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
Easter in Art (2003)
Director: Andrew Hutton
Starring: Tim Marlow
Enthusiastic art historian Tim Marlow travels the art world, exploring the depiciton of the Christian Easter story from the earliest surviving 6th cen... Read more
Winter at Westbeth (2015)
8/10
Director: Rohan Spong
Filmed across one extraordinary year in New York City's Westbeth Artists Housing, video artist Edith Stephen (95) hopes to complete an experimental fi... 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
South (1919)
8.7/10
Starring: Ernest Shackleton, Frank Hurley
Acclaimed Australian photographer, filmmaker and war correspondent Frank Hurley teamed up with Ernest Shackleton in 1914 to cross the South Pole by se... Read more
Reset (2017)
5.2/10
Director: Thierry Demaizière, Alban Teurlai
Stunningly gorgeous and delicate in both subject and treatment, Reset depicts renowned choreographer and dancer Benjamin Millepied (best known for cho... Read more
Meeting James Gleeson (2009)
Director: Geoffrey Sykes
'Meeting James Gleeson' is a candid and insightful interview with Australia's most iconic surrealist interspersed with images from Gleeson's behemoth... Read more
The Universe of Keith Haring (2008)
7.6/10
Director: Christina Clausen
An intimate portrait of one of the most popular and culturally significant artists of the 20th century, whose mantra was 'art is for everyone!'. Chris... Read more
The Cool School: How LA Learned to Love Modern Art (2008)
7.1/10
Director: Morgan Neville
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Dean Stockwell, etc ..., Narrated by, Jeff Bridges
A fascinating look at the birth of Modern Art in Los Angeles in the 1950s; when most of the population thought it was either a joke or a communist plo... Read more
Eating Art (2010)
Before photography, only paintings reveal what and how we used to eat. Uncovering the history and stories behind food on canvas, Eating Art bridges th... Read more
Buena Vista Social Club: Adios (2017)
6.6/10
Director: Lucy Walker
Starring: Ibrahim Ferrer, Eliades Ochoa
Members of Buena Vista Social Club discuss their musical careers and the extraordinary circumstances that brought them together. Read more