Alain Silver Movies

One of the first film noir documentaries, made for British Channel Four, and including interviews with Paul Schrader, Robert Wise, John Dahl, Bryan...

"Police Academy" clone, about some nerds who inherit an academy for morticians, which is run by a corrupt closet necropheliac. Of course, the most...

Three best friends mess up their already flagging love lives with an ill-fated bet. They each put two thousand dollars in a bank account, with the...

Danny DeVito stars in and directs this critically acclaimed short film which was part of the ground breaking HBO/Cinemax anthology series, "Likely...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

The only witness to a young woman's murder has a nervous breakdown, is institutionalized, and escapes, tracking down the murderer.

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

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

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.

Documentary short on the making of "They Live by Night" (1948).

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