Richard Schickel Movies

Interviews and photos about the play on Broadway

The epic story of how the film The African Queen (1951), directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was shot on real...

Documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock’s "The Wrong Man."

Clint Eastwood tells us how he yearned to be a director from the time he was on "Rawhide" to finally obtaining the approval of his mentor, Don...

The making of Quo Vadis (1951).

The story of American film criticism.

A documentary on Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 film, "Suspicion".

This 2009 documentary features directors Bob Rafelson, Peter Bogdanovich, and Henry Jaglom, actor-director Jack Nicholson, and actresses Karen Black...

In this AMC one-hour special, hosted by actor/director Ron Howard and produced by Time Magazine critic Richard Schickel, Hollywood looks at itself in...

This documentary on the life and work of Academy award-winning director Elia Kazan highlights his colorful life on Broadway and in film, which is...

This ten-minute segment, heralded as part of a new shorts program, is composed of excerpts from a 1972 audio conversation between Hawks and Peter...

Short documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

Retrospective documentary of the film "Bugsy"

A documentary filmography of Howard Hawks, including lengthy footage of Hawks himself discussing his films and many clips from his best-known...

Documentary about the efforts to reconstruct Sam Fuller's The Big Red One closer to the film Fuller had originally envisioned.

A retrospective look at Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train.

Documentary about the film Where Danger Lives (1950)

Documentary about film.

Documentary short focusing on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 1953 film I Confess.