Movies: Christopher Frayling

To mark the recent thirtieth anniversary of Sergio Leone’s death, this documentary sets out to pay tribute to one of the great legends of world cinema. The singular artistic vision of Sergio Leone has transcended national borders, creating the Spaghe...

Mark Gatiss explores and celebrates Dracula, an icon of popular culture, asking just why we keep coming back to the count....

Province of Burgos, northern Spain, October 2015. A group of fans undertake the titanic task of restoring the location of the last scene of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, the mythical spaghetti western directed by Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone in 1...

A visual history of Italian western cinema in the 60s and 70s....

Tribute to Universal make-up artist Jack Pierce who created some of the studio's most famous works including Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolf Man, the Mummy and countless other creatures. Rick Baker, Tom Savini, Howard Berger, Bob Burns, Scott Essman...

An entertaining look at Clint Eastwood's storied career as a Western icon and filmmaker, featuring interviews with Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Costner, Frank Darabont, John Lee Hancock and many more....

Documentary about Humphrey Jennings, an English documentary filmmaker from the 1930s to 1950....

In 1818, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, a powerful and timelessness novel which eternal theme is nothing other than man's quest for the secret of life. Since then, the Creature became a pop culture icon, overshadowing the...

Directed by BAFTA Award winner Hamish Hamilton, the movie was filmed during the closing night of the V&A installation and features appearances by Pulp leader Jarvis Cocker, fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, and more, as well as insight from David Bow...

A short documentary based on Sergio Leone's life and career, and the making of the film "Once Upon a Time in America."...

A look back on A Clockwork Orange...

Film historians, and producer Richard Gordon, talk about the horror movie career of cult star Boris Karloff....

First part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone's masterpiece, released in 1968. (Followed by The Wages of Sin.)...

Lifting the lid on the world of cinema censorship, this programme has unique access to the files of the British Board of Film Classification. Featuring explicit and detailed exchanges between the censor and film-makers, 'Dear Censor' casts a wry eye ...

How the gothic film by british production company Hammer Films helped in shaping the horror genre for audiences worldwide....

Documentary about Sergio Leone...

Documentary on the Mummy film(s) by Universal Studios....

The untold story of Hammer at Warner Bros, and the relationship that produced some of the British company's finest films....

Film historians, and producer Richard Gordon, talk about the horror movie career of cult star Bela Lugosi....

The writer and cultural historian discusses the work of the great director....