Kevin Brownlow Movies

A documentary about the Irish scientist Charlotte Keppel who in the 1930s invented a machine that could see into the past.

During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an...

The film will track the evolution of the action hero in films and how aspects and perspectives have changed about them. Along with Stallone, it will...

World War II, 1940. When the Nazi hordes invade and occupy Great Britain, the English citizens are soon divided between those who choose to...

An original documentary from Turner Classic Movies, Garbo offers an intimate look at the life and career of the movies' most luminous, reclusive and...

Lon Chaney, the silent movie star and makeup artist, renowned for his various characterizations and celebrated for his horror films, becomes the...

Documentary about the legendary American film director from his introduction to the film industry in its early years to his death in 1959.

The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first...

Follows the creation of Lindsay Anderson's The White Bus (1968), from pre-production to the shoot and in post.

A documentary about the cultural effect of film censorship, focusing on the tumultuous times of the teens and early 1920s in America.

Blonde, beautiful and talented, Marion Davies was the first and funniest screwball comedienne. As star of two of the best comedies ever made, Show...

A despondent young woman travels home to the North of England.

A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and...

Part of the "American Masters" series; this documentary shows the career of filmmaking pioneer D.W. Griffith

Composed of three shorts – Ride of the Valkyrie, The White Bus, and Red and Blue – from three of Britain’s most-celebrated...

Made for BBC Television in 1967, this 20-minute documentary features a rare interview with the director and a unique demonstration of his lighting...

A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 1940s.

55-Minute BBC Arena documentary on the film actress Louise Brooks

Documentary presenting Alan Parker’s view of British cinema with comments from Richard Lester and others and location report from King’s...

In 1942, Charles Chaplin released his definitive sound version of THE GOLD RUSH, effectively abandoning the original 1925 silent version of his film....