An exploration of the legacy of Tobe Hooper's classic 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'.

Victor Fleming’s 1939 film The Wizard of Oz is one of David Lynch’s most enduring obsessions. This documentary goes over the rainbow to explore this Technicolor through-line in Lynch’s work.

It’s 2018—the necessity of discussions surrounding women filmmakers and Hollywood’s gender bias should have diminished by now. But within the first few moments of Half the Picture, it is abundantly clear that discrimination against women filmmakers remains a highly relevant story. This is a fundamental civil rights issue: women in the industry are not offered equal opportunities as compared to their male counterparts.
Gender-parity experts and academics discuss Hollywood’s dismal employment practices, and these conversations are woven between interviews with a wealth of prominent women directors (including Kasi Lemmons, Catherine Hardwicke, Penelope Spheeris, Ava DuVernay, and many others), telling their stories of breaking into a male-centered business. They confirm the double standards that still exist while eloquently outlining their career paths, their struggles, and their hopes for the future. First-time director Amy Adrion smartly deals with the inherent sexism in the industry and considers many of the stereotypes and biases that have prevented women from rising through the ranks. Amid the current political climate and recent cascade of sexual harassment allegations, the time to listen and act is now.

In the #MeToo era, Hollywood is portrayed as a toxic environment that uses various forms of coercion to get actresses to strip on camera. In her interview series with Jane Fonda and other stars, Kristy Guevara-Flanagan gives women an active role. She gives them a face, a voice, and the feelings that were denied them. Through a wealth of archival material, it also explores the forms of representation of the female body in the American film industry. We follow the work of sex choreographers and coaches who master the techniques of simulating a sexual act or creating the illusion of intimacy during filming. Women are both victims and co-creators of an environment that fetishizes their bodies and turns them into erotic objects.

An in-depth look at the history and pop cultural significance of ysgou.cc horror films.

The most famous murder scene in movie history comprises 78 camera settings and 52 cuts: the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. 78/52 tells the story of the man behind the curtain and his greatest obsession.