Movies: Richard Schickel

In 1972 and '73, film critic Richard Schickel made an 8-part series for American public television: 'The Men Who Made the Movies'. Each episode featured a prominent Hollywood director discussing his career in an on-camera monologue (actually an inter...

An hour documentary on the history of Bond for the 25th anniversary of the film series....

From its simple beginnings in 1939 in a sleepy beach town in the south of France, the prestigious Cannes Film Festival has become the must-attend red carpet event of the year. Filmmaker Richard Schickel's fascinating documentary captures the glitz an...

Hosted by Clint Eastwood, Hollywood Remembers: Gary Cooper -- American Life, American Legend is a biographical portrait of the life and times of movie star Gary Cooper. The 47-minute tribute chronicles the actor's life from his early days as an "extr...

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During the filming of Ragtime, the 81-year old Cagney talks about his career. Cagney tells us about becoming a dancer and meeting his wife, his route from Broadway to Hollywood, the emergence of his tough-guy persona, and his post-war creations of in...

Documentary about the efforts to reconstruct Sam Fuller's The Big Red One closer to the film Fuller had originally envisioned....

A retrospective look at Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train....

Documentary feature about the real Butch and Sundance, produced with the DVD release of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid....

A brief overview of The Hustler's making and the players involved....

Film critic Richard Schickel interviews Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg about his craft, his body of work and the movie business....

This 2009 documentary features directors Bob Rafelson, Peter Bogdanovich, and Henry Jaglom, actor-director Jack Nicholson, and actresses Karen Black and Ellen Burstyn, among others, reminiscing about the making of the groundbreaking films of BBS Prod...

Feature-lenght documentary, divided in three episodes (Storm rising, Storm chaser and Eye of the storm), describing the making of Ryan's Daughter as well as the critical reaction to it....

In the series of documentaries directed by Richard Schickel following classic film directors, this episode interviews the creative mind behind "My Fair Lady", "The Philadelphia Story", "Born Yesterday" among other classics. The great George Cukor rev...

A retrospective look at the brilliance of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Dial M for Murder.'...

An account of the life and work of US filmmaker Woody Allen as told by himself....

Filmmakers, social scientists and authors take a provocative look at the moral, political and ethical themes of the Dirty Harry films....

A loving tribute to Astaire the singer, hosted by Audrey Hepburn....

A documentary featuring film historians, directors and authors discussing the making of Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity."...

Martin Scorsese discusses his personal background and his filmography as they relate to each other....