Movies: Thelma Schoonmaker

An hour-long documentary designed to celebrate the spirit of the independent filmmaker from D.W. Griffith to Quentin Tarantino. Interview footage and film clips are blended together to form a chronological approach to the subject matter....

Martin Scorsese visits the New York City neighborhood he grew up in, showing how he incorporated the place, its people and its history into his films....

An ordinary man, who goes against all odds to forge his own destiny and become a star in the glittering sky of 'Bombay,' thriving on jazz and violence....

Equal parts personal essay, intense rumination, and playful satire, this movie laments the death of the American Video Store while it searches for the missing human element in today's digital landscape....

A documentary that presents a brief yet detailed account on the making of Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas" (1990), the successful film that redefined the mafia on the big screen. Featuring interviews with cast and crew and clips from the movie, this re...

Thelma Schoonmaker on Martin Scorsese and 'The King of Comedy'...

In the late spring of 1970, nationwide protests against the war in Vietnam focused in the Wall Street area of New York City and ultimately in a major anti-war demonstration in Washington, D.C.. A group of New York University film students documented ...

The third part about the production of "Raging Bull."...

A documentary about the making of director Martin Scorsese's 1993 film adaptation of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Age of Innocence. It features a conversation between Scorsese and the star of the film, Daniel Day Lewis, as well a...

A series of interviews about the film Peeping Tom (1960). It includes a rare interview with Karlheinz Böhm talking about his role and its subsequent effect on him....

The fourth and final installment about the production of "Raging Bull."...

Amazing documentary shows rarely seen side of a master director. 1990 was a very good year for Martin Scorsese. After making a diverse group of films in the 80s, he reunited with Robert DeNiro for "Goodfellas" and later that year shot a segment for "...

A short documentary film about fashion designer Giorgio Armani; it shows him preparing for a show and discusses his ideas about fashion, his family history and the city of Milan....

A television documentary film featuring the rock band Wings. It consists of concert performances from their acclaimed 1975–76 world tour, together with behind-the-scenes footage. Also included is a short excerpt of Wings rehearsing at London's Instit...

The second part about the production of "Raging Bull."...

The President of the U.S. is suceeded by his naive, wide-eyed son, and his advisors try to take advantage of the situation by planning to drop an atomic bomb on Manhattan and blaming it on the Red Chinese....

The first episode of a new arts documentary program from BBC Scotland was dedicated to Michael Powell in his centenary year. The program interviews many people who knew or worked with him or were influenced by his work....

The making of Martin Scorsese's cult film "After Hours" is discussed by the director himself, Griffin Dunne, editor Thelma Schoonmaker and producer Amy Robinson, almost 20 years later of its release. They share stories about the movie's inception, th...

An examination of the great advances in cinematography achieved by Jack Cardiff....

An interview with Thelma Schoonmaker Powell about Powell and Pressburger's 1943 film THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP....