Alain Silver Movies

A crime soap opera about a Russian mobster retiring from "the business" on New Year's Eve, only to discover he has been targeted for death by a rival...

Short documentary with background on plots that are taken from current news stories.

Short documentary about the making of "The Petrified Forest."

Short documentary about the making of the 1938 film "Jezebel."

An examination of "White Heat" (1949) by film historians and critics.

Two children who have psychic powers use them to avenge the death of their father, who was murdered by a biker gang.

A fictional character miraculously comes to life and escapes from a writer's control. He is left to navigate the real world knowing only his name and...

William Pierce (Nelson Franklin) is a practical, rational man who suddenly finds himself face to face with the paranormal when he starts receiving...

For Natia, firing bullets at her sister's head and narrowly missing is all in a days work. After taking over the family business, her sharp shooting...

Documentary about Raoul Walsh

A documentary about film noir films made in Los Angeles.

Documentary about the film Where Danger Lives (1950)

Richard Schickel and Oliver Stone are among the experts who talk about the film noir Crime Wave.

This documentary is featured on Warner Brothers' DVD for The Roaring Twenties (1939), released in 2005.

A documentary featuring film historians, directors and authors discussing the making of Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity."

An examination of "Little Caesar" (1931) by film historians and critics.

After an unforeseen and violent affliction turns her world upside down, Rowena Hambleton struggles to survive night-to-night as she prowls the...

Four nights in Dostoevksy's 1847 St. Petersburg are transposed to 21st-century Los Angeles. Over that period, a self-described dreamer helps a young...

Mary (Kate Lyn Sheil) lives alone. She is waiting for something to happen in her life. Riding the elevator to work, a strange man, Hayward, grabs her...

Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound genre of classic Hollywood cinema. Eckhart Schmidt...