David M. Thompson Movies

Camera operator Noël Véry provides a commentary on footage shot during the making of The Beast.

Annie Kirk's life is in chaos. She is broke, unemployed, can't pay her poll tax and has two boyfriends she wants to be shot of. She is determined to...

The Amazonian jungle, Brazil, 1987. Ruthless landowners are evicting peasants from their land. The peasants look to the priest for help, and are...

Documentary about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 film "Notorious."

With the beginnings of Hollywood, the star system was born with an archetypal bad girl - the vampish Theda Bara - and the good girl - the blazingly...

When Cariani the painter falls in love with the beautiful girl who receives mysterious visitors in the rooms below, he is drawn into a web of danger...

A semi-fictionalized account of the life of writer F.R. Leavis, his mentor Arthur Quiller Couch, and Leavis's own students at Cambridge University.

A profile of the film director Roberto Rossellini, looking at his life, personality and films, following his career and his relationship with Ingrid...

On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin is hurtling through space. Down below, 7-year-old Billy Wilson keeps watching the skies, itching for an encounter...

The story of Granada, the company responsible for Britain's most enduring soap opera Coronation Street, the current affairs series World in Action,...

After the body of a 14-year-old girl is found in a field, detective Ted Lyle and his wife Sandra are among local parents caught up in a wave of fear...

Documentary profile of legendary dance choreographer Busby Berkeley.

A powerful one-off drama written by Rosemary Kay , winner of the BBC's Dennis Potter award for new screenwriting. Sadie and Richie MacGregor are...

Martin Luther inspires a breakaway from the Roman Catholic church and is the founder of Protestantism.

Robert Altman interviewed during the making of GOSFORD PARK (2001), as well as members of the cast and crew. Also, revealing behind the scenes...

Five black men in South Africa end up in jail - for crimes which range from shooting a security policeman to sleeping with a white boss's wife. What...

A documentary feature offering a general introduction to the work of the painter J.M.W. Turner.

A documentary feature that attempts to approach the meaning of Francis Bacon's vision of the human predicament, without using words, just solely...

A BAFTA award winning documentary looking at Monet's work in London, particularly with the development of the theme of the dispersion of light by...

Dramatizations and actual archival film footage and photographs combine to relate the life of American composer Charles Ives and to document the...