Alain Silver Movies

An examination of "The Public Enemy" (1931) by film historians and critics.

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

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...

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

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

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

Documentary covering the Warner Bros. James Cagney /Pat O'Brien classic "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938), hosted by film historian Rudy Behlmer.

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...

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

Documentary about Raoul Walsh

Documentary about the film Where Danger Lives (1950)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...