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Art On Film

Alice's selection of Art on Film houses an ecletic collection of artists from cartoon maverick Robert Crumb to local genius Ralph Hotere. Classical greats like da Vinci and the French Masters sit next to Picasso and Hockney. Illustration: Bill Hammond's 'Placemakers' 1996

Homage to Chagall (1977)

7.2/10
Director: Harry Rasky

For over three-quarters of a century, Russian-born Marc Chagall set new standards for modern art with his colourful, heartfelt paintings, murals and s... Read more

Hone Tuwhare: No Other Lips (1996)

Director: Gaylene Preston
Starring: Hone Tuwhare

Early in 1995, Hone Tuwhare one of the country's best-known, best-loved and most colourful literary figures allowed a film crew to observe him at home... Read more

Hotere (2001)

7.3/10
Director: Merata Mita
Starring: Ralph Hotere

"Hotere" is a documentary about a complex man who is Aotearoa New Zealand's greatest living artist. Ralph Hotere is intensely creative and wildly inno... Read more

How Art Made the World (2005)

8.3/10

The mystery of why our world looks the way it does is unravelled in this landmark BBC series that crosses 5 continents and 100, 000 years Dr. Spivey t... Read more

In the Footsteps of Tintin (2011)

A series of five documentary films, following Tintin... with a cameraman! The films are based on the theme 'dreams and reality'. How many people, youn... Read more

In the Realms of the Unreal (2004)

7.4/10
Director: Jessica Yu
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Larry Pine

Directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jessica Yu this innovative documentary explores the parallel lives of legendary outsider artist Henry Darg... Read more

Inside Out: The People's Art Project (2013)

8.2/10
Director: Alastair Siddons

This fascinating documentary tracks the evolution of the biggest participatory art project in the world, the wildly popular 'INSIDE OUT'. Travel the g... Read more

Iris (2015)

7.1/10
Director: Albert Maysles

New York fashion original Iris Apfel first came to prominence as an interior designer in the 1950s when she and her husband founded a company speciali... Read more

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010)

7.9/10
Director: Tamra Davis
Starring: Jean-Michel Basquiat

In his short career, Jean-Michael Basquiat was a phenomenon. He became notorious for his graffiti art under the moniker Samo in the late 1970s on the... Read more

Jeremy Scott: The People's Designer (2015)

6.2/10
Director: Vlad Yudin

This documentary follows the story of Jeremy Scott's ascent from a small town in Missouri to his current position as the Creative Director of Moschino... Read more