Visions from the Edge: The Art of Science Fiction

Science-fiction art is spotlighted in this documentary.

Uri Geller: A Life Stranger Than Fiction

An incredible story of Uri Geller’s life - the sensational journey of one man whose real life rivals any Hollywood tale.

A Season for Cinema: Fictional reality, documentary fiction

Part 5 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

8 Portraits, Scenarios: Death of Reality, Fiction, Truth & Lies

A director attempting to create an unconditionally truthful film becomes obsessed with the topic of death. In an intrusive way he relentlessly pushes dark scenarios of death aimed at his portraitures, creating a tension

Philippe-Alain Michaud, le réel traversé par la fiction

To be in Venice and see the architecture of New York, to perceive in a painting by Tintoretto the birth of animated images, to look at the burlesque Cretinetti as the ancestor of montage - so many shifts, displacements,

Science Is Fiction: The Films of Jean Painlevé

The mesmerizing, utterly unclassifiable science films of Jean Painlevé (1902-89) have to be seen to be believed: delightful, surrealist-influenced dream works that are also serious science. The French filmmaker-scientist

Science Fiction Journey to the West Starzinger

Princess Aurora, the only survivor of her planet destroyed by evil mutants, is resolved to put an end to the mutant menace in the galaxy along with three enhanced human cyborgs Jesse Dart, Porkos and Aramus, she travels

Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed'

Authorities, journalists, and the cast & crew from "The Departed" (2006) talk about the film's influences. Among them is a real-life Boston gangster named Whitey Bulger, who is the mold for Jack Nicholson's character.

?O, Zoo! (The Making of a Fiction Film)

A "subversive engagement with documentary convention" centered on the production of Peter Greenaway's film A Zed and Two Noughts.

Fiction and Other Truths: A Film About Jane Rule

Documentary profile of writer Jane Rule whose literary career produced a wealth of novels and journalistic pieces which, in the face of Canadian censorship, speak eloquently about the lives of lesbians and gay men.

Just The Facts: Understanding Literature - The Elements of Fiction

In this program, a young host and hostess guide students through the basic elements of fiction with colorful graphics and an informative narrative. In addition, professors of English provide insight to help viewers under

Lone Wolves & Dragon Tattoos: How Scandinavian Crime Fiction Conquered the World

Lone Wolves & Dragon Tattoos traces the evolution of Nordic crime fiction, from its humble beginnings with the Martin Beck novels of the 1960s straight through to the worldwide phenomenon of The Girl With the Dragon Tatt

Soylent Green and Red Alert: When Reality Catches Up with Fiction

The story of the making of Soylent Green, a masterpiece of social science fiction, released in 1973. Directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson, it deals not with an exogenous threa

Fact or Fiction: The Life & Times of a Ping Pong Hustler

A chronicle of the final three years of Marty Reisman's life. A table tennis champion turned hustler. Pursuing notoriety and motivated by his love of fame and ping pong, he has to face his biggest fear: mortality.

Beyond The Mountain of Madness: The Making Of At The Mountain of Madness [Audio Fiction]

Science-Fiction, Le Futur Au Présent - Demain Mode D'Emploi

Women of Mystery: Three Writers Who Forever Changed Detective Fiction

First we read Nancy Drew, girl detective. Then what? Women of Mystery explores the writing lives of three authors (Sara Paretsky, Sue Grafton & Marcia Muller) who started a literary revolution and, in the process, captur

Hollywood between Paranoia and Sci-Fi: The Power of Myth

Gives insight into the creators mindset and how they culled from real life events to create some of the biggest sci-fi films of all time.

All Families Have Secrets: Patrick Gale's Art of Fiction

Stephen Fry interviews Patrick Gale about his home life and his best-selling novels as part of the BBC's Gay Britannia season, a series of documentaries and films marking 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homo

Love only works in fiction, please don't try at home

Three days ago, Kim the clown left Earth to explore long-distance relationships in their final stages when she discovers that the entire universe is fake.