Kevin Brownlow Movies

A film about the career and methods of the master silent comedy filmmaker.

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

Documentary about the legendary American film director from his introduction to the film industry in its early years to his death in 1959.

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

NOTFILM is a feature-length experimental essay on FILM -- its author Samuel Beckett, its star Buster Keaton, its production and its philosophical...

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

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

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

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

BBC documentary on the long and flamboyant career of French filmmaker Abel Gance.

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...

55-Minute BBC Arena documentary on the film actress Louise Brooks

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

Documentary following the history of America's first cinematographers.

The making of Winstanley (1975)

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...

In 1942, Charles Chaplin released his definitive sound version of THE GOLD RUSH, effectively abandoning the original 1925 silent version of his film....

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

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