Andrew Sarris Movies

A look at 1970s Hollywood when it was known as New Hollywood, and the director was the star of the movie.

The grim woes that surrounded famed director Peter Bogdanovich and his film, "They All Laughed."

In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine,...

Documentary about filmmaker Budd Boetticher.

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...

The story of American film criticism.

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

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

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...

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

A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), from rags to riches, from the slums of London to...

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

In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's...

A look at the formation of the career of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.

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

Spring 1970: Godard and Gorin, on the road, visiting colleges, speaking with Andrew Sarris, and explaining, through illustrated notebooks, their...

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...

Film critics, actors, film historians and other personalities share their experiences and curious stories on the acclaimed Billy Wilder's masterpiece...