Richard Schickel Movies

A retrospective look at the brilliance of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Dial M for Murder.'

An in-depth analysis and celebration of the famous "I coulda been a contender" scene between Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger in the 1954 film "On the...

In 1972 and '73, film critic Richard Schickel made an 8-part series for American public television: 'The Men Who Made the Movies'. Each episode...

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A history of horror movies.

Documentary about film.

Documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock’s "The Wrong Man."

This documentary on the life and work of Academy award-winning director Elia Kazan highlights his colorful life on Broadway and in film, which is...

Documentary on Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 film "Rebecca" and the working relationship of Hitchcock and producer David O. Selznick.

A look back at Clint Eastwood's career from the release of Unforgiven (1992)

A retrospective look at Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train.

Documentary short focusing on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 1953 film I Confess.

Documentary about the efforts to reconstruct Sam Fuller's The Big Red One closer to the film Fuller had originally envisioned.

Short documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

Documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Notorious' (1946).

As an actor, director and producer, Ray Harryhausen has been a vibrant figure in Hollywood, working on everything from family films to mind-bending...

Clint Eastwood tells us how he yearned to be a director from the time he was on "Rawhide" to finally obtaining the approval of his mentor, Don...

A documentary featuring film historians, directors and authors discussing the making of Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity."

Overview of director King Vidor's filmography.

Feature-lenght documentary, divided in three episodes (Storm rising, Storm chaser and Eye of the storm), describing the making of Ryan's Daughter as...