Kevin Brownlow Movies

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

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

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

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

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

A Turner Classic Movies (TCM) documentary about Keaton's discontented relationship with MGM and the events that eventually led to his career downfall.

Documentary about Hollywood during the silent film era.

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

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

Cartoon Carnival tells the story of the pioneering early days of the animated art-form and chronicles one film preservationist's quest to rescue...

As the documentary points out, 85 percent of all silent pictures are gone forever because of neglect, abuse, and improper storage of original prints....

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

Three Hours That Shook the World: Observations on Intolerance is an interview with Kevin Brownlow which includes occasional clips and stills from the...

Film editing initially began as a woman's art in France. As veteran film editor, Dede Allen, tell it, "They thought that women were good at little...

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

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...

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

A loving tribute to the great American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, filmed entirely at her 700-acre upstate New York farm.

The life of an old man, John Cartner Ronson, living alone in a huge block of flats in London since his wife died nine years earlier.

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