Documentaries
We love a good documentary and have a collection of brilliant ones for you. Featuring deep dives into your favourite Cult films, filmmakers and stars, learn everything worth knowing about subjects from Dune to Stanley Kubrick to Straw Dogs to Jean Rollin, and even slime mould and everyone's favourite hoook-in-the-groin slasher, The Mutilator!
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The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune
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2022 • United States • Directed by Daniel Griffith
The brand new feature-length documentary ‘The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune’ chronicles the creation of David Lynch’s 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert’s beloved sci-fi epic which starred Kyle MacLachlan, Patrick Stewart, Sean Young, Virginia ...
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The Strange World of José Mojica Marins
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2001 • Brazil • Directed by André Barcinski
The definitive documentary on the life and work of José Mojica Marins by Andre Barcinski and Ivan Finotti.
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Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin
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2022 • United States • Directed by Dima Ballin & Kat Ellinger
The story of French filmmaker Jean Rollin (1938-2010), one of the most singular voices of European cult cinema, deeply misunderstood and widely misrepresented.
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Skull World
2013 · Canada · Directed by Justin McConnell
Greg Sommer is an enigma wrapped inside a mystery, encased in a Jean-Jacket Vest. An enterprising man in his early 30s, Greg, and his alter-ego Skull Man, are at war. Box Wars that is.
Welcome to Greg’s world. A world of warriors, magic, and glory. A ... -
The El Duce Tapes
In the early 90s, aspiring filmmaker (and General Hospital co-star) Ryan Sexton lugged a giant camcorder into some of the seediest clubs and filthiest apartments in Hollywood. There he filmed hour upon hour of VHS footage of the jaw-droppingly offensive Shock Rock band The Mentors, focusing on th...
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Mike Hodges: A Film-Maker’s Life
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2022 • United Kingdom • Directed by David Cairns
Get up close and very personal with this documentary about the Cult British director behind Get Carter, Flash Gordon and more, Mike Hodges: A Film-makers Life. This feature-length in-depth sit down with a leading figure in UK cinema sees Hodges ta...
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Fall Breakers: The Making of 'The Mutilator'
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2016 • United States • Directed by Ewan Cant
By sword, by pick, by axe, bye-bye! Get your hook into Fall Breakers: The Making of 'The Mutilator', a documentary on the making of the 1980s slasher horror splatter Cult classic. Featuring interviews with writer-director Buddy Cooper, co-director Joh...
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A Paul Joyce Documentary - Kris Kristofferson: Pilgrim. His Life and Work
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1993 • United Kingdom • Directed by Paul Joyce
If you only know him as Whistler in Blade, or if you know all the words to Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down, PILGRIM. HIS LIFE AND WORK is a fascinating profile on actor, songwriter, performer and Country Music Hall Of Fame Inductee Kris Kristofferson.
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A Paul Joyce Documentary - The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau
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2002 • United Kingdom • Directed by Paul Joyce
DA-DUN DA-DUN DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUUUUN
Henry Mancini’s iconic score, Peter Sellers’ bumbling Inspector Clouseau, and those unforgettable animated opening sequences - delve into the history of the Pink Panther films, the pink diamond h...
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A Paul Joyce Documentary - Pictures of Europe
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1990 • United Kingdom • Directed by Paul Joyce
What makes European cinema so special? Find out in Paul Joyce’s feature-length documentary, Pictures of Europe, which examines the differences between American independent and Hollywood movies and films from European directors.
Featuring luminary i...
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A Paul Joyce Documentary - Sellers' Best
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1992 • United Kingdom • Directed by Paul Joyce
One of the all-time greatest comedians, Peter Sellers’ mimicry, timing, instinct and ability to decimate an audience with laughter made him absolutely unforgettable.
Combining comedy and acting like no one before, or since, Sellers starred in legen...
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A Paul Joyce Documentary - Mantrap. Straw Dogs: The Final Cut
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2003 • United Kingdom • Directed by Paul Joyce
“I will not allow violence against this house.”
A controversial Cult siege thriller that cuts so close to the bone that we are still talking about it today, MANTRAP: Straw Dogs - The Final Cut is an absolutely unmissable documentary that unflinchi...
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A Paul Joyce Documentary - Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
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1990 • United Kingdom • Directed by Paul Joyce
Put on your shades and get ready to hang out in a Berlin apartment with the super-cool German filmmaker behind Paris, Texas and Wings of Desire, Wim Wenders. The feature-length documentary, Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders, examines ev...
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A Paul Joyce Documentary - Nagisa Oshima: The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
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1984 • United Kingdom • Directed by Paul Joyce
Japanese film director and screenwriter Nagisa Ōshima is most well known for his 80s classic starring David Bowie, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, but also made a sexually explicit film that was banned everywhere but Belgium. Get under the skin of th...
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A Paul Joyce Documentary - Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
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1993 • United Kingdom • Directed by Paul Joyce
This straight-talking program seeks to understand the enigmatic and controversial Sam Peckinpah, whose violent films such as The Wild Bunch and Straw Dogs had a telling effect on the cinema of the 1970s and 80s. Those who knew and worked with him, i...
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A Paul Joyce Documentary - Dirk Bogarde: By Myself
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1992 • United Kingdom • Directed by Paul Joyce
A two-part interview in which Dirk Bogarde talks about his life and career.
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Hockney on Photography and Other Matters
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2009 • United Kingdom • Directed by Paul Joyce
Hockney talks about his 40-year love affair with photography.
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Growing Up with John Waters
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1993 • United Kingdom • Directed by Paul Joyce
Growing Up with John Waters, the self-proclaimed Pope of Trash and king of US Independent Cinema. John Waters discusses his traumatic childhood in Baltimore and the films which came out of these experiences.
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A Paul Joyce Documentary - Pieces of Time: Bogdanovich on the Movies
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1987 • United Kingdom • Directed by Paul Joyce
Pop your collar and pull up a poolside sun lounger next to legendary director Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon) at his Hollywood hills home. Here, documentarian Paul Joyce (Made in the USA) employs his signature unfettered access...
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A Paul Joyce Documentary - Barbarella Forever!
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1967 • United Kingdom • Directed by Paul Joyce
Get a never-before-seen look behind the scenes of the making of the sexy and swinging sci-fi Cult classic, Barbarella, in Barbarella Forever.
In Barbarella, sixties icon Jane Fonda starred as the saucy astronaut from the 41st century sent to stop ...
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A Paul Joyce Documentary - You Talkin' To Me?
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1994 • United Kingdom • Directed by Paul Joyce & Chris Rodley
Cinefile episode with Paul Joyce profiling Robert De Niro with copious commentary from Quentin Tarantino.
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A Paul Joyce Documentary - Dennis Hopper: Some Kind of Genius
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1986 • United Kingdom • Directed by Paul Joyce
Get us up close and personal as possible with Dennis Hopper in Some Kind of Genius - an intimate interview with the legendary star of Apocalypse Now and Blue Velvet whose directorial debut, Easy Rider, irreparably altered Hollywood forever.
The imm...
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Hellraiser: Evolutions
A documentary looking at the evolution of the hit horror franchise, Hellraiser, and its enduring legacy, over the last 30 years. Featuring interviews with Scott Derrickson (director, Hellraiser: Inferno), Rick Bota (director, Hellraiser: Hellseeker), Stuart Gordon (director, Re-Animator, From Bey...
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A Paul Joyce Documentary - Nothing As It Seems: The Films of Nicolas Roeg
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1982 • United Kingdom • Directed by Paul Joyce
The British director behind Cult classics Walkabout, Performance, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Don’t Look Now and The Witches - Nicolas Roeg - is the focus of the terrifically insightful documentary from Paul Joyce, Nothing As It Seems: The Films of ...