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- Films of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Movie (2011)
- Dir. Ric Meyers
- Overview of the history of the martial arts film by genre enthusiast Ric Meyers, who peppers an impressive assemblage of film excerpts with trivia,…
- Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011)
- Dir. Gilles Penso
Feat. Ray Harryhausen
- The definitive documentary on late special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen. Includes interviews and tributes from Peter Jackson, Nick Park, Terry…
- Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir (2011)
- Dir. Laurent Bouzereau
- Intimate, fascinating and completely one–sided documentary made by Roman Polanski's friend of four decades that details his extraordinary life,…
- Story of Film - An Odyssey, The (2011)
- Dir. Mark Cousins
- An invigorating alternate film history from critic Mark Cousins, here adapting his own book into a 15–chapter exploration of cinema from its…
- In From The Cold? The World Of Richard Burton (2010)
- Dir. Tony Palmer
Feat. Richard Burton
- Tony Palmer’s portrait of actor Richard Burton, featuring interviews with his family members and fellow acting legends Elizabeth Taylor, Lauren…
- Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema (2010)
- Dir. Jake West
- Cult film critic Kim Newman hosts this entertaining doco that looks at some British cinema's more esoteric films.
Includes three short films:…
- Machete Maidens Unleashed (2010)
- Dir. Mark Hartley
- Eye–opening look at the exploitation film–making industry that thrived in the Philippines during the seventies as American producers took…
- Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)
- Dir. Jake West
- Fascinating documentary about the moral hysteria in 80's UK that led to the mass ban of 72 video tapes deemed too obscene by political and religious…
- Barry Barclay - The Camera on the Shore (2009)
- Dir. Graeme Tuckett
Feat. Barry Barclay
- Film critic Graeme Tuckett directs this sensitive tribute to the late Kiwi filmmaker Barry Barclay, who passed away during the production of the…
- Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (2009)
- Dir. Serge Bromberg, Ruxandra Medrea
- More than just a film about the making of a film, this glorious reconstruction of Clouzot's unfinished 'masterpiece' rescues incredible footage from…