Sergio Leone ~ The Way I See Things...

Documentary on Sergio Leone by Giulio Reale...

Composing Movement ~ Kurosawa's Kinematics!

Emerson Rosenthal at the Creators Project spots Composing Movement by Tony Zhou about Akira Kurosawa's Cinematic Kinematics!

Old NYC ~ Vintage Footage, Geocoded...

Very cool oldest motion pictures of NYC with geocoding...

The Great Dictator ~ Chaplin One-Ups Idiots...

Given how Mao's minions are oppressing HK and a billion Chinese, and Stalin's intellectual heir Putin is screwing Russians and Ukranians (and Georgians and others), and Hitler's religulous clones continue contesting the land of Canaan, here's The Great Dictator's final speech -- Charlie Chaplin's oratory alternative!

Limitless ~ Nootropic Enhancement SF Thriller

Thanks to entrepreneur friend Amir Hasson for pointing out Limitless science fiction movie exploring the prospect of nootropic smart pills...

"Aspiring author Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) is suffering from chronic writer's block, but his life changes instantly when an old friend introduces him to NZT, a revolutionary new pharmaceutical that allows him to tap his full potential. With every synapse crackling, Eddie can recall everything he has ever read, seen or heard, learn any language in a day, comprehend complex equations and beguile anyone he meets -- as long as he keeps taking the untested drug."

Of course, things get complicated. See trailer...

Until ~ Gibb asks Who Wants to Live For Ever?

io9's Robbie Gonzalez asks Do You Really Want To Live Forever? spotlighting Barry J Gibb's short film Until...

"[Life extension is] the biggest change confronting humanity in the 21st [Century] world; it's much bigger than climate change. Make no mistake, this is humanity's greatest success. It's not, as some people believe, an unfortunate experiment in human survival that has gone disastrously wrong – when you hear some people talk about The Burden of all these old people around you it feels like this is something we never wanted to happen. Well, of course we wanted it to happen, because people, actually, don't like dying."

Looper ~ Proof-of-Concept Clip-o-Matic Trailer

io9's Rob Bricken spots director Rian Johnson's proof-of-concept video for his time-travel movie Looper...

Filmmaker IQ ~ Cinema History & Techniques!

I just stumbled across John Hess and colleagues great work at Filmmaker IQ, an online film school exploring cinematic topics in-depth! Here's three examples of their stuff, starting with The History of the Movie Trailer... The Origins and Formatting of Modern Screenplays... Hollywoods History of Faking It ~ The Evolution of Greenscreen Compositing...

12 Years A Slave ~ Real-Life Horror of S Northup

Decca Aitkenhead of the Guardian spotlights director Steve McQueen and his new film 12 Years A Slave inspired by the real-life experience of Solomon Northup...

"...a prosperous black New York businessman, drugged by traffickers and sold into slavery, who escaped 12 years later and published a memoir detailing the horror of Louisiana plantation life."

Behind Gravity ~ Making Cuarón's Space Thriller

io9's Meredith Woerner spots A Gorgeous Behind-the-Scenes Look at How Alfonso Cuarón Made Gravity!

Ender's Trailer ~ Upcoming Battle Scouts SF Film

Ender's Game on the bigscreen. I'll watch it...

Roman Holiday ~ True Romantic Epic at Sixty!

Feast your eyes and ears on 1953's Roman Holiday!

Scariest Flights ~ Fasten Your Seatbelt Films!

MissC spots Film's Scariest Flights (which is enough to make you never want to fly again!-)

Star Wars Rules ~ Docu's on Epic SF World!

Star Wars & LucasFilm are in the news, so check out these docu's!

Tears In Rain ~ Epic Blade Runner Sequence...

Highlight of one of the best SF movies ever, Blade Runner!

The Visual Element ~ Moebius, Mezieres, Besson!

The backstory of art and conceptualization for The Fifth Element!

On The Edge ~ Of Making Epic Blade Runner!

Again thanks to FutureNoir1982 for spotting more Blade Runner goodness, this time the On The Edge documentary... (Total of 6 parts) See also the later, longer Dangerous Days docu as well!

Behind Blade Runner ~ Vintage 1982 Footage!

Thanks to FutureNoir1982 for posting vintage 1982 convention film footage from behind the scenes of Ridley Scott's epic SF film Blade Runner...