
December 18, 1950 · 75 years old
Leonard Michael Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American film critic and film historian, as well as an author of several mainstream books on cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives. He is best known for his eponymous annual book of movie capsule reviews, Leonard Maltin's Movie Gu…

A documentary inquiry into the strange but true collaboration of Samuel Beckett and Buster Keaton.

The evolution of the movie business over the past century, from penny arcades and nickelodeons, to the grand movie palaces built by the studios, and what happened over the years as they were challenged by television and cell-phone...

The story of the makeup artists behind one of the most ground breaking and beloved science fiction franchise of all time, Planet of the Apes.

This is the first feature-length documentary on legendary director Raoul Walsh. In this 'memoir,' Walsh 'recounts' his career from the silent film era to the tumultuous 1960s. The documentary makes stunning use of rare, personal a...

Guillermo del Toro, Rian Johnson and other film luminaries look back at LA's historic Egyptian Theatre as it returns to its former movie palace glory.

A look at the life and work of the Austrian composer who pioneered the musical scoring of films - hundreds of them - from King Kong, to Gone with the Wind, to Casablanca and beyond.

Explore the rich history of the Walt Disney Archives as legendary producer and host Don Hahn tours rarely seen areas of the department's vast collections along with beloved Disney locations through an engaging, historical lens.

Documentary about the Marx Brothers. It chronicles how they got started in vaudeville and got involved in motion pictures. It concentrates on their first five movies done at Paramount.

A 'Cine-ramic' roller-coaster ride through the rise, fall and re-birth of projected film.