Richard Schickel Movies

A remarkable film that takes a special look at the first war to be truly reported and recorded by one of the more unsung heroes of World War II: the...

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

In 1972 and '73, film critic Richard Schickel made an 8-part series for American public television: 'The Men Who Made the Movies'. Each episode...

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

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

The spectacular CBS special! Shirley Temple Black hosts the festivities as 50 of today's top stars count down the 50 greatest screen legends of all...

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...

Feature-lenght documentary, divided in three episodes (Storm rising, Storm chaser and Eye of the storm), describing the making of Ryan's Daughter as...

Short featurette showcasing Clint Eastwood, film historian and critic Richard Schickel and producer Robert Daley, who speak about Eastwood’s...

As a newspaper writer in Chicago, young Ben Hecht saw it all and learned how to captivate an audience with his writing. By the 1920s, he took that...

Documentary about film.

Documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Notorious' (1946).

Martin Scorsese discusses his personal background and his filmography as they relate to each other.

Documentary about the film Where Danger Lives (1950)

Autobiography of Clint Eastwood up to his movie "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil."

For 35 years Clint Eastwood has called Warner Bros. home. In The Eastwood Factor, film historian Richard Schickel ventures beyond Eastwood’s...

Documentary short on Marlon Brando included in the DVD extras of The Streetcar Named Desire.

Film critic Richard Schickel interviews Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg about his craft, his body of work and the movie business.

Making-of documentary for Sergio Leone's landmark spaghetti western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."

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