Cinema History Movies

A documentary on the creation of the popular Charlie Chan detective character as well as the history of Chan films of the 1930s.

In 1993, Jesús Parrado interviewed actor and director Jacinto Molina, world-wide known as Paul Naschy, and director Amando de Ossorio, two key...

Having devoted much of his career to programming and film history research, Law Kar, a.k.a. Uncle Kar, places himself before the camera for the first...

The Magic Lantern is a non-narrated celebration of early cinema and silent-film imagination, exploring the early work of pioneers such as Georges...

A personal journey through the images and cinema, guided by filmmakers and artist like, Theo Angelopoulos, Bego Vicario, Wim Wenders or Rut Hillarp...

This is a short film about Alice Guy-Blaché, the first female director of fiction in cinema history. Alice Guy was Léon Gaumont's...

An oral history exploring the development of film projection and cinema in Kingston-on-Thames - from resident innovator Eadweard Muybridge through...

Part one starts with an overview of the prehistory of moving images in the 19th Century: Zoetrope, Phenakistiscope, Chronophotagraphy etc. until the...

Norwegian film history narrated by Harald Heide Steen jr.

A documentary about Buster Keaton's "Italian" villa in Beverly Hills.

A documentary celebrating over one hundred years of The Riverside Theatre & Cinema in Woodbridge.

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is one of the world’s oldest and most respected. Film Spa was made to celebrate its belated 50th...

Early short film.

A poetic and dreamy visit of the French Cinémathèque's collection of devices.

The film follows Danish politician Silas Mudoh as he fights corruption from Mette Mor in Danish society.