Michael Ballhaus

Spiel der Verlierer

Christian Hohoff

Michael Ballhaus, Margit Carstensen

Filmarbeit mit Douglas Sirk

Gustavo Graef-Marino

Douglas Sirk, Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Documentary about the shooting of BOURBON STREET BLUES.

Mister Karl

Kurt Mayer

Karlheinz Böhm, Almaz Böhm

A documentary about the life of Karlheinz Böhm from his film career to his charity activities in Ethiopia.

Max Raabe: Heute Nacht Oder Nie - Live in Berlin

Michael Ballhaus

Max Raabe

Faultlessly fitting tuxedo, hair slicked back, a cheeky look and Max Raabe sings the best of the 20s and early 30s with amusing nostalgia. The ironic lyrics suit the times today as much they did eighty years ago. The movie features a February 2009 performance from Max Raabe & The Palast Orchester in Berlin, Germany’s Admiralpalast.

Boogie Nights

Paul Thomas Anderson

Марк Уолберг, Burt Reynolds

Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody to a celebrity adult entertainer is meteoric, and soon the whole world seems to know his porn alter ego, "Dirk Diggler". Now, when disco and drugs are in vogue, fashion is in flux and the party never seems to stop, Adams' dreams of turning sex into stardom are about to collide with cold, hard reality.

Boogie Nights

Paul Thomas Anderson

Jon Brion, Alfred Molina

Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody to a celebrity adult entertainer is meteoric, and soon the whole world seems to know his porn alter ego, "Dirk Diggler". Now, when disco and drugs are in vogue, fashion is in flux and the party never seems to stop, Adams' dreams of turning sex into stardom are about to collide with cold, hard reality.

Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben

Vera Tschechowa

Michael Ballhaus, Dustin Hoffman

Vera Tschechowa, actress and filmmaker and a close friend of Michael Ballhaus. One of Germany's stars of cinematography, embarks on the journey through my life. The film begins in the US and Hollywood - where Ballhaus established his international fame,

Visions of Light

Stuart Samuels, Arnold Glassman

Vilmos Zsigmond, Sven Nykvist

Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a Nation to Do the Right Thing. Themes: the DP tells people where to look; changes in movies (the arrival of sound, color, and wide screens) required creative responses from DPs; and, these artisans constantly invent new equipment and try new things, with wonderful results. The narration takes us through the identifiable studio styles of the 30s, the emergence of noir, the New York look, and the impact of Europeans. Citizen Kane, The Conformist, and Gordon Willis get special attention.

The Marriage of Maria Braun

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch

Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to navigate the difficult post-war years alone.

Side by Side

Christopher Kenneally

Киану Ривз, Martin Scorsese

Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Keanu Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.

Martha

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Karlheinz Böhm, Margit Carstensen

After the death of her abusive father, lonely librarian Martha is caught in a strange, sadomasochistic relationship with a monstrous husband whom she begins to suspect may be trying to murder her.

The Cinema and its Double: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Despair' Revisited

Robert Fischer

Andréa Ferréol, Michael Ballhaus

This absolutely top-notch documentary by Robert Fischer is a fascinating look back at not just the film in question, but Fassbinder's meteoric career which ended all too soon with his untimely death. Archival footage of Fassbinder is utilized (including several fascinating snippets culled from interviews he did at the disastrous Cannes premiere of Despair), as well as many others involved in the film and its release. Even if you're not a particular fan of Despair, or even in fact of Fassbinder, this is stellar documentary film making and is an intriguing look at one of the most enigmatic masters of the New German Cinema.

Ich will nicht nur, daß ihr mich liebt - Der Filmemacher Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Hans Günther Pflaum

Harry Baer, Michael Ballhaus

A documentary about the life and work of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte

Michael Althen, Hans Helmut Prinzler

Michael Ballhaus, Tom Tykwer

This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German film history. Ten people working in film today remember their favourite films of yesteryear.

Notes on an American Film Director at Work

Jonas Mekas

Jonas Mekas, Martin Scorsese

Filmmaker Jonas Mekas follows his friend, film director Martin Scorsese, and his cast and crew, through various locations during the shooting of his film The Departed, released in 2006.

Blood Lines: Dracula - The Man. The Myth. The Movies.

Jeff Werner

Francis Ford Coppola, Gary Oldman

Short documentary on the making of Francis Ford Coppola's "Dracula" (1992).