Movies: Kim Newman

The very first feature-length discussion and breakdown of the entire "Emmanuelle" phenomenon - the atmosphere in Europe that led to the production of the original and its subsequent impact across the continent and indeed the world....

Mark unwraps a glittering selection of Christmas cinematic treats, from much-loved classics to hidden gems, Hollywood blockbusters to international films, and reveals the film-making techniques and storytelling secrets that make them so successful....

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Two decades after its unprecedented television broadcast, the cast, crew and fans of the notorious BBC 'Halloween Hoax' Ghostwatch look back at the show's unique production and legendary aftermath in this brand-new retrospective documentary. Includes...

Lifting the lid on the world of cinema censorship, this programme has unique access to the files of the British Board of Film Classification. Featuring explicit and detailed exchanges between the censor and film-makers, 'Dear Censor' casts a wry eye ...

A feature length documentary shot over 9 months taking a look at the explosion of movies that became available on VHS in the UK....

Filmmakers and historians discuss the 1942 cult classic Dr. Renault’s Secret....

Film historians, and producer Richard Gordon, talk about the horror movie career of cult star Bela Lugosi....

A documentary featuring film historians, directors and authors discussing the making of Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity."...

A countdown of the top 10 3D moments in film, television and pop music from the last 50 years....

A look at the appearances of the Daleks and Davros in the classic Doctor Who era....

This short documentary takes a look at the making of Twentieth Century Fox's 1944 film "The Lodger"....

A biography of the short-lived character actor Laird Cregar....

Produced for the "ultimate edition" of "Rollerball" from Capelight Pictures in Germany, 2020. The Blu-Ray of the original 1975 classic comes packed with this fascinating 85-minute documentary that charts the influence of "Rollerball" on contemporary ...

Newman covers a lot of ground in under a half hour, including Let's Scare Jessica to Death's connections to Hammer Horror, vampire movies in the Seventies (which is a genre he claims experienced an "enormous boom" during that era), and much more....

An all-new 72 minute featurette including interviews with Director/Producer Stephen Weeks, Actors Larry Dann and Murray Melvin, British Horror Icon Barbara Shelley, and composer Ron Geesin....

The critic Kim Newman discussing ‘The End of the World Through the Years’. Newman covers the modern fascination with doomsday scenarios, beginning with Mary Shelley’s lesser-known novel The Last Man novel, and how such stories evolved to entertain au...

Documentary on the making of Hammer's adaptation of "The Hound of the Baskervilles"....

A documentary about the 'new wave' of British horror directors and their films in the 1960s and 1970s....

This is the first and only feature-length documentary on the life and cinema of the late Jorge Grau, who is most famous for his classic social-political horror masterpiece "Living Dead at Manchester Morgue" (1974), seen by some critics as a fierce cr...