Movies: Christopher Frayling

To mark the recent thirtieth anniversary of Sergio Leone’s death, this documentary sets out to pay tribute to one of the great legends of world cinema. The singular artistic vision of Sergio Leone has transcended national borders, creating the Spaghe...

Documentary about Sergio Leone...

The life and work of one of the great masters of Italian cinema, Sergio Leone (1929-89); a rich and fascinating portrait through unpublished testimonies of collaborators, actors, directors and critics who reconstruct every aspect of his creative acti...

Province of Burgos, northern Spain, October 2015. A group of fans undertake the titanic task of restoring the location of the last scene of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, the mythical spaghetti western directed by Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone in 1...

Tribute to Universal make-up artist Jack Pierce who created some of the studio's most famous works including Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolf Man, the Mummy and countless other creatures. Rick Baker, Tom Savini, Howard Berger, Bob Burns, Scott Essman...

The making of Quo Vadis (1951)....

A short documentary based on Sergio Leone's life and career, and the making of the film "Once Upon a Time in America."...

Film historians, and producer Richard Gordon, talk about the horror movie career of cult star Bela Lugosi....

In 1818, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, a powerful and timelessness novel which eternal theme is nothing other than man's quest for the secret of life. Since then, the Creature became a pop culture icon, overshadowing the...

A visual history of Italian western cinema in the 60s and 70s....

From his quirky compositions for the spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone to his sublime musical contributions to director Roland Joffé's acclaimed 1986 drama The Mission, film composer Ennio Morricone has crafted more than 500 scores over the course o...

First part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone's masterpiece, released in 1968. (Followed by The Wages of Sin.)...

Film historians, and producer Richard Gordon, talk about the horror movie career of cult star Boris Karloff....

Documentary about Humphrey Jennings, an English documentary filmmaker from the 1930s to 1950....

The untold story of Hammer at Warner Bros, and the relationship that produced some of the British company's finest films....

Documentary on the Mummy film(s) by Universal Studios....

How the gothic film by british production company Hammer Films helped in shaping the horror genre for audiences worldwide....

An entertaining look at Clint Eastwood's storied career as a Western icon and filmmaker, featuring interviews with Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Costner, Frank Darabont, John Lee Hancock and many more....

Mark Gatiss explores and celebrates Dracula, an icon of popular culture, asking just why we keep coming back to the count....

Directed by BAFTA Award winner Hamish Hamilton, the movie was filmed during the closing night of the V&A installation and features appearances by Pulp leader Jarvis Cocker, fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, and more, as well as insight from David Bow...