Philippe Truffault

Strip-o-Scope

A short history of erotic one-reels.

Strip-o-Scope

A short history of erotic one-reels.

Chaplin Today: 'Monsieur Verdoux'

A short documentary in the Chaplin Today series about Chaplin's "Monsieur Verdoux." Includes an interview with Claude Chabrol, whose 1963 film "Landru" concerns the same serial killer that inspired Chaplin's film.

Chaplin Today: 'A Woman of Paris'

"A Woman of Paris" (1923) was the first film Chaplin made for United Artists Film Corporation, which he founded with his friends Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith. Chaplin had long considered making a dramatic feature. For the first time, he decided to direct. Actress and filmmaker Liv Ullmann analyses the film. She talks about the acting, the originality of the characterizations, as well as the "feminine" viewpoint Chaplin adopted for the first time in his films.

Chaplin Today: 'Modern Times'

Award-winning filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne profess their love for the classic "Modern Times." The directors expose their views on the many aspects of the film, Chaplin's brilliancy and they also provide interesting details about the making of Chaplin's masterpiece.

Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'

This documentary is featured on the two-disc Chaplin Collection DVD for "The Kid" (1921), released in 2004.

Chaplin Today: 'A King in New York'

An examination of Charles Chaplin's final starring film.

L'empire des nombres

How did men learn to count? How do they count? The empire of numbers is a very rhythmic graphic film that tells the great history of numbers, from the caves to modern times. And marvels at the immensity of their territory, from zero to infinity.

La première séance

Reconstitution of the program of the first public presentation of the Cinematograph, 28 December 1895 in Paris.