Search results for "Peter Bogdanovich"
King of Cool

King of Cool

King of Cool
IMDb: 8.2
100

Dean Martin had a laid-back charm that made him successful in everything from big-screen comedies to television variety shows to live acts in Las Vegas. Filmmaker Tom Donahue explores Martin’s…

Genre: Documentary
The Creatress

The Creatress

The Creatress
IMDb: 3.6
110

Young, bestselling author Eryn Bellow concludes her bookstore tour with her agent selling film rights and closing a six figure advance for her follow-up. Headwinds arise as critics get offended…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down a Dream

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down a Dream

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down a Dream
IMDb: 8.2
239

Directed by Peter Bogdanovich and packed with rare concert footage and home movies, this documentary explores the history of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, including Petty’s famous collaborations and notorious…

Genre: Documentary
Infamous

Infamous

Infamous
IMDb: 7.1
110

While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.

The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart
IMDb: 3.6
81

A haunting account of a tormented man, haunted by the heart of a man he murdered, who continually re-admits himself into a medical facility, in a futile attempt to escape…

Genre: Horror, Thriller
Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel

Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel

Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
IMDb: 7.6
95

Chronicles the six-decade career of the U.S. film industry’s most diverse, dogged and resourceful low-budget producer-director-entrepeneur, painting the soft-spoken Roger Corman as an indie cinema trailbrazer as well as an…

Genre: Documentary
Between Us

Between Us

Between Us
IMDb: 5.6
93

Longtime couple Henry and Dianne are afraid that if they finally tie the knot it would mean the end of their days as free-spirited urbanites. But a whirlwind night apart…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Hitchcock/Truffaut

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Hitchcock/Truffaut
IMDb: 7.4
81

Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selon Hitchcock”), written by François Truffaut and published in 1966.

Genre: Documentary
Mr. Jealousy

Mr. Jealousy

Mr. Jealousy
IMDb: 6.5
105

After his first date at age 15 ended with the girl making out with another man at a party, aspiring writer Lester Grimm has treated all his girlfriends with jealousy…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
What Is Cinema?

What Is Cinema?

What Is Cinema?
IMDb: 6.1
80

Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker…

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
IMDb: 7.4
88

The world’s most beautiful woman was also the secret inventor of secure wifi, bluetooth and GPS communications, but her arresting looks stood in the way of her being given the…

78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene

78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene

78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene
IMDb: 7.3
91

The most famous murder scene in movie history comprises 78 camera settings and 52 cuts: the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. 78/52 tells the story of the man behind…

Genre: Documentary
The Independent

The Independent

The Independent
IMDb: 6.0
95

The Independent is a mockumentary comedy film made in 2000, directed by Stephen Kessler, starring Jerry Stiller as an independent film maker, who makes little-known B movies with titles like…

Genre: Comedy
Los Angeles Overnight

Los Angeles Overnight

Los Angeles Overnight
IMDb: 4.5
93

A struggling actress inherits a bevy of colorful villains after desperation (with a touch of femme fatale) drives her and her gullible boyfriend to steal big from the Los Angeles…

Genre: Thriller
Lick the Star

Lick the Star

Lick the Star
IMDb: 7.7
14

A clique of school girls devise a secret plan that they code-name “Lick the Star”.

Genre: Drama
They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead

They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead

They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead
IMDb: 7.3
98

A documentary focused on Orson Welles’ fifteen years spent trying to finish his final film, The Other Side of the Wind.

Genre: Documentary
The Other Side of the Wind

The Other Side of the Wind

The Other Side of the Wind
IMDb: 7.5
122

Surrounded by fans and skeptics, grizzled director J.J. “Jake” Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making

A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making

A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making
IMDb: 7.7
38

A documentary detailing the effort dedicated filmmakers went through to bring Orson Welles final feature film, The Other Side of the Wind into the public conscience

Genre: Documentary
A Decade Under the Influence

A Decade Under the Influence

A Decade Under the Influence
IMDb: 7.5
152

Documentary on the effects of 1970s filmmaking.

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
IMDb: 7.6
119

A look at 1970s Hollywood when it was known as New Hollywood, and the director was the star of the movie.

Genre: Documentary
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
IMDb: 6.1
92

Combining extensive filmmaker interviews and rare archival footage, Chuck Workman’s documentary takes us through the life of one of cinema’s greatest masters: Orson Welles.

Genre: Documentary
Broken English

Broken English

Broken English
IMDb: 6.6
97

Nora Wilder (Parker Posey), a single, career woman works at a Manhattan boutique hotel where her excellent skills in guest relations lack in the romantic department. If it is not…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Morning Has Broken

Morning Has Broken

Morning Has Broken
IMDb: 5.2
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A young runaway girl moves in with a seemingly harmless, elderly, Academy Award-winning songwriter. It all seems perfectly normal, until his dark side unleashes a chain reaction of ghastly events.

Genre: Drama
Smiling Through the Apocalypse

Smiling Through the Apocalypse

Smiling Through the Apocalypse
IMDb: 6.2
99

‘Smiling Through the Apocalypse’ chronicles a man whose editorial instincts produced one of the greatest magazines ever: Harold Hayes, the swinging editor and cultural provocateur of the iconic Esquire Magazine…

Genre: Documentary
Highball

Highball

Highball
IMDb: 6.5
110

A newly-married couple tries to build their social life.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Cold Turkey

Cold Turkey

Cold Turkey
IMDb: 4.4
82

Thanksgiving get-together for the eccentric Turner clan goes from bad to worse when estranged daughter Nina makes a surprise visit home for the first time in 15 years. Nina clashes…

Genre: Drama
We Blew It

We Blew It

We Blew It
IMDb: 7.4
137

How did America change from Easy Rider into Donald Trump? What became of the dreams and utopias of the 1960’s and 1970’s? What do the people who lived in that…

Genre: Documentary
Lions Love

Lions Love

Lions Love
IMDb: 7.3
110

Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood.

Genre: Comedy, Drama