Movies: Curtis Hanson

A documentary about Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1954 film Rear Window....

Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How does the studio industry work? What role does marketing and the hype surrounding the stars play?...

Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho recorded testimonies about this relationship in Brazil, the United States ...

A mad scientist seeks eternal youth by developing a drug derived from human pituitary glands, aided by the local townsfolk, who help abduct visitors to their town for his experiments....

A retrospective documentary of the cult classic movie The Goonies. Including interviews with the cast, exploration of the film's locations and unique stories you wont hear anywhere else....

The making-of documentary of Bonnie and Clyde....

Karate experts attempt to rescue a girl who was kidnapped by a mother and her two psycho sons....

Documentary that features interviews with Martin Scorsese, Curtis Hanson, Francis Lawrence, William Friedkin, Guillermo Del Toro, John Carpenter and others as they discuss the films and style of the Master of Suspense....

Hollywood careers are full of make-or-break moments. For Clint Eastwood, one such moment came when studio powers agreed to let him make his directing debut. That story and others comprise this portrait of the famed Hollywood icon. His career is explo...

Horror and suspense in the story of a psychotic maniac who literally "loves" women to death....

Director Curtis Hanson and his cast and crew discuss the arduous but rewarding process of creating a modern classic....

A look back at the impact Billy Wilder's comedy classic "Some Like It Hot" has left since it's release in 1959....

This documentary is a fascinating look at the cinematic genius of Alfred Hitchcock. Briefly covering much of his early British works, the film primarily focuses on his American classics, such as "Shadow of a Doubt", "Notorious", "Rear Window", "Verti...

Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound genre of classic Hollywood cinema. Eckhart Schmidt tries to show the background and developments and speaks, among others, with directors such as Richar...

Documentary about Nicholas Ray's film "In a Lonely Place" (1950)....

Three directors (Curtis Hanson, Martin Scorsese and John Milius) discuss the movie "The Searchers."...

A look back at the making of Billy Wilder's 1959 comedy classic "Some Like It Hot."...

A discussion of "North by Northwest" and its influence....