Alain Silver Movies

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

A documentary about film noir films made in Los Angeles.

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

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.

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

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...

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

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

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

Documentary about Raoul Walsh

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

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

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

Documentary about the film Where Danger Lives (1950)

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

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

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...

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

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...