John Boorman

Spécial cinéma

Marcello Mastroianni, Isabelle Adjani, Alain Delon, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen... the biggest stars in cinema...

Film '72

The BBC's flagship cinema review TV program featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The t...

Leçon de Cinéma

Sodankylä Forever

The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle...

Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman

John Boorman met Lee Marvin in London when the latter was making The Dirty Dozen and immediately they struck up...

Zardoz

In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone p...

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

Pauline Kael (1919–2001) was undoubtedly one of the greatest names in film criticism. A Californian native, she...

Hope and Glory

A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.

Sodankylä Forever

The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle...

A Look Through His Lens

Oscar-winning cinematographer Philippe Rousselot offers a master class in image making, with insightful example...

Dreamers

Dreamers is a film directed by Noelle Deschamps in 2012. Creation was always imagined as a mysterious process....

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

The artistry, triumph and lifelong friendship of the great cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond....

Excalibur: Behind the Movie

This retrospective documentary looks back on the making of director John Boorman's 1981 movie, Excalibur. Self-...

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

A very special encounter between legendary American cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and young French director P...

Filmmakers in Action

What is the state of cinema and what being a filmmaker means? What are the measures taken to protect authors' c...

Ennio Morricone

From his quirky compositions for the spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone to his sublime musical contributions to...

The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'

A documentary chronicling the making of Kubrick's final film, 'Eyes Wide Shut', and his legacy.

The Sean Connery Paradox

Having become a world star thanks to James Bond, Sean Connery, who died in 2020, has never stopped trying to sh...

I Dreamt I Woke Up

John Boorman reflects on the personal influences shaping his life and films in this short work, blending family...

The Rock

A promotional two-part short for John Boorman's "Point Blank" shot on and around Alcatraz. Lee Marvin, Angie Di...

Long Shot

Against the backdrop of the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival, two low-budget filmmakers attempt to talk up some fin...

The Making of Excalibur: Myth into Movie

In this behind-the-scenes documentary, Neil Jordan chronicles the production of Excalibur, following director J...

The Return of the Green Man

Since ancient times, the Green Man has been one of the most mysterious and menacing of mythical characters. He...

A Sense of Carol Reed

The film director, Carol Reed, is the subject of this documentary short. The illegitimate son of the famous sta...

The Making of Ryan's Daughter

Feature-lenght documentary, divided in three episodes (Storm rising, Storm chaser and Eye of the storm), descri...

Me and Me Dad

An intimate portrait about the iconic filmmaker John Boorman directed by his daughter Katrine. The story is tol...

Boorman and the Devil

Featuring commentary from surviving participants, as well as other filmmakers and critics, this documentary chr...

Postwar Poetry: Carol Reed and 'Odd Man Out'

Discussion about Carol Reed's 1947 film "Odd Man Out."

Just a Song and Dance

Documentary about television company ATV and its founder Lew Grade.

Point Blank the Documentary

How Lee Marvin and John Boorman's movie Point Blank was made.

The Dangerous World of 'Deliverance'

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Deliverance (1972) on location in Georgia, including outtakes and int...

What If?

Two struggling stuntmen decide to write their own script.

John Boorman : Leçon de cinéma

In View: Six Days to Saturday

Directed by John Boorman for the In View series, this documentary follows Swindon Town F.C. through six days of...