Kevin Brownlow Movies

This documentary explores the incredible life of Merian C. Cooper, from his time as a soldier and pilot in three different wars, to his exploits in...

A Turner Classic Movies (TCM) documentary about Keaton's discontented relationship with MGM and the events that eventually led to his career downfall.

An original documentary from Turner Classic Movies, Garbo offers an intimate look at the life and career of the movies' most luminous, reclusive and...

A documentary about the cultural effect of film censorship, focusing on the tumultuous times of the teens and early 1920s in America.

Documentary presenting Alan Parker’s view of British cinema with comments from Richard Lester and others and location report from King’s...

Loïe Fuller, stage name of Marie Louise Fuller: the American actress and dancer trained in burlesque, circuses and variety shows who, in the...

Gerrard Winstanley is the leader of a 17th Century religious group that believes the land should be owned communally. His convictions bring him into...

The life of an old man, John Cartner Ronson, living alone in a huge block of flats in London since his wife died nine years earlier.

As the documentary points out, 85 percent of all silent pictures are gone forever because of neglect, abuse, and improper storage of original prints....

Documentary about Hollywood during the silent film era.

Follows the creation of Lindsay Anderson's The White Bus (1968), from pre-production to the shoot and in post.

The making of Winstanley (1975)

A documentary about the Irish scientist Charlotte Keppel who in the 1930s invented a machine that could see into the past.

Film editing initially began as a woman's art in France. As veteran film editor, Dede Allen, tell it, "They thought that women were good at little...

Part of the "American Masters" series; this documentary shows the career of filmmaking pioneer D.W. Griffith

Travelogue of two film historians Nikolay Izvolov and Sergey Kapterev who visit world film archives around the globe in search of a lost sound...

A documentary feature that attempts to approach the meaning of Francis Bacon's vision of the human predicament, without using words, just solely...

Three Hours That Shook the World: Observations on Intolerance is an interview with Kevin Brownlow which includes occasional clips and stills from the...

A riveting account of the tragic adventure of filmmaker Varick Frissell and his filming of "The Viking" (1931) and the tragic events that befell that...

Short documentary about the last street car ride in Glasgow.