Richard Schickel Movies

Documentary feature about the real Butch and Sundance, produced with the DVD release of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

A retrospective look at the brilliance of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Dial M for Murder.'

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

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...

Documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock’s "The Wrong Man."

As an actor, director and producer, Ray Harryhausen has been a vibrant figure in Hollywood, working on everything from family films to mind-bending...

Retrospective documentary of the film "Bugsy"

A remarkable film that takes a special look at the first war to be truly reported and recorded by one of the more unsung heroes of World War II: the...

Widely thought of as “a woman’s director,” legendary film director George Cukor is profiled with the use of film clips and...

Autobiography of Clint Eastwood up to his movie "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil."

From its simple beginnings in 1939 in a sleepy beach town in the south of France, the prestigious Cannes Film Festival has become the must-attend red...

Presents testimony from Patricia King Hanson and Richard Schickel and archival input from cinematographer John Alton.

Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress Barbara Stanwyck (1907-90), a Hollywood legend.

An account of the life and work of US filmmaker Woody Allen as told by himself.

In 1972 and '73, film critic Richard Schickel made an 8-part series for American public television: 'The Men Who Made the Movies'. Each episode...

An in-depth analysis and celebration of the famous "I coulda been a contender" scene between Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger in the 1954 film "On the...

Documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Notorious' (1946).

Martin Scorsese discusses his personal background and his filmography as they relate to each other.

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