman

Cast Sam Peckinpah · Kris Kristofferson · Fern Lea Peter · Harry Dean Stanton

Direction Joey Figueroa · Zak Knutson

Cast John Milius · Steven Spielberg · Clint Eastwood · Martin Scorsese

Plot The life story of one of the most influential and controversial film directors in the history of Hollywood, John Milius. From his childhood aspirations to join the military to his...

Direction Kent Jones

Cast David Fincher · Martin Scorsese · Wes Anderson · Richard Linklater

Plot Filmmakers discuss how Francois Truffaut's 1966 book "Cinema According to Hitchcock" influenced their work.

Direction Leo De Boer · Jurriën Rood

Cast Robert Bresson · Louis Malle · Dominique Sanda · Paul Schrader

Plot A tribute to the work of the great French film-maker, Robert Bresson. The 1983 Cannes festival featured his 'L'argent'. This programme includes a rare interview with the director.

Direction Jeffrey Schon

Cast Joe Morton · Kathryn Bigelow · Edward Dmytryk · Joseph H. Lewis

Plot This program examines the genre of film noir-its roots in German Expressionism; its links to the Cold War, from nuclear threats to blacklisting; and the use of special lighting and...

Direction Rob Garver

Cast Pauline Kael · Quentin Tarantino · Woody Allen · Alec Baldwin

Plot Pauline Kael was likely the most powerful, and divisive, movie critic of the 20th century. Her love of movies was revealed in her ruthless pursuit of what made a movie...

Direction Dave Kehr

Cast Fred Bailey · Budd Boetticher · Peter Bogdanovich · Mary Chelde

Direction Bruce Ricker

Cast Ed Harris · Peter Bogdanovich · Larry Cohen · Andrew Sarris

Plot A profile of the filmmaker ("The Tall T," "Seven Men from Now") who, notes narrator Ed Harris, "made his mark in one of America's greatest art forms.the Western movie." Included:...

Direction Robert J. Emery

Cast Eric Bogosian · Richard Gere · Gretchen Mol · Natasha Richardson

Direction Jean-Baptiste Thoret

Cast Ronee Blakley · Peter Bogdanovich · Charles Burnett · Tobe Hooper

Plot How did America get from 'Easy Rider' (1969) to Donald J. Trump? What became of the dreams and the utopias of the 60s and 70s? What do the filmmakers think,...

Direction Kogi Tanaka

Cast Lindsay Anderson · Claire Denis · Hou Hsiao-Hsien · Aki Kaurismäki

Plot Celebrating the 90th year of his birth and the 30th anniversary of his death, Stanley Kwan, Aki Kaurismaki, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Lindsay Anderson, Paul Schrader, Wim Wenders and Claire Denis talk...

Direction Yûichi Hibi

Cast Yoo Oh-sung · Lin Qiu · Martin Scorsese · Michael Douglas

Plot KEN SAN pieces together the puzzle of the life and legacy of Japan's mythical acting icon, Ken Takakura. Collaborators, friends and family tell intimate stories of Ken's journey: how one...

Direction Justin McConnell

Cast Chris Alexander · Dave Alexander · Chad Archibald · Charles Band

Plot A survival guide for the modern independent filmmaker.

Direction Florence Dauman · Dale Ann Stieber

Cast Francis Ford Coppola · Martin Scorsese · Robert Altman · Peter Bogdanovich

Plot This documentary respectfully interviews a number of important American directors who have in one way or another "bucked the system." It also explores the life and work of earlier American...

Direction Elaine Donnelly Pieper

Cast Matthew Sweet · Sheri Chinen Biesen · Neil Brand · Sarah Churchwell

Plot Matthew Sweet explores his rules of 1940s and 50s American film noir thrillers: *Choose a dame with no past and a hero with no future *Use no fiction but pulp...