Richard Schickel Movies

A look at the cinematographers, editors, musicians, production designers and other talent of the Dirty Harry series.

A penetrating documentary of a legendary filmmaker, narrated by the renowned film critic Richard Schickel. Excerpted works include “Birth of a...

Jack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Albert Warner and Sam Warner were siblings who were born in Poland and emigrated to Canada near the turn of the...

Censorship issues with the film "A Streetcar Named Desire."

Brilliant, long in-the-works story of the life and art of the world's greatest comedian and the cinema's first genius, Charlie Chaplin. Produced,...

Hollywood careers are full of make-or-break moments. For Clint Eastwood, one such moment came when studio powers agreed to let him make his directing...

A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.

Filmmakers, social scientists and authors take a provocative look at the moral, political and ethical themes of the Dirty Harry films.

explores the production of the film with interviews with those involved. The historical significance is similarly discussed. Includes interviews with...

Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.

A documentary about the life of Errol Flynn, with recollections from friends and family.

Directors Stephen Spielberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott and James Cameron discuss the science fiction movies of the 1950s that influenced them.

The epic story of how the film The African Queen (1951), directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was shot on real...

Behind the scenes of Unforgiven (1992)

Documentary short focusing on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 1953 film I Confess.

The story of American film criticism.

A history of horror movies.

Follow Eastwood's career from television star to matinee idol to Oscar-winning director in this wide-ranging documentary.

Retrospective documentary of the film "Bugsy"

A profile of writer-director Billy Wilder