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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

Jisoe (2005)

8.2/10
Director: Eddie Martin

Centred around the troubled life of Melbourne graffiti artist, Justin Hughes, aka Jisoe, this provocatively candid documentary explores an ignored und... Read more

Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)

8.1/10
Director: Frank Pavich
Starring: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky

Among cineastes, filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky's ambitious - and failed - attempt to make a movie based on Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel "Dune" in the... Read more

Journal de France (2012)

7.1/10
Director: Raymond Depardon, Claudine Nougaret
Starring: Raymond Depardon, Claudine Nougaret

Travelling alone, internationally acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Raymond Depardon spent six years capturing his home country with a large format... Read more

Judgement Day: Images of Heaven and Hell (2004)

5.4/10
Director: Ben Harding
Starring: Tim Marlow

A three-part series exploring the relationship between art and the afterlife, from the Egyptian Book of the Dead, to Stanley Spencer's vision of heave... Read more

Klimt & Schiele: Eros and Psyche (2018)

7/10

1918. As the roar of the First World War cannons is dying out, in Vienna, the heart of Central Europe, a golden age comes to an end. The Austro-Hungar... Read more

Kusama: Infinity (2018)

7.1/10
Director: Heather Lenz

KUSAMA explores artist Yayoi Kusama's journey from a conservative upbringing in Japan to her brush with fame in America during the 1960s (where she ri... Read more

Lagerfeld Confidential (2007)

6.8/10
Director: Randolphe Marconi
Starring: Karl Lagerfeld

For the first time, Karl Lagerfeld, the innovative designer who has ruled the House of Chanel for more than two decades, agreed to trust a director to... Read more

Len Lye: Flip and Two Twisters (1995)

7.4/10
Director: Shirley Horrocks

Shirley Horrocks explores Lye's career and ideas with the help of newly discovered historical footage of the artist. Featuring some great examples of... Read more

Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine (2008)

6.9/10
Director: Marion Cajori, Amei Wallach
Starring: Louise Bourgeois

A film journey inside the life and imagination of an icon of modern art. As a screen presence, Louise Bourgeois is magnetic, mercurial and emotionally... Read more

Lovely Rita: A Painter's Life (2007)

6/10
Director: Gaylene Preston

Rita Angus uncompromisingly stood alone among her generation. A pioneer of modern painting who produced such iconic landscapes as Cass, an image of an... Read more