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
For No Good Reason (2012)
7/10
Director: Charlie Paul
Starring: Johnny Depp, Richard E Grant, Terry Gilliam, Tim Robbins, William Burroughs
Gonzo artist Ralph Steadman--most well-known for his fruitful partnership with author Hunter S. Thompson--is interviewed by Johnny Depp in this imagin... 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
The Private Life of a Masterpiece: Masterpieces of Sculpture (2003)
8.7/10
The stories behind three masterpieces of European sculpture are recounted in this trio of documentaries, which begins with the history of the world's... Read more
Chevolution (2008)
6.1/10
Director: Luis Lopez, Trisha Ziff
The story of the world's most reproduced photograph. In 1960, Cuban photographer Alberto "Korda" Diaz captured a photo of Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Eight... Read more
Art: 21 - Season 5 (2009)
7.8/10
Timely and timeless, global and local, beautiful and provocative, contemporary art challenges us to look at our world in new ways. Contemporary artist... Read more
Naked States (2000)
6.3/10
Director: Arlene Donnelly
Starring: Spencer Tunick
'Naked States' is a humorous and provocative examination of one artist's dynamic work and its relevance within the cultural biography of America, docu... Read more
Pleasures and Dangers (1991)
Director: Shirley Horrocks
Profiling six contemporary female artists, internationally successful in their fields of painting, photography, filmmaking and sculpture, this documen... Read more
The Jeff Koons Show (2004)
6.1/10
Director: Alison Chernick
One of the modern art world's most polarising figures, Jeff Koons is an artistic anomaly: a shrewd businessman, he is remarkably dismissive about the... Read more
Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn (2009)
7.7/10
Director: Josh Whiteman
Starring: Anton Corbijn
Internationally renowned artist and filmmaker Anton Corbijn has created some of his generation's seminal rock images. Photographing musicians as diver... Read more
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