Cinema History Movies

Spain, early 20th century. As a child, Leocadia Cantalapiedra was dazzled by a new art: cinema; but she lives in a society where directing films is...

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

In Taiwan, there is a group of people participating in this race against time. They are hidden inside the film archive of New Taipei City’s...

"How Every Film You Watch Tells You To Love The Rich and What To Do About It" explores the representations of wealth in cinema. It looks into how...

An homage to the weird and wonderful world of B-movies, this short fauxdocumentary by film artist Chris Gerrard splices together classic clips with...

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

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

The Magic Lantern was an projector of information and stories than preceded the cinema. How did its visual style translate into the moving image?...

The Big Picture uncovers the untold story of a state-of-the-art cinema quietly forgotten in the center of Bristol, a vibrant UK city known for its...

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

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

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

Going through a journey of three filmmakers trail tracing Indonesia’s family cinema. From Indonesia to the Netherlands and back, they met Kwee...

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.