
05 Nov 1996

The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'
A documentary following Terry Gilliam through the creation of "Twelve Monkeys."
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.
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Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
Wilbur (archive footage)
05 Nov 1996
A documentary following Terry Gilliam through the creation of "Twelve Monkeys."
28 Oct 1998
During the filming of her very own documentary, 'A Day in My Life', Edina drops in on her mother who's working in a Help the Aged charity shop. There, she reminisces about the people and events which have made her what she is today.
06 Jan 1995
Jennifer Saunders hosts a party of AbFab outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage.
26 Oct 2019
Delves into the history of the most extreme and shocking films that have ever been made. chronicles the timeline of Red Films: those films that are too extreme for the mainstream and historically have been circulated via the bootleg circuit.
02 Apr 2019
Japan, 1954. A legend emerges from the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastated by atomic bombs in 1945. The creature's name is Godzilla. The film that tells its story is the first of kaiju eiga, the giant monster movies.
13 Jul 1950
This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The costume designer must design clothing that is correct for the film historically and geographically, and must be appropriate for the mood of the individual scene. We see famed costume designer Edith Head at work on a production. The Costume Designer was part of The Industry Film Project, a twelve-part series produced by the film studios and the Academy. Each series episode was produced to inform the public on a specific facet of the motion picture industry. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
25 Apr 1990
Documentary about the making of Wim Wenders' 1984 film, with interviews conducted in 1989.
02 Dec 1976
BBC documentary about the rise of the New German Cinema and several of its most important figures.
30 Oct 2019
As Russian writer Boris Pasternak (1890-1960) thinks it is impossible that his novel Doctor Zhivago is published in the Soviet Union, because it supposedly shows a critical view of the October Revolution, he decides to smuggle several copies of the manuscript out of the country. It is first published in 1957 in Italia and the author receives the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958, which has consequences.
01 Sep 2007
Documentary about the making of the 1983 thriller "Cujo"
07 Nov 2019
The views and thoughts of Canadian writer Margaret Atwood have never been more relevant than today. Readers turn to her work for answers as they confront the rise of authoritarian leaders, deal with increasingly intrusive technologies, and discuss climate change. Her books are useful as survival tools for hard times. But few know her private life. Who is the woman behind the stories? How does she always seem to know what is coming?
02 Jun 2003
Video diary from behind the scenes of 2002's "Cruise of the Gods."
06 Jan 2014
TCM host Robert Osborne discusses his life and career with guest interviewer Alec Baldwin in commemoration of Osborne's 20 years with the network.
01 Jan 2008
Short behind the scenes making-of documentary about the filming of the sinking house palazzo and the Venetian piazza chase from the James Bond movie Casino Royale (2006).
21 Oct 2008
A documentary about James Bond in the Bahamas.
24 Oct 2008
A documentary about Ian Fleming.
21 Oct 2008
A documentary about Ian Fleming.
17 Oct 2007
The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adventures, loves and excess was largely played out in front of the camera - either making movies or filling the newsreels and gossip magazines. Tragically he was dead from the effects of drugs and alcohol by the time he was only 50 & the myths live on. But there is another side of Flynn that is less well known - his ambitions to be a serious writer and newspaper correspondent, his documentary films and his interest in the Spanish Civil War and Castro's Cuba
06 Oct 2014
A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.
05 Oct 2017
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.