Billy Wilder: Nobody's Perfect

The dashing and dazzling Douglas Fairbanks was the movie star who "swashbuckled in Zorro, dueled exuberantly in Robin Hood and soared magnificently in The Thief of Bagdad"-- He was the "First King of Hollywood".

From early Hollywood stereotypes and erasure to today’s authentic voices, this documentary traces a century-long struggle for Latino representation, showing how artists reclaimed their image and reshaped cinema, and the way we imagine the world

Joni Mitchell has been called the queen of folk music and one of the biggest pop stars of the 60s and 70s. Even today, her lyrics and unique guitar style continue to inspire new generations of singers and songwriters.

Looks at roles given to women in Hollywood over the years and the development of 'chick flicks'. Writers, critics and studio executives including Nora Ephron, Molly Haskell and Linda Obst, discuss the rise of chick flicks.

For over 100 years, Hollywood cinema has crafted the ultimate "villain"- the Indian, as they were labeled in early Westerns. Confined almost exclusively to this genre, the Western became a vehicle for American racism, obscuring the genocide upon which the United States was built. In this documentary, only Native Americans are given a voice to share their story, one that has been overshadowed by Hollywood's portrayal. Their narrative, part of the larger American story, highlights how cinema has long been used as a powerful propaganda tool, distorting history and perpetuating harmful stereotypes.

The first talkie was directed by Alice Guy, the first color film was produced by Lois Weber, who directed more than 300 films over 10 years. Frances Marion wrote screenplays for the Hollywood Star Mary Pickford and won two Oscars, Dorothy Arzner was the most powerful film director in Hollywood. And what do all of them have in common? They are all women and they have all been forgotten. Incredibly, it also took until 2010 for the first woman, Kathryn Bigelow, to win the Oscar for Best Director. Even if underrepresented women have always played a big part in Hollywood and it is this part of the film history left untold that this documentary sets out to uncover.

Misunderstood genius, superstar, Hollywood’s fallen angel... Orson Welles left his indelible mark on the 20th century.

Mehdi lives with his mother in the suburbs of Paris. He plays poker online. After a lucky strike he decides it is time to risk it all in Montecarlo.

A documentary about film noir films made in Los Angeles.

Martin Scorsese is among those paying tribute to Gene Tierney, the Academy Award-nominated American actress who was a leading lady in Hollywood throughout the 1940s and '50s.

The historic election of Ronald Reagan as the 40th President of the USA has gained new relevance with the success of Donald Trump. Ronald Reagan's election victory was no coincidence, but the work of large-scale manipulation by organized crime. How was it that a second-rate actor was able to get into the White House with the help of the mafia? Who are the men who helped him? And who was Ronald Reagan really? The documentary answers these questions and reveals the string-pullers and backers who pushed Reagan into the highest spheres of power.

A history of anti-Asian racism and yellowface in Hollywood after the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.

Deep rooted religious beliefs seemingly going back to the Pilgrim Fathers' puritanism dominate a society which is entertained by violence to no end on a daily basis. If it is true that American movies reflect American society, the United States have yet another severe problem: a lack of open sexuality and eroticism.

Gives insight into the creators mindset and how they culled from real life events to create some of the biggest sci-fi films of all time.

Hopkins’ career has spanned several decades, which is why we will also use many interviews that he gave throughout his life, allowing us to put him back into the context of each period and will be helpful in understanding his role in the history of cinema, because he was far from following the trends. He never belonged to any film movement; he is a chameleon that has always preferred natural acting, ‘non-acting’ when method acting was the fashion.

A portrait of American crime writer James Ellroy that is a journey through his dark personal and literary obsessions, marked by the murder of his mother, Jean Ellroy, in 1958, when he was just a ten-year-old boy.