J. Parnell Thomas

Le documentaire provocateur de Kirby Dick enquête sur le processus secret et incohérent par lequel la Motion Picture Association of America évalue les films, révélant les efforts sournois de l'organisation pour contrôler la culture. Dick se demande si certains studios bénéficient d'un traitement préférentiel et expose les divergences dans la façon dont la MPAA considère le sexe et la violence.

HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from the earliest silent films until the nineties. Watch not for dramatic scenes but for the glimpse of historical figures shown both cinematic and athletic- in this tribute to the merging of sports and Hollywood.

A brief look at The Hollywood Ten, a group of screenwriters and directors charged with contempt of court after challenging the House Un-American Activities Committee and their controversial and self-incriminatory questions during the red scare. With that act of defiance, they were sentenced to one year in prison simply for speaking their minds and exercising their constitutional rights as concerned citizens. This is their story, their version of the facts, and their opinions.

Lana Turner a tourné dans une poignée de films mémorables ("Le facteur sonne toujours deux fois", "Les ensorcelés", "Mirage de la vie"), mais sa vie a fini par rejoindre les scénarios les plus tragiques d’Hollywood... Dans cet émouvant portrait de la star, Frédéric Mitterrand en révèle toutes les facettes.