Richard Schickel Movies

Samuel Fuller discusses his career as a filmmaker, illustrated by plenty of clips.

For 35 years Clint Eastwood has called Warner Bros. home. In The Eastwood Factor, film historian Richard Schickel ventures beyond Eastwood’s...

Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.

Jack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Albert Warner and Sam Warner were siblings who were born in Poland and emigrated to Canada near the turn of the...

The epic story of how the film The African Queen (1951), directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was shot on real...

Documentary short on Marlon Brando included in the DVD extras of The Streetcar Named Desire.

Fog City Mavericks: The Filmmakers of San Francisco is a compelling exploration of the legendary filmmakers who call the San Francisco Bay Area home...

This 2009 documentary features directors Bob Rafelson, Peter Bogdanovich, and Henry Jaglom, actor-director Jack Nicholson, and actresses Karen Black...

During the filming of Ragtime, the 81-year old Cagney talks about his career. Cagney tells us about becoming a dancer and meeting his wife, his route...

Behind the scenes of Unforgiven (1992)

Hosted by Mark Hamill, this revealing documentary offers behind-the-scenes glimpses into the amazing special effects that transformed George...

A remarkable film that takes a special look at the first war to be truly reported and recorded by one of the more unsung heroes of World War II: the...

This ten-minute segment, heralded as part of a new shorts program, is composed of excerpts from a 1972 audio conversation between Hawks and Peter...

An hour documentary on the history of Bond for the 25th anniversary of the film series.

Autobiography of Clint Eastwood up to his movie "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil."

Film critic Richard Schickel interviews Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg about his craft, his body of work and the movie business.

Widely thought of as “a woman’s director,” legendary film director George Cukor is profiled with the use of film clips and...

A look at the cinematographers, editors, musicians, production designers and other talent of the Dirty Harry series.

Retrospective documentary of the film "Bugsy"

Career overview of Hollywood legend Frank Capra by Time magazine film critic Richard Schickel.