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
Chanel, Chanel (1986)
Director: Eila Hershon, Roberto Guerra
Starring: Diana Quick, (narrated by)
Aka "Chanel and Her World". Chanel, more than just one of the world's most successful fashion labels, also the name of a woman who led a fascinating l... Read more
Eames: The Architect and the Painter (2011)
7.2/10
Director: Jason Cohn, Bill Jersey
Design history was born in a cavernous warehouse on a gritty street in Venice Beach, California, where Charles and Ray Eames set up their Renaissance-... 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
Matisse Picasso (2004)
5.5/10
Director: Philippe Kohly
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) and Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) are the acknowledged twin giants of modern art, between them having originated many of the mos... 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
Palettes: The Great Moderns (2002)
8.7/10
Director: Alain Jaubert
A collection of three films dedicated to three of the great artists of the twentieth century. Featuring 'Pablo Picasso -The Colours of Passion', 'Pier... Read more
Alice Neel (2007)
8/10
Director: Andrew Neel
Alice Neel (1900-1984), one of the great portrait painters of the 20th century, reinvented the genre by expressing the inner landscape of her subjects... Read more
Simon Schama's Power of Art (2006)
8.6/10
Starring: Simon Schama
The polite, chin-stroking world of art is laid asunder by 'A History Of Britain' writer Simon Schama's uniquely passionate view. Best known for his of... Read more
The Cats of Mirikitani (2006)
8.3/10
Director: Linda Hattendorf
Starring: Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani
Eighty-year-old Jimmy Mirikitani survived the trauma of WWII internment camps, Hiroshima, and homelessness by creating art. But when 9/11 threatens hi... Read more
Waste Land (2010)
7.9/10
Director: Lucy Walker
This uplifting documentary follows the lives of "catadores," or pickers who live in poverty and scavenge through the world's largest garbage dump, out... Read more