Alain Silver

Private investigator and former police detective Jack Ramsey is enjoying an affair with the local district attorney's wife, but no longer, after she...

Documentary short on the making of "They Live by Night" (1948).

A featurette documentary that looks into the making of "The Dirty Dozen," containing interviews with the main cast, film scholars, and production...

Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound genre of classic Hollywood cinema. Eckhart Schmidt...

A documentary that goes in search of the forgotten world of the direct-to-video erotic thriller, an American film genre that once dominated late...

Documentary about Raoul Walsh

Documentary covering the Warner Bros. James Cagney /Pat O'Brien classic "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938), hosted by film historian Rudy Behlmer.

This documentary is featured on Warner Brothers' DVD for The Roaring Twenties (1939), released in 2005.

An examination of "White Heat" (1949) by film historians and critics.

An examination of "The Public Enemy" (1931) by film historians and critics.

Short documentary about the making of the 1938 film "Jezebel."

Short documentary with background on plots that are taken from current news stories.

Richard Schickel and Oliver Stone are among the experts who talk about the film noir Crime Wave.

One of the first film noir documentaries, made for British Channel Four, and including interviews with Paul Schrader, Robert Wise, John Dahl, Bryan...

A documentary about film noir films made in Los Angeles.

Eli is a burglar who is caught in the act by Twinkle, an heiress who coerces him into a sexual relationship. Their violent break-up makes him a...

An examination of "Little Caesar" (1931) by film historians and critics.

Short documentary about the making of "The Petrified Forest."

Documentary about the film Where Danger Lives (1950)

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