Andrew Sarris
Know for: Acting
Born: 1928-10-31
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Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave (1992)
An intimate window into one of the great movements in film history that brought about an evolution in the art of cinema. The documentary portrays the...
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009)
The story of American film criticism.
The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival (1972)
A stimulating, hilarious, provocative collection of the best American films dealing with you-know-what. Prize-winning films chosen by judges Gore...
The Roaring Twenties: The World Moves On (2005)
This documentary is featured on Warner Brothers' DVD for The Roaring Twenties (1939), released in 2005.
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say? (2005)
Documentary covering the Warner Bros. James Cagney /Pat O'Brien classic "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938), hosted by film historian Rudy Behlmer.
White Heat: Top of the World (2005)
An examination of "White Heat" (1949) by film historians and critics.
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005)
Documentary about filmmaker Budd Boetticher.
John Ford Goes to War (2002)
When World War II broke out, John Ford, in his forties, commissioned in the Naval Reserve, was put in charge of the Field Photographic Unit by Bill...
Abbas Kiarostami: A Report (2013)
A look at the formation of the career of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.
Godard in America (1970)
Spring 1970: Godard and Gorin, on the road, visiting colleges, speaking with Andrew Sarris, and explaining, through illustrated notebooks, their...
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life (1998)
A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), from rags to riches, from the slums of London to...
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2007)
In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's...
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero (2005)
An examination of "Little Caesar" (1931) by film historians and critics.
Sunset Boulevard: A Look Back (2002)
Film critics, actors, film historians and other personalities share their experiences and curious stories on the acclaimed Billy Wilder's masterpiece...
The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert (2005)
Short documentary about the making of "The Petrified Forest."
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film (2014)
The grim woes that surrounded famed director Peter Bogdanovich and his film, "They All Laughed."
Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997)
Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the...
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and gripping story of the last golden age of American...
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002)
illustrates how directors pushed boundaries and altered the art of filmmaking during the turbulent, swinging 1960s. Narrated by Woody Harrelson,...
Justine (1969)
In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine,...