The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective

A short piece that looks at the 2012 film's ensemble cast and the strengths they brought to the project.

Haji Agha, the Cinema Actor

A director (Ovanes Ohanian) looks for a subject for his movie and someone suggests that he films Haji Agha secretly. Haji is very rich and frowns upon cinema. Haji's daughter, son-in-law, and servant help the director wi

The Disappearance Of Actor Bendy

Commissioner Bartošek is visited by Dr. Goldberg, who reports the disappearance of his friend, the famous actor Benda. From the flimsy evidence, it appears that Benda left his apartment one night without taking anything

An Actor Prepares by Gi Gukseo

Director Gi Gukseo and the actors, who are affiliated with a theater company Gukdan 76, begin to rehearse Samuel Beckett’s Endgame. The actors, including Gi Jubong, Gi Gukseo’s brother, are all experienced and profession

Almodovar’s Actor

A short film directed by Anqi Ju.

Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me

Called "the first lady of the silent screen," Lillian Gish was the archetypal silent film heroine — the delicate damsel in distress, stranded on a swift-moving ice floe, cowering before a sadistic brute. The film showcas

Chess (Actor's Fund of America Concert)

The Benny Anderson-Tim Rice-Björn Ulvaeus musical Chess, which began life as a two-LP recording in 1984, was presented at the New Amsterdam Theatre, marking the third benefit concert for the Actors’ Fund. Chess debuted o

I am not a great actor

An actor shows up fifteen minutes to curtain for his commedia dell'arte theater play facing the dilemma of quitting the stage because of an overwhelming feeling of being alone with everybody.

An Actor's Revenge

An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.

Actor's Wheel

A little brother and sister who sell lottery tickets won one of their tickets and in a situation where the father and two children imagine a peaceful life in the future, the father is killed in a fight and imprisoned. Th

Universal Ike Junior Is Kept from Being an Actor

When a small traveling theatrical troupe stages a production in town, Ike is suddenly "bitten" by the acting bug and determines to become a famous actor.

The Unforgettable Actor of Student Films

Kerem, a young theater graduate, works at a grocery store while acting in student films. One day, he gets an unexpected offer for a role in a TV series.

Everybody's an Actor, Shakespeare Said

An east London youth drama group improvises scenes based upon their everyday life under the tutelage of Joan Littlewood.

Mr. Actor's Apartment

The story of "Mr. Actor's Apartment" is about the life of a prominent cinema actor who is forced to sell his apartment due to debt. During this period, various events and comics by different segments of the people occur

An Actor's Revenge

Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata (a male actor who plays female roles). But hidden behind the placid expression of his stage face is a deep grudge for the men responsible fo

Kacey Mottet Klein, Birth of an Actor

A body is growing and developing in front of the camera, absorbing sensations and emotions, confronting its limits and its darker hidden parts. A body that through the years abandons itself to the character, transforming

Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn

The Private Life of an Actor

Biography of Lucien Guitry, stage comedian, by his son, movie director, and a poetic reflection on the passionate love of both men for their chosen art forms.

The Great Actor M. F. Yakovchenko

About the outstanding Ukrainian theater and film actor Mykola Fedorovych Yakovchenko (1900-1974).

The Busiest Actor In The World

Kanji Tsuda is one of Japan’s most sought-after character actors, and here he plays himself—an actor whose schedule is packed to the brim, rushing from one role to the next, minute by minute, without a single day off, ne