Richard Schickel Movies

Jack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Albert Warner and Sam Warner were siblings who were born in Poland and emigrated to Canada near the turn of the...

Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress Barbara Stanwyck (1907-90), a Hollywood legend.

How the play was adapted to Film

Hosted by Clint Eastwood, Hollywood Remembers: Gary Cooper -- American Life, American Legend is a biographical portrait of the life and times of...

The making of Quo Vadis (1951).

Documentary about the efforts to reconstruct Sam Fuller's The Big Red One closer to the film Fuller had originally envisioned.

Follow Eastwood's career from television star to matinee idol to Oscar-winning director in this wide-ranging documentary.

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...

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.

An in-depth analysis and celebration of the famous "I coulda been a contender" scene between Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger in the 1954 film "On the...

A look at Alfred Hitchcock's films. The Master of Suspense himself, who is interviewed extensively here, shares stories including his deep-seated...

Documentary on Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 film "Rebecca" and the working relationship of Hitchcock and producer David O. Selznick.

Filmmakers, social scientists and authors take a provocative look at the moral, political and ethical themes of the Dirty Harry films.

Behind the scenes of the 1992 film “Unforgiven.”

Documentary about the film Where Danger Lives (1950)

Career overview of Hollywood director "Wild Bill" Wellman,

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

In the series of documentaries directed by Richard Schickel following classic film directors, this episode interviews the creative mind behind "My...

A documentary on Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 film, "Suspicion".