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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

Chris and Don: A Love Story (2007)

Director: Guido Santi, Tina Mascara
Starring: Don Bachardy, Christopher Isherwood

The true-life story of the passionate three-decade relationship between British writer Christopher Isherwood (whose "Berlin Stories" was the basis for... 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

My Kid Could Paint That (2007)

7.2/10
Director: Amir Bar-Lev

In this thought-provoking documentary, director Amir Bar-Lev tracks the overnight celebrity of Marla Olmstead, a toddler who creates gallery-worthy pa... 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

A Walk into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory (2007)

6.9/10
Director: Esther B Robinson

In 1966, editor/filmmaker Danny Williams disappeared, adding tragic mystery to the time he spent with pop art guru Andy Warhol as part of the much-stu... Read more

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through A Lens (2007)

7.9/10
Director: Babara Leibovitz
Starring: Annie Leibovitz

This film traces the artistic self-realization of Annie Leibovitz, from childhood through the death of her beloved friend, Susan Sontag, and includes... 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

Art: 21 - Season 4 (2007)

7.8/10

Contemporary artists work in globally influenced culturally diverse and technologically dynamic milieus. In the U.S. artists reflect a varied and chan... Read more

Helvetica (2007)

7.2/10
Director: Gary Hustwit

An engaging and funny investigation into the world's most ubiquitous typeface. Are you partial to Times New Roman? How do you feel about Arial Narrow,... 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