Mel Brooks

This loving tribute to Gene Wilder celebrates his life and legacy as the comic genius behind an extraordinary string of film roles, from his ...

In her first HBO comedy special since 2013’s acclaimed “Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles,” Sarah Silverman showcases her fearless ...

A hard-on-his-luck hound finds himself in a town full of cats in need of a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain’s wicked plot to ...

The 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the inspiration for Starbucks, where generations of Americans ate and drank ...

The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.

At the age of 91, Mel Brooks is unstoppable, with his musical “Young Frankenstein” opening to great critical acclaim in London in ...

Profile of the producer and former studio head of 20th Century Fox in the 1970s, Alan Ladd Jr.

Irrepressible writer-comedian Carl Reiner, who shows no signs of slowing down at 94, tracks down celebrated nonagenarians, and a few others over ...

In 1879 Paris, a young orphan dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and ...

Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a tragedy of that ...

Arguably the most influential creator, writer, and producer in the history of television, Norman Lear brought primetime into step with the times. ...

A documentary about Mel Brooks’ legendary 1974 comedy «Blazing Saddles».

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years in the creative beginnings of live television — with Sid Caesar on Your Show of ...

Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor – one of America’s most brilliant, ...

New interviews with Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner, footage from the reunion of Caesar’s Writers (1996), and sketches from Your Show of Shows ...

A brief look at Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner’s 2,000 Year Old Man routine and how it influenced countless comedians since its inception.

In this visual essay, Charles Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance, author of “Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema”, draws upon a wealth of ...

A featurette about the origins of “Silent Movie,” as well as its inspirations and development, direct cinematic influences, cast and ...

Documentary on the making of Mel Brooks’ classic comedy “History of the World, Part 1.”

A short documentary exploring the relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and Mel Brooks and the role it played in the production of “High ...

Documentary on the making of Mel Brooks’ classic comedy “History of the World, Part 1.”

A look at thrillers from all sides, including different types of thrillers and the stylistic tools filmmakers use to give their audiences a shot ...

In the 1980s we got our MTV but seemed to have lost much of the musical film in the process. But the genre is resilient. A handful of ...

A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.

In the late 1950s, a fresh, unconventional style of standup comedy emerged in sharp contrast to the standard “Take my wife, please” ...

The cast and crew of Spaceballs looks back at the making of the movie.

A tribute to the late John Candy from the cast of Spaceballs.

Features a sit-down with two of the film’s writers; the third, Ronny Graham, passed away in 1999.

Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Bigweld ...