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    For Your Consideration (2006)

    Oscar fever grips the cast and crew of a grade-Z indie film after the performance of a virtually...

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    CQ (2002)

    A filmmaker (Jeremy Davies) tries to finish a science-fiction movie after two other directors get...

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    S1M0NE (2002)

    A filmmaker (Al Pacino) tries to fool the public by creating a computer-generated actress to star in...

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    The Wedding Director (2008)

    Franco Elica, a dissolute movie director, slides into despair after being asked--to his horror--to...

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    Avenue Montaigne (2007)

    A waitress (Cécile De France) observes the lives of a classical pianist (Albert Dupontel), an art...

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    Baadasssss! (2004)

    Filmmaker/actor Melvin Van Peebles (Mario Van Peebles) directs the controversial movie ``Sweet...

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    After the Fox (1966)

    An Italian crook (Peter Sellers) hides his caper behind disguises and the making of an avant-garde...

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    Storytelling (2002)

    An aspiring writer (Leo Fitzpatrick) lives with cerebral palsy, while a documentary filmmaker...

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    Color Me Kubrick (2007)

    An audacious con artist (John Malkovich) raises the art of deception to a new level by successfully...

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    Ed Wood (1994)

    Edward D. Wood Jr. (Johnny Depp) directs awful '50s cult films like ``Glen or Glenda'' and ``Plan 9...

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    Danny Roane: First Time Director

    A down-and-out actor (Andy Dick) struggles with alcoholism while directing his first movie.

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    America's Sweethearts (2001)

    A publicist (Billy Crystal) tries to convince the press that the feuding co-stars of a new movie are...

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    Tell Them Who You Are (2005)

    Filmmaker Mark Wexler examines his relationship with his father, cinematographer Haskell Wexler.

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    The Last Shot (2004)

    To help capture mobster John Gotti, an FBI agent (Alec Baldwin) poses as a movie producer and tricks...

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    S.O.B. (1981)

    A struggling director decides to reshoot a family movie with his wholesome leading lady, and include...

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    State and Main (2000)

    When a movie crew invades a small Vermont town, its director (William H. Macy) juggles a predatory...

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    Overnight (2004)

    Filmmaker Mark Brian Smith chronicles the rise and fall of Troy Duffy, a bartender who brokered a...

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    Hollywood Ending (2002)

    A neurotic director (Woody Allen) must work for his ex-wife (Tea Leoni) in order to film his latest...

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    Timecode (2000)

    Four simultaneous, improvised stories center around a movie producer (Saffron Burrows), his wife...

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    Silent Movie (1976)

    A washed-up director (Mel Brooks) and his buddies (Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise) attempt a comeback...

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    Postcards From the Edge (1990)

    A drug-detoxed Hollywood actress (Meryl Streep) moves in with her boozing actress mother (Shirley...

  • Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired picture
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    Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)

    Filmmaker Marina Zenovich examines the drugging and rape case involving director Polanski.

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    Ariane Mnouchkine

    Ariane Mnouchkine directed movies such as 1789 and Moliere and the TV show Moliere.

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    The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera

    This documentary on Sam Fuller mixes interviews with Fuller and with other directors who have been...

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    Prisoner of Paradise (2003)

    Nazis force actor and filmmaker Kurt Gerron, incarcerated in a concentration camp, to make a...

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    Alex in Wonderland (1970)

    A hot-shot director (Donald Sutherland) desperately seeks inspiration amid Hollywood vulgarity.

  • Ciao, Federico! picture
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    Ciao, Federico!

    A behind-the-scenes documentary about the filming of the Federico Fellini film, "Satyricon."

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    Based on a True Story

    Filmmaker Walter Stokman investigates the people and events that inspired the bank-robbery movie...

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    Gable and Lombard (1976)

    Stars Clark Gable (James Brolin) and Carole Lombard (Jill Clayburgh) fall in love and marry in 1930s...

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    Nickelodeon (1976)

    A lawyer (Ryan O'Neal) becomes a director and a roustabout (Burt Reynolds) becomes a star in 1910s...

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    Sweet Liberty (1986)

    A professor (Alan Alda) tries to stop a film crew from making a teen comedy out of his book about...

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    Burden of Dreams (1982)

    Filmmaker Les Blank shows director Werner Herzog obsessed in the Amazon making his 1982...

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    Privilege (1991)

    In the near future, church and state exploit a rock star (Paul Jones) to control the young in...

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    Sam Dung

    A filmmaker hires a writer to help her make a movie about first love and a long-term affair.

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    Tango (1998)

    Mario Suarez is a forty-something tango artist, whose wife Laura has left him. He leaves his...

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    Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1998)

    Filmmaker Marc Fafard examines the historical and cultural significance of the seafaring Vikings.

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    Original Diner Guys

    Part home movie, part hommage, Barry Levinson takes a retrospective look at the men who inspired his...

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    Sweet and Sour (1963)

    Director Jacques Baratier's Sweet and Sour is an independently produced project with a surprising...

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    A Decade Under the Influence (2003)

    A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of...

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    Scumrock (2004)

    Comedy that follows the lives of Miles, a would-be filmmaker and his friend Roxxy, a rock performer...

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    Sex Sells: The Making of Touche (2005)

    A world record orgy, wild sex scenes, a 42-inch penis, ninjas--just a typical day at the office when...

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    Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2004)

    Richard Schickel examines the career of Charles Chaplin, including interviews with the comic's...

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    George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985)

    George Stevens Jr. chronicles his father's career as cameraman, combat photographer and Hollywood...

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    10 on Ten (2005)

    Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami presents his theories on both films and filmmaking by way of...

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    Rocket Gibraltar (1988)

    Generations of a family converge on a Long Island estate for their patriarch's (Burt Lancaster) 77th...

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    According to Spencer

    A young man comes in contact with an old childhood crush and tries his best to make her fall in love...

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    Directed By John Ford (1971)

    Interviews and film clips help illustrate this portrait of the man who directed such classics as...

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    The Junkman

    H.B. Halicki, who wrote and directed the car chase classic Gone in 60 Seconds, returned with this...

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    Chaplin (1992)

    From London poverty to Hollywood legend, silent-film star Charlie Chaplin's (Robert Downey Jr.) life...

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    The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)

    A filmmaker manipulates a starlet into the image of his late wife, a celebrated actress who met a...