Directors Peter Middleton and James Spinney said their documentary The Real Charlie Chaplin had two major hurdles. One was that there are already so many biographies about Chaplin, and the other is ...

The "definitive" doc on the cinema icon is coming from BAFTA nominees Peter Middleton and James Spinney. By Alex Ritman U.K. Correspondent Altitude is handling international rights for the film and ...

Beloved as The Tramp, worshiped and then reviled and then worshiped again as one of the biggest stars in cinema history, Charlie Chaplin was an enigma, one that a new Showtime documentary tries to ...

Telluride: Though not completely realized, Peter Middleton and James Spinney's documentary suggests a new path for non-fiction efforts about film history. “Icon” is the most overused word in film ...

The silent film legend was married four times and fathered 11 children, but his personal relationships attracted significant ...

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Charlie Chaplin’s rags-to-riches story will be told in a new feature documentary for Showtime in the U.S. The project, backed by the British Film Institute and Film4, comes from Peter Middleton and ...

Charles Chaplin distrusted machines, new technology and mass production _ precisely the things that have mended his best-loved films for everyone to watch in their living rooms. Chaplin, who satirized ...

The Museum of Modern Art has worked on a meticulous restoration of Chaplin’s 1918 film “Shoulder Arms,” screening on Thursday, that likely differs in every frame from what viewers have seen. By Ben ...

Charlie Chaplin’s rags-to-riches story will be told in a new feature documentary for Showtime in the U.S. The project, backed by the British Film Institute and Film4, comes from Peter Middleton and ...