Gabriel Chávez Movies

  • 2016
    The Highest Standards — Shih Chun on A Touch of Zen

    The Highest Standards — Shih Chun on A Touch of Zen

    The Highest Standards — Shih Chun on A Touch of Zen

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    In this short documentary, actor Shih Chun addresses his longtime collaboration with director King Hu and his performance as Gu Sheng-zhai in A Touch...

    The Highest Standards — Shih Chun on A Touch of Zen
  • 2016
    Art-house Martial Arts — Tony Rayns on A Touch of Zen

    Art-house Martial Arts — Tony Rayns on A Touch of Zen

    Art-house Martial Arts — Tony Rayns on A Touch of Zen

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    In this short documentary, film critic Tony Rayns discusses director King Hu and A Touch of Zen.

    Art-house Martial Arts — Tony Rayns on A Touch of Zen
  • 2017
    Hawks on Hawks

    Hawks on Hawks

    Hawks on Hawks

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    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...

    Hawks on Hawks
  • 2011
    The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet

    The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet

    The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet

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    In this visual essay, Charles Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance, author of "Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema", draws upon a wealth of photography as well...

    The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
  • 2016
    The Way of Folk

    The Way of Folk

    The Way of Folk

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    In this brand new featurette, executive producer T Bone Burnett and the Coen brothers discuss the history of some of the songs that heard in Inside...

    The Way of Folk
  • 2016
    The Reluctant Lead — Hsu Feng on A Touch of Zen

    The Reluctant Lead — Hsu Feng on A Touch of Zen

    The Reluctant Lead — Hsu Feng on A Touch of Zen

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    In this short documentary, actress Hsu Feng discusses her iconic role as Yang Hui-zhen in King Hu's A Touch of Zen.

    The Reluctant Lead — Hsu Feng on A Touch of Zen
  • 2015
    Birth Pains

    Birth Pains

    Birth Pains

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    Fun thirty-three minute documentary about the making of David Cronenberg's THE BROOD features interviews with star Samantha Eggar, executive producer...

    Birth Pains
  • 2021
    Undressing a Legacy

    Undressing a Legacy

    Undressing a Legacy

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    In this interview, conducted in spring 2021, scholar Nick Rees-Roberts traces the influence of La Piscine on the worlds of film and fashion in the...

    Undressing a Legacy
  • 2020
    The Beauty of Horror: Paul Schrader on The Comfort of Strangers

    The Beauty of Horror: Paul Schrader on The Comfort of Strangers

    The Beauty of Horror: Paul Schrader on The Comfort of Strangers

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    An interview with Paul Schrader on his 1990 film "The Comfort of Strangers"

    The Beauty of Horror: Paul Schrader on The Comfort of Strangers
  • 2015
    Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star

    Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star

    Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star

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    Documentary taking a look at the career of Jackie Coogan who was considered the first child star.

    Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
  • 2022
    Where It Began: The Origins of WALL·E

    Where It Began: The Origins of WALL·E

    Where It Began: The Origins of WALL·E

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    In this program, created for the Criterion Collection in 2022, writer-director Andrew Stanton explores the films that inspired his approach to...

    Where It Began: The Origins of WALL·E
  • 2017
    Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson

    Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson

    Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson

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    In this 25-minute video essay, film scholar David Bordwell, co-author of "Film Art: An Introduction", conducts an analysis of Howard Hawks's "His...

    Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson
  • 2019
    Evan Dalton Smith on Andy Griffith

    Evan Dalton Smith on Andy Griffith

    Evan Dalton Smith on Andy Griffith

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    'A Face in the Crowd' was Andy Griffith's first film role; he would go on to be most famous for his folksy portrayal of Sheriff Andy Taylor on...

    Evan Dalton Smith on Andy Griffith
  • 2018
    Weimar on the Pacific

    Weimar on the Pacific

    Weimar on the Pacific

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    In this documentary, film scholars Gerd Germünden and Noah Isenberg discuss the artistic origins of Marlene Dietrich in the cabarets of Weimar...

    Weimar on the Pacific
  • 2000
    In The Country Where Nothing Happens

    In The Country Where Nothing Happens

    In The Country Where Nothing Happens

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    A crooked CEO is kidnapped and nobody cares enough to pay his ransom.

    In The Country Where Nothing Happens
  • 2021
    Passion Project

    Passion Project

    Passion Project

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    Explores the ten-year journey of adapting Uzodinma Iweala's 2005 novel "Beasts of No Nation" into the 2015 film.

    Passion Project
  • 2022
    Reflecting On Take Out

    Reflecting On Take Out

    Reflecting On Take Out

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    In this new documentary, produced by the Criterion Collection in 2022, directors Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou and actors Charles Jang, Wang-Thye...

    Reflecting On Take Out
  • 2016
    Way Out on a Limb

    Way Out on a Limb

    Way Out on a Limb

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    Documentary with several of director Robert Altman's longtime collaborators, as they discuss making the film McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), the style...

    Way Out on a Limb
  • 2013
    Table Scraps: Notes on Babette's Feast

    Table Scraps: Notes on Babette's Feast

    Table Scraps: Notes on Babette's Feast

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    In this essay on Babette's Feast, filmmaker Michael Almereyda charts the path from Isak Dinesen’s story to Gabriel Axel’s film, taking...

    Table Scraps: Notes on Babette's Feast
  • 2018
    Dietrich Icon

    Dietrich Icon

    Dietrich Icon

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    Film scholars Mary Desjardins, Amy Lawrence, and Patricia White consider the collaboration between Marlene Dietrich and Josef von Sternberg, as well...

    Dietrich Icon