This is a fascinating look at a classic film. If you have a couple of hours then I highly recommend watching this. So much to learn about one of the great pulp action movies. After the success of Star Wars Begins, filmmaker Jamie Benning embarked upon a new adventure. This time turning his attention to the first film in the Indiana Jones Trilogy (yes,...

THE CITY DARK chronicles the disappearance of darkness. When filmmaker Ian Cheney moves to New York City and discovers skies almost completely devoid of stars, a simple question — what do we lose, when we lost the night? — spawns a journey to America’s brightest and darkest corners. Astronomers, cancer researchers, ecologists and...

This one sounds interesting and worth a watch. With the epic dimensions of a Shakespearean tragedy, The Queen of Versailles follows billionaires Jackie and David’s rags-to-riches story to uncover the innate virtues and flaws of the American dream. We open on the triumphant construction of the biggest house in America, a sprawling, 90,000-square-foot...

“By mistake he actually made a good picture once in a while.” – Jack Nicholson This documentary about Roger Corman looks great. It features interviews with Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese, Tom Hanks, Eli Roth, William Friedkin, Pam Grier, Paul W S Anderson and more. There are also clips from many of Corman’s...

Paul Goodman Changed My Life will be the first documentary about Paul Goodman, the late social critic, poet, philosopher of education, or, as he called himself, “man of letters in the old-fashioned sense.” Paul Goodman Changed My Life will follow a biographical through-line and be structured around interviews with family, friends, peers, and...

This is just brilliant. These 3 videos are all over 2 hours long by Jamie Benning and take us behind the scenes of each film. Well worth a watch for all Star Wars fans as it contains alternate takes, pieces of concept art and so much more. Check out the other 2 films...

Fifty years after winning the Pulitzer Prize, To Kill a Mockingbird remains a beloved bestseller and quite possibly the most influential American novel of the 20th Century. The film version, starring Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, won a trio of Academy Awards, and in April the Postal Service will issue a stamp honoring Peck – depicted wearing glasses, as...

The inside story behind Alan McGee’s Creation Records which, during its heyday, was home to era defining bands such as Primal Scream and The Jesus and Mary Chain. This definitive documentary charts the rise and fall of the label, from humble beginnings in Glasgow, to drug dependency, alcoholism, and cosying up with New Labour during the phenomenal success of...

Leaving La Floresta is a feature length documentary film that follows the story of Abelardo Joya, a Colombian Campesino (farmer), and his family. Internally displaced by the “war on drugs” and the fight against Coca (the plant used to make Cocaine), Abelardo, his wife, and five kids are forced to leave their Cacao farm (the plant used to make...

Mark Kermode’s BBC documentary, Fear of God: The Making of ‘The Exorcist’, examines the story of classic 1973 horror movie, with cast and crew, and discusses the true events inspired William Peter Blatty’s original novel. Source: Dangerous...