Lydny Seville
Director
Classic Movies: The Story Of (2023)
Season 1
Movie critic Ian Nathan goes in search of the cinematically sublime and explores the ingredients that went into making a classic. With each episode devoted to a single film, their story will be told with detail, affection, looking for the truth behind the myth, and all the trials and triumphs that went into forging the classic.
Released Aug. 31, 2023
Episode 44 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.filmmaking, tmdb.film-critic, imdb.movie-critic, imdb.classic-movies, imdb.behind-the-scenes, tmdb.behind-the-scenes, imdb.filmmaking
Production Companies: 3DD Productions
Network: Sky Arts
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - The Third Man
In this opening episode, movie critic Ian Nathan examines the qualities that made this 1949 film noir starring Orson Welles an enduring classic.
Aug. 31, 2023, midnight
S1E2 - The Ladykillers
Movie critic Ian Nathan examines the qualities that made this 1955 black comedy - starring Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers - a classic.
Sept. 7, 2023, midnight
S1E3 - Brighton Rock
Movie critic Ian Nathan examines the qualities that made this 1948 gangster film noir starring Richard Attenborough, an enduring British classic.
Sept. 14, 2023, midnight
S1E4 - The Graduate
Movie critic Ian Nathan examines the qualities that made this 1967 romantic comedy-drama starring Dustin Hoffman an all-time classic.
Sept. 21, 2023, midnight
S1E5 - Ran
Movie critic Ian Nathan examines the qualities that made this 1985 epic action drama, directed and co-written by Akira Kurosawa, an enduring classic.
Sept. 28, 2023, midnight
S1E6 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Movie critic Ian Nathan examines what helped to make James Cameron's 1991 sci-fi-action sequel, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, so critically-acclaimed within the genre.
Oct. 5, 2023, midnight
Network: Sky Arts
Episode Runtime: 44 min.
Season Runtime: 1057 min.
Released: Aug. 31, 2023
Last Air Date: Nov. 20, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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