Movies: Alain Silver

One of the first film noir documentaries, made for British Channel Four, and including interviews with Paul Schrader, Robert Wise, John Dahl, Bryan Singer, Edward Dmytryk, Dennis Hopper, John Alton....

Two dimwit owners of a struggling hauling company are approached about hauling a huge, mysterious box across country at the end of the century. The cargo has religious significance and may be an attempt to release Satan in the Devil's Triangle to sta...

This documentary is featured on Warner Brothers' DVD for The Roaring Twenties (1939), released in 2005....

The only witness to a young woman's murder has a nervous breakdown, is institutionalized, and escapes, tracking down the murderer....

An examination of "Little Caesar" (1931) by film historians and critics....

After an unforeseen and violent affliction turns her world upside down, Rowena Hambleton struggles to survive night-to-night as she prowls the streets of Los Angeles. If there is a cure for what ails her, Rowena has yet to find it....

Danny DeVito stars in and directs this critically acclaimed short film which was part of the ground breaking HBO/Cinemax anthology series, "Likely Stories." Danny plays corrupt Congressman Vince D'Angelo who is making a sleazy run to become Senator o...

Documentary covering the Warner Bros. James Cagney /Pat O'Brien classic "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938), hosted by film historian Rudy Behlmer....

Short documentary about the making of the 1938 film "Jezebel."...

Four nights in Dostoevksy's 1847 St. Petersburg are transposed to 21st-century Los Angeles. Over that period, a self-described dreamer helps a young woman in emotional distress....

Short documentary about the making of "The Petrified Forest."...

An examination of "White Heat" (1949) by film historians and critics....

Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound genre of classic Hollywood cinema. Eckhart Schmidt tries to show the background and developments and speaks, among others, with directors such as Richar...

Richard Schickel and Oliver Stone are among the experts who talk about the film noir Crime Wave....

A new science fiction film from director Gary Walkow starring Kelsey Grammer....

A documentary about film noir films made in Los Angeles....

Short documentary with background on plots that are taken from current news stories....

Documentary about the film Where Danger Lives (1950)...

Documentary short on the making of "They Live by Night" (1948)....

Documentary about Raoul Walsh...