Join Keanu Reeves on a tour of the past and the future of filmmaking in Side by side. Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters.

The magic of special effects makeup makes us believe in aliens, monsters, and the possessed. Takes an inside look at the creation and execution of some of Hollywood's most unique special effects. Includes interviews with Quentin Tarantino, Wes Craven, Robert Rodriguez, George A. Romero, Eli Roth, Frank Darabont, John Carpenter, Mick Garris plus clips from Frankenstein, The Exorcist, Planet of the Apes and more.

Humor writer Robert Benchley comes to Walt Disney Studios with an idea for an animated film, but little does he know that the animators are hard at work on the same idea. Along the way, Benchley takes the audience behind the scenes to show how an animated cartoon is made. Includes animated short "The Reluctant Dragon."

Slip down the corridors of the 60-year history of the magical, magnificent Fantasia and its sequel Fantasia 2000. Hear Walt Disney talk about the tricks of the trade and the story of the animation process, highlighted with extensive scenes from both features. Experience "The Fantasia that never was, " segments that were never produced. Enjoy interviews with film historians and filmmakers of Fantasia 2000, witness production progression demonstrations...

Known as the "Father of Claymation," Will Vinton revolutionized the animation business during the 1980s and 90s, creating such iconic characters as the California Raisins and Domino's The Noid. But after thirty years of being the unheralded king of clay, Vinton's carefully sculpted American dream came crumbling down. Structured around interviews with this charismatic pioneer and his close collaborators, along with a treasure trove of clips of their...

Five years after his first deadly adventure, Rollie Tyler has left the special effects business and now designs sophisticated electronic toys for a living. But when his gilfriend's ex-husband, a police detective, persuades him to devise an illusion to capture a serial killer, Rollie is once again lured into the lethal world of make-believe. And soon, he finds himself trapped in a murderous maze of deceit and treachery in which he must depend on his...

A compilation of the very earliest films from the first projections of moving images to the advent of the feature film, an area of film history often underseen, underappreciated and understudied.

Profiles acclaimed marine cinematographer Al Giddings.