Art Documentary Movies
- 1996
Basquiat
Basquiat6.61996HD
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.
- 2017
Batman & Bill
Batman & Bill7.12017HD
Everyone thinks that Bob Kane created Batman, but that’s not the whole truth. One author makes it his crusade to make it known that Bill...
- 2021
The Sparks Brothers
The Sparks Brothers7.42021HD
Take a musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with brothers Ron & Russell Mael, celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks: your...
- 2019
QT8: The First Eight
QT8: The First Eight7.22019HD
A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the...
- 2023
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)7.52023HD
In 1968, art students Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell made a trippy photo collage for their musician friends Syd, David and...
- 2018
M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity
M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity72018HD
A portrait of the visionary Dutch artist M. C. Escher (1898-1972), according to his own words, taken from his diary, his correspondence and the texts...
- 2018
Hitler Versus Picasso
Hitler Versus Picasso7.22018HD
In 1937 the Nazi regime held two exhibitions in Munich: one to stigmatize “Degenerate Art” (which they systematically looted and...
- 2001
Rivers and Tides
Rivers and Tides7.22001HD
Portrait of Andy Goldsworthy, an artist whose specialty is ephemeral sculptures made from elements of nature.
- 2022
Wuthering Heights: Love, Hate and Vengeance
Wuthering Heights: Love, Hate and Vengeance82022HD
In 1847, British writer Emily Brontë (1818-48), perhaps the most enigmatic of the three Brontë sisters, published her novel Wuthering...
- 2022
Greenfingers
Greenfingers02022HD
Following fateful scientific reports, protestors pose the argument for a better future against the vested interest of industry. Small to large,...
- 1992
Visions of Light
Visions of Light6.91992HD
Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips...
- 2024
Exergo
Exergo02024HD
Departing from peripheral details of some paintings of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, a female narrator unravels several stories related to the...
- 2023
24 Hour Sunset
24 Hour Sunset82023HD
This film portrait of a new kind is a deep dive into the heart of the art scene of Los Angeles. From a ride on Sunset Boulevard in a convertible car...
- 2023
Room 999
Room 99962023HD
In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in the film Room 666. Now, 40 years later, in...
- 2022
The Rembrandt Century: How Art Became Big Business
The Rembrandt Century: How Art Became Big Business82022HD
In the 17th century, the Netherlands experienced an unprecedented artistic explosion: painters such as Rembrandt, Vermeer and Hals were so prolific...
- 2022
TS Eliot: Into 'The Waste Land'
TS Eliot: Into 'The Waste Land'02022HD
An exploration of TS Eliot's The Waste Land, in its centenary year, that for the first time uncovers the personal story behind Eliot's creation of...
- 2024
John Singer Sargent: Fashion and Swagger
John Singer Sargent: Fashion and Swagger9.52024HD
Filmed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Tate Britain, London, the exhibition reveals Sargent’s power to express distinctive...
- 2016
Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse
Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse7.52016HD
Claude Monet was an avid horticulturist and arguably the most important painter of gardens in the history of art, but he was not alone. Great artists...
- 2021
Saving Venice
Saving Venice7.22021HD
Rising sea levels and sinking land threaten to destroy Venice. Leading scientists and engineers battling the forces of nature to try to save this...
- 2021
The Méliès Mystery
The Méliès Mystery6.82021HD
A documentary that details the process of restoring 270 of the 520 lost films of pioneering director Georges Méliès, all orchestrated...