Woody Allen: A Documentary (2012), Thriller in Manila (2008), Broadway: The Golden Age (2004), The End of the Storm (2020), Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001), Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview (2011), Facing Ali (2009), Rush: Time Stand Still (2016) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Retrospective movies.
Storyline: Documentary on the life and works of comic genius Buster Keaton, directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
Plot Keywords: documentary, biography, comedy, silent film, film history, hollywood, classic film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The pinup model and cult icon recounts how her free expression overcame government witch-hunts to help launch America's sexual revolution.
Plot Keywords: biography, documentary, 1950s, erotic, celebrity, interview, history ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.—Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
Plot Keywords: musical, classic, song and dance, nostalgia, hollywood, golden age, mgm ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Spend a delightfully bawdy afternoon with four legends of British stage and cinema -- Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins and Joan Plowright -- as they spill the tea on life, love and art.
Plot Keywords: documentary, women, interviews, british film, friendship, show business, aging ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This film is a documentary about the filming of one of Buster Keaton's movies: The Railrodder (1965).
Plot Keywords: comedy, documentary, filmmaking, silent film, classic cinema, hollywood, director ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An intimate look at the life and work of Greek-American opera singer Maria Callas, as told in her own words.
Plot Keywords: documentary, music, biography, opera, classic, art, history ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Steve McQueen truly is an American Icon. One of America's most endearing and intriguing movie stars, he "is still the King of Cool" according to Esquire Magazine-50 years after the zenith of his career. The strangest thing about him, however, is barely known, despite countless biographies and articles. Steve McQueen was a believer in Jesus Christ. On the surface McQueen had everything he could want-fame, cars, homes, more money than he could spend in a lifetime. An avid fan of the actor (and owner of a replica of McQueen's car in the classic film Bullitt), Pastor Greg Laurie hits the road in his mint Mustang, traveling the country in search of the true, untold story of McQueen's redemption-filled final chapters.—Greg Laurie
Plot Keywords: biography, documentary, steve mcqueen, actor, hollywood, film history, legend ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The documentary, "Midnight Return" explores the enduring and emotional power of film as seen through the lens of the blockbuster success Midnight Express (1978). When Billy Hayes, one of the most infamous names of his generation and on whom the picture is based, returns to Turkey thirty years after his daring escape from prison, he faces a country still haunted by the film. Turkey suffered tremendous economic and psychological damage as a result of "Midnight Express" and more than thirty years later they are still trying to escape the stigma. So when a group of young Turkish Policemen reach out to their mortal enemy, Billy Hayes and invite him back to Istanbul for a conference, no one is more shocked and thrilled than Billy himself.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: documentary, biography, crime, drama, history, prison, escape ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The 1950's - the iconic Scuderia Ferrari battle to stay on top in one of the deadliest decades in motor racing history. Cars and drivers were pushed to their limits, and the competition for the world championship meant racing on a knife edge where one mistake could take a life. At the centre of it all was Enzo Ferrari, a towering figure in motor racing who was driven to win at any cost. Amidst the stiff competition within his Ferrari team, two of its British stars, Peter Collins and Mike Hawthorn, put friendship first and the championship second. Ferrari: Race to Immortality tells the story of the loves and losses, triumphs and tragedy of Ferrari's most celebrated drivers in an era where they lived la dolce vita during the week and it was win or die on any given Sunday.
Plot Keywords: racing, documentary, automobile, history, biography, sports, speed ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Michael White might just be the most famous person you've never heard of. A notorious London theatre and film impresario, he produced over 300 shows and movies over the last 50 years. Bringing to the stage the risqué productions of Oh! Calcutta!, The Rocky Horror Show and to the screen Monty Python's The Holy Grail, as well as introducing Merce Cunningham, Pina Bausch and Yoko Ono to London audiences, he irrevocably shaped the cultural scene of the 1970s London. Playboy, gambler, bon vivant, friend of the rich and famous, he is now in his late seventies and still enjoys partying like there's no tomorrow. In this intimate documentary, filmmaker Gracie Otto introduces us to this larger-than-life phenomenon. Featuring interviews with 50 of his closest friends including Anna Wintour, Kate Moss, John Waters and Barry Humphries and, of course, the man himself, Otto pays a vibrant tribute to a fascinating entertainer.—London Film Festival
Plot Keywords: documentary, biography, film industry, producer, british film, celebrity, culture ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1971, journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write the definitive biography of Billie Holiday. Over 8 years, she tracked down and tape-recorded over 200 hours of interviews with the extraordinary characters that populated the iconic singer's short, tumultuous life. However, Linda's book was never finished and the tapes never heard -- until now.
Plot Keywords: biography, music, documentary, jazz, singer, 20th century, musician ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Donald Pleasance and Nancy Allen take us through some of Hollywood's most terrifying moments in horror history in this anthology, which features many of the finest science fiction, crime drama and horror films of the 1930s through 1980s. Included are Night of the Living Dead (1968), Psycho (1960), Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Jaws (1975), Jaws 2 (1978), The Fog (1980), Halloween (1978) and Halloween II (1981), as well as countless others. Furthermore, legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock discusses his visionary ideas on creating suspense. Blood and gore abound making this movie not very much for the squeamish audiences.—medic249a2
Plot Keywords: documentary, horror, classic, 1980s, film history, thriller, behind the scenes ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The last major film to be shot at MGM's world famous Hollywood backlot, "That's Entertainment!" is a star-studded traipse down memory lane. The film boasts more than 100 classic segments compiled from dozens of MGM's most popular song-and-dance numbers and features newly recorded footage hosted by a variety of familiar faces, including MGM favorites Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Clark Gable and Liza Minnelli.
Plot Keywords: musical, classic, musical film, hollywood, mgm, nostalgia, song and dance ...
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