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
The Great Museum (2014)
6.6/10
Director: Johannes Holzhausen
This enthralling, multi-layered portrait of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna takes us on a privileged tour behind the scenes of one of the world... Read more
Us and The Game Industry (2014)
6.9/10
Director: Stephanie Beth
Experience recent designs for video games in the 21st Century. The developers, their peers and the world of support structures for these expose the ma... Read more
Banksy Does New York (2014)
7.2/10
Director: Chris Moukarbel
Banksy is revered and reviled, considered both a vandal and a genius. Completely anonymous, he is nevertheless without question one of the world's bes... Read more
The Salt of the Earth (2014)
8.4/10
Director: Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Starring: Sebastiao Salgado
The epic still photographs of Brazilian artist and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado fill the giant screen in this spectacular new documentary about... Read more
National Gallery (2014)
7.3/10
Director: Frederick Wiseman
The National Gallery, the splendidly accessible repository of European art that overlooks Trafalgar Square, is the subject of Frederick Wiseman's late... 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
Tim's Vermeer (2013)
7.8/10
Director: Teller
Starring: David Hockney, Penn Jillette, Martin Mull
Art documentary from Teller (as in one half of Penn & Teller), asking the question: Is a masterpiece still a masterpiece if an amateur could do it? Ti... Read more
Inside Out: The People's Art Project (2013)
8.2/10
Director: Alastair Siddons
This fascinating documentary tracks the evolution of the biggest participatory art project in the world, the wildly popular 'INSIDE OUT'. Travel the g... Read more
Finding Vivian Maier (2013)
7.7/10
Director: John Maloof, Charlie Siskel
An artist's life is often one of solitude, and so it should generally be of no surprise when one spends much of their time locked away honing his or h... Read more
Cutie and the Boxer (2013)
7.2/10
Director: Zachary Heinzerling
Starring: Ushio Shinohara, Noriko Shinohara
"Cutie and the Boxer" is a candid New York love story about life and art that explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of renowned "boxing" painter Ushio... Read more