Film History Movies

We live with films every day, and it seems nothing easier than answering the question: what is a film? Obviously, a film is, first and foremost, a...

Many people contributed to the creation of Godzilla, but only one man was truly the father of the monster.

Documentary exploring the thirty-seven years of preparatory work that director Carl Th. Dreyer did for "Jesus of Nazareth" – a film that was...

An oral history exploring the development of film projection and cinema in Kingston-on-Thames - from resident innovator Eadweard Muybridge through...

A brief biography of film director Ishiro Honda.

Part one starts with an overview of the prehistory of moving images in the 19th Century: Zoetrope, Phenakistiscope, Chronophotagraphy etc. until the...

A biography and tribute to one of Japan's most prolific composers.

Writer Adam Rockoff provides a basic overview of the slasher movie genre.

The story of how the original Godzilla went from idea to script to screen.