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
Art and Copy (2009)
Director: Doug Pray
"Art & Copy" is a powerful documentary about advertising and inspiration. Directed by Doug Pray ("Surfwise", "Scratch", "Hype!"), it reveals the work... Read more
Black White + Gray: A Portrait Of Sam Wagstaff + Robert Mapplethorpe (2007)
7/10
Director: James Crump
When he died in 1987 Sam Wagstaff left behind a photography collection worth $5 million at the Getty Museum. In photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, who... Read more
Faces Places (Visages villages) (2017)
7.9/10
Director: Agnes Varda, JR
Starring: Agnes Varda, JR
Agnes Varda, one of the leading lights of France's honored French New Wave cinema era, and professional photographer and muralist, J.R., partake on a... Read more
Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)
8.1/10
Director: Frank Pavich
Starring: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky
Among cineastes, filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky's ambitious - and failed - attempt to make a movie based on Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel "Dune" in the... Read more
Art: 21 - Season 1 & 2 (2001)
7.8/10
Director: Deborah Shaffer, Catherine Tatge
This Emmy-nominated series profiles a broad range of emerging and established artists working in the United States today. Meet 37 diverse artists thro... Read more
Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock? (2006)
7.1/10
Director: Harry Moses
When salty long-haul trucker Teri Horton bought a $5 painting at a thrift store to cheer up a friend, she thought it looked more like a traffic accide... Read more
Artists of the 20th Century: Marc Chagall (2004)
Travelling to Paris in 1910, the Russian-born Chagall took the European art world by storm. This intriguing documentary examines his most celebrated w... Read more
The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins (2008)
7.1/10
Director: Pietra Brettkelly
Starring: Vanessa Beecroft
Kiwi filmmaker Pietra Brettkelly paints an intimate portrait of artist Vanessa Beecroft and her struggle to adopt Sudanese twins in this acclaimed Sun... Read more
The Banksy Job (2016)
6.4/10
Director: Ian Roderick Gray
Forget Casino. Forget Oceans Eleven. Forget Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. The latest heist film that has everyone talking is The Banksy Job, a... Read more
The Mark of Cain (2000)
6.5/10
Director: Alix Lambert
Alix Lambert's ground-breaking documentary overtly examines the dying art of Russian prison tattooing, while at the same time, more covertly, showing... Read more