Τι γίνεται όταν ο Will Shakespeare έχει μείνει άφραγκος και χωρίς φαντασία τη στιγμή που έπρεπε να έχει παραδώσει το καινούριο θεατρικό του έργο; Μα φυσικά πραγματοποιεί «οντισιόν» για να βρει ερμηνευτές. Τα πράγματα βέβαια δεν έρχονται όπως τα περίμενε αφού βρίσκει τον ιδανικό ερμηνευτή στο πρόσωπο του Thomas Kent ο οποίος δεν είναι άλλος από τη Viola De Lesseps, μία κοπέλα που θα γοητεύσει τον Will. Για κακή του τύχη όμως, η Viola πρέπει να παντρευτεί τον λόρδο Wessex τον οποίο έχει εγκρίνει η ίδια η βασίλισσα Ελισάβετ! Η συνέχεια του απίστευτου μπερδέματος…επί της οθόνης.
Ο Ντάνυ, ένας φιλόδοξος γάτος που τραγουδάει και χορεύει, πηγαίνει στο Χόλλυγουντ και ξεπερνά πολλά εμπόδια για να εκπληρώσει το όνειρό του να γίνει αστέρας του κινηματογράφου.
Μια κωμωδία που εστιάζει σε μια καθηγήτρια που συνοδεύει μια ομάδα μαθητών της σε ένα θεάτρικό διαγωνισμό.
Do you have to be miserable to be funny? More than sixty comedians—including stand-ups, writers, actors, and directors from the US, Canada, and abroad—take on this question, sharing anecdotes and insights with lively enthusiasm.
Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives, he fails to live up to his silver screen image. Instead, he's a drunken womanizer who suffers from stage fright. Benjy is assigned to look after him before the show, and it's all he can do to keep his former idol from going completely off the rails.
A fictionalized account of the lives of 1980s Tamil Nadu political icons M. G. Ramachandran and M. Karunanidhi, continuing the tryst between Tamil cinema and Dravidian politics.
David Prowse is an eighty years old actor, who has lived behind Darth Vader's mask during three decades. A group of Star Wars fans find out why he has been apparently forgotten by Lucasfilm during thirty years, and decide to give him back the glory he never had. This is their last opportunity.
A viceroy, a nobleman and a bullfighter court a comedy-troupe actress in 18th-century Peru.
After years toiling in bit-parts, an actress finally gets her break with a leading role in a spy thriller. The part is challenging, not least because it calls for explicit sex scenes, and the director is often hard on her. But both the industry and the press think the results are sensationally good.
Takato Saijo has reigned as the idol industry's "Most Huggable" for five years, that is, until freshman actor Azumaya. Takato was always considered brusque while Azumaya's smile is winning over admirers by comparison. The whole fiasco drives Takuto to over indulge in alcohol and his actions catch the attention of the last person he wants to see. To his surprise, Azumaya uses this new info to blackmail Takuto for physical affection.
A documentary reflecting on women in film and the entertainment industry through the ages led and hosted by some of its most beloved female icons.
A couple get into an argument at their cocktail party that escalates until it brings an abrupt end to the festivities. They and their guests decide to re-create the entire night again and again to determine who was right.
A coming-of-age story of a girl wanting her mother's approval and validation in Burbank, CA.
The life and legacy of Marlon Brando and how he changed acting.
Applause is a musical with a book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse. The musical is based on the 1950 film All About Eve and the short story on which the movie is based, Mary Orr's "The Wisdom of Eve". The story centers on aging star Margo Channing, who innocently takes a fledgling actress under her wing, unaware that the ruthless Eve is plotting to steal her career and her man. The musical opened on Broadway on March 30, 1970 and ran for 896 performances. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical, and Lauren Bacall won the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical. The musical was later adapted for television, starring Bacall, with Larry Hagman replacing Len Cariou in the role of Bill Sampson. It aired in the United States on CBS on March 19, 1973.
GHOSTED is a British romantic comedy drama film in which an aspiring actress falls for a man on their first date.
A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was founded in 1931 by Cheryl Crawford, Harold Clurman and Lee Strasberg, who were strongly influenced by the naturalistic acting of Konstantin Stanislavski’s Moscow Art Theatre.
After 40 years, Tom Cruise continues to push the envelope in film. Exposing one's heart to the world through their work is not only risky business, as far as Cruise is concerned, it is the only way to achieve an end that feels complete.
Documentary about veteran character actor Dick Miller, whose career in and outside of Hollywood has spanned almost 200 films across six decades, featuring a diverse range of interviews with directors, co-stars, and contemporaries.
An aspiring filmmaker goes to shocking extremes to convince Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway to star in his film. First entry in Adrian Țofei's trilogy which includes We Put the World to Sleep and Pure.