Since he was 18 years old, Blake Eckard has written and directed six feature length films in his hometown of Stanberry, Missouri (population 1186). Aside from a short distribution deal in Canada and a few festival screenings, his movies have largely gone unseen.
Self
Self
Self
Self
Self
A polemic against Werner Herzog and the making of "Fitzcarraldo", exploring the question of the filmmaker's ethical and moral responsibility.
Documentary about the 1971 Canadian film by Claude Jutra.
0.0An inside look at Jessica Piper, a Democratic Candidate running for a House seat in District 1 of Missouri. This is a snapshot of her mind and what it feels like to run a campaign in an overlooked place.
6.0Documentary about the life and work of film director Preston Sturges.
7.1The story of Leon Vitali, who surrendered his promising acting career to become Stanley Kubrick's devoted right-hand man.
6.6In May 2011, a massive tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri. With pulse-pounding firsthand footage, this documentary goes inside a deadly twister.
6.8A retrospective look at the global impact of Alien, the science fiction and horror masterpiece directed by British filmmaker Ridley Scott in 1979, exploring the origins of its unique aesthetic and the audacity of its screenplay.
0.0A group of friends gathers to celebrate the end of 2023 and the beginning of 2024. Captured through a cellphone camera, the film showcases their various interactions while highlighting the artistic and cultural influences that shape their lives.
6.9In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starring a man and women sitting in a box while a narrator poses questions about their relationship and humanity. Years later, Danish director Lars von Trier made a deal with Leth to remake his film five times, each under a different set of circumstances and with von Trier's strictly prescribed rules. As Leth completes each challenge, von Trier creates increasingly further elaborate stipulations.
A look behind the scenes of Olaf Ittenbach's splatter classic, which was made over a period of four years with a total budget of just DM 180,000. We learn the essentials about the realization of the elaborate special effects and filming, numerous scene excerpts as well as interviews with actors and producers.
10.0Tito del Amo, a passionate 72-year-old researcher, takes the final step to unravel the enigma about the alleged Spanish origin of the American cartoonist Walt Disney, making the same journey that his supposed mother made to give him up for adoption in Chicago. A journey that begins in Mojácar, Almería, Spain, and ends in New York. An exciting adventure, like Alicia's through the looking glass, to discover what is truth and what is not, with an unexpected result.
6.3Documentary about the making of director Steven Spielberg's film Empire of the Sun
Documentary about the making of Marcel Carné's 1942 film.
0.0Documentary about the making of Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne's 2011 film "The Kid with a Bike"
Documentary about the making of the 1967 Czech film "Marketa Lazarova".
5.0Documentary about Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray
0.0Documentary filmed on-set during the making of Aki Kaurismaki's "La vie de Boheme"
5.7On-set documentary about the making of the film "Y tu mamá también."
0.0Interview with the French film director, conducted for television in 1978.
0.0A making-of documentary featuring interviews with director Michael Haneke, actor Juliette Binoche, and producer Marin Karmitz, as well as on-set footage of cast and crew of "Code Unknown".
