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  • The Adventurers of Modern ArtThe Adventurers of Modern Art - The story plunges us into Parisian life at the beginning of the twentieth century, a hotbed of artistic creation with the blossoming of Fauvism, Cubism, Dadaism and Surrealism.

  • Alain Resnais: Five Short Films - Five newly restored early short film masterpieces from the legendary filmmaker.

  • All Restrictions End - Reflections on Islam and clothing, Iranian cinema, Persian painting and more characterize this thought-provoking artistic documentary.

  • Anatsui at Work - A swift instructive look at the artist El Anatsui demonstrating his process, and discussing his theories.

  • Art and OligarchsArt and Oligarchs - Newly-minted Russian art collectors have many reasons for investing in fine art, some more sleazy than others.

  • Artists & Love: Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore - A story of ardent love between two women with heroic destinies, united through life and death.

  • Artists & Love: Emilie Flöge and Gustav Klimt -  In Vienna, the two artists would shake up conventions and imagine an alliance stronger than the bonds of marriage.

  • Artists & Love: Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera - Frida and Diego lived a tumultuous love affair; two soul mates connected by their shared love for their country.

  • Artists & Love: Gabriele Münter and Vassily KandinskyArtists & Love: Gabriele Münter and Vassily Kandinsky - Münter and Kandinsky's idyll is the story of a romance between two artists linked to the avant-garde of modern German painting.

  • Artists & Love: Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz - In the 1920s, they were one of the most high-profile and scandalous couples on New York’s avant-garde scene.

  • Artists & Love: Gerda Taro and Robert Capa - Capa and Taro were the perfect combination of two politically active people, united by photography. It’s also the tale of unbridled love that did not withstand the ravages of war.

  • Artists & Love: Jeanne Hébuterne and Amedeo Modigliani - This is the story of two tormented souls, bound until death by love and art.

  • Artists & Love: Lee Miller and Man RayArtists & Love: Lee Miller and Man Ray - Man Ray and Lee Miller is the story of a passionate love affair which revealed the talents of an artist who was overlooked by the public for too long.

  • Artists & Love: Paula Becker and Otto Modersohn - Otto Modersohn helped his beloved become one of the greatest artists of modern painting.

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  • Bauhaus Spirit - Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Walter Gropius’ Bauhaus with this lively, wide-ranging documentary exploring the history, present and future of the utopian design and architecture school and communal social movement around the world.

  • Between Madness and Art - The story of Dr. Hans Prinzhorn (1886-1933) and his collection of art by schizophrenic patients.

  • Beyond Zero: 1914-1918Beyond Zero: 1914-1918 - Auteur filmmaker Bill Morrison brings to life a new cinematic record of World War I.

  • Bill Morrison: Collected Works (1996–2013) - This five-disc set comprises 16 works by filmmaker and multimedia artist Bill Morrison.

  • Black Dawn - An animated account of Haiti's liberation told through the eyes of two African slaves.

  • Black Is the Color - Traces the history of African-American art, placing great works in context and including commentary from celebrated contemporary visual artists.

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  • The Chinese Lives of Uli SiggThe Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg - The entrepreneur, diplomat and art collector Uli Sigg has played a role in the transformation of China's art world since the 1970s.

  • Chris Marker's Bestiary - Five Chris Marker short films devoted to animals collected together and available for the first time!

  • Colette - A fascinating visit with the legendary writer in her Paris apartment on the Palais Royal circa 1951. And Jean Cocteau drops by.

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  • Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World - Meet the Oscar-winner behind the ALIEN xenomorph and architect of nightmares.

  • Directing Actors by Jean RenoirDirecting Actors by Jean Renoir - How Jean Renoir gradually guides an actress into the essence of her role.

  • Dong - The great filmmaker Jia Zhangke travels with acclaimed painter Liu Xiaodong to Thailand where they meet workers in the throes of social turmoil.

  • Dreams Rewired - Tilda Swinton's narration and a treasure trove of rare archival footage trace the origins of today's hyper-connected world.

  • Dust - DUST turns one of the most commonplace subjects imaginable into a vehicle for a new appreciation of how these tiny particles affect our bodies and our environment and can provide a fresh new perspective of the entire world.

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  • Eternity Has No Door of EscapeEternity Has No Door of Escape - A history of "outsider art" or "art brut" spontaneously produced by self-taught creators on the fringes of society.

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  • Fang - Mixes documentary and fiction techniques to recount an African art object's 100 year journey - a whole century of Western attitudes towards African culture packed into 8 minutes!

  • Fold Crumple Crush: The Art of El Anatsui - A powerful portrait of Africa's most widely acclaimed contemporary artist El Anatsui.

  • Food Design - A look inside the secret chambers where designers and scientists are defining your favorite mouthful of tomorrow.

  • Futures MarketFutures Market - A visual essay on cultural memory, urban space, and real estate speculation.

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  • Great Expectations - A journey through the history of visionary architecture, a survey of the most significant architectural movements of the 20th century that challenged conventional concepts.

  • The Grocer's Son, the Mayor, the Village and the World - A group of people have gathered in what used to be the village grocery store. Among the vineyards in rural France, they are trying to start a platform for broadcasting documentary films.

  • Guernica - Uses the famous painting by Picasso to bear witness to the atrocities of the Spanish civil war and fascism.

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  • The Hermitage DwellersThe Hermitage Dwellers - A kaleidoscopic portrait of Russia's Hermitage, the world's largest museum.

  • Hermitage-Niks - This five-part series is the expanded, in-depth version of THE HERMITAGE DWELLERS.

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  • In the Steps of Trisha Brown - The dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet learn to perform "Glacial Decoy," the seminal 1979 work by choreographer Trisha Brown.

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  • Kentridge and Dumas in Conversation - The two South African artists speak frankly about their work, their studio practice, their inspirations, and the challenges of success.

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  • The Last Angel of HistoryThe Last Angel of History - An engaging and searing examination of the hitherto unexplored relationships between Pan-African culture, science fiction, intergalactic travel, and rapidly progressing computer technology. (from the Jan., 1998 Catalog Supplement)

  • Lemebel - Writer, visual artist and pioneer of the queer movement in Latin America, Pedro Lemebel shook up conservative Chilean society during Pinochet’s dictatorship in the 1980s.

  • Living Memory - About Mali's ancient culture, and this culture's position in the country today. Exposes tensions in a society assailed by modernization, Islam and global tourism, yet confident that it will maintain its own distinctive character.

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  • Malick Sidibé - Short but sweet look at the work of the renowned African artist whose photographs have documented social and cultural changes in Mali over a forty-year period.

  • Man for a DayMan for a Day - Performance artist and drag king Diane Torr leads a workshop in which women develop male characters.

  • Marius Petipa: The French Master of Russian Ballet - Tells the extraordinary story of Marius Petipa, the groundbreaking French choreographer who went on to create Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty.

     

  • Mille Gilles - The thought and ideas of the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze, and his impact on creative work and communities around the world.

  • A Modest World - A film about ordinary people who transform insignificant things into works of art.

  • MonoblocMonobloc - How the best-selling, unsightly plastic chair took the world by storm.

  • Mr. Gaga - The story of artistic genius Ohad Naharin, one of the most important choreographers in the world, who redefined the language of modern dance.

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  • Nefertiti's Daughters - Female street artists are on the front lines in the fight for freedom in Egypt today.

  • A New Old Play -

    One evening in the 1980s, Qiu Fu, a leading clown-role actor in 20th-century Sichuan opera, is killed in an accident and must reluctantly set off for the Ghost City.

  • The Next Big ThingThe Next Big Thing - The contemporary art world is changing dramatically. How are collectors, museum directors, dealers and artists responding to transformations in the market?

  • Notes on Marie Menken - The story of the "mother of avante-garde film"—the influential experimental filmmaker who inspired artists such as Stan Brakhage, Andy Warhol, and Kenneth Anger.

  • Now he's out in public and everyone can see - Online videos diaries are stitched together into a dense, polyphonic essay on race and identity.

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  • On Snow's Wavelength, Zoom Out - A documentary on artist Michael Snow, regarded as one of the great innovators and theoreticians of the film medium, as informative and enjoyable as it is beautifully constructed.

  • On the French Riviera with Man Ray and PicassoOn the French Riviera with Man Ray and Picasso - More than a surrealist travel diary, this film tells the story of the friendship between a group of painters, photographers and poets who are passionate about art.

  • One Day Pina Asked... - Chantal Akerman follows choreographer Pina Bausch and her dance company on a European tour.

  • Outsider - Judith Scott had Down syndrome, was deaf, and did not speak. Then, after 35 years of institutionalization, she created a series of sculptures that have fascinated and mystified art experts around the world.

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  • Painted Landscapes of the Times - Profiles painter Sue Coe, whose shocking art cries passionately for justice in troubled times.

  • Paris CalligrammesParis Calligrammes - Artist and filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger resurrects the old Saint-Germain-des-Prés and Latin Quarter of 1960s Paris.

  • Paul Gauguin - Paul Gauguin's life, from Brittany to Tahiti, is illustrated by his paintings and extracts from his diary.

  • Picasso and Sima, Antibes 1946 - In 1946, Pablo Picasso asked fellow artist Michel Sima to document Picasso's artwork-in-progress.

  • The Point of Least Resistance - Two artists in rat and bear costumes become embroiled in a murder mystery that raises questions and observation on the nature of art and crime, before spiraling into sublime flights of fancy.

  • Portraits of AmericaPortraits of America - Natalie Bookchin is an artist and filmmaker who, through virtuosic editing and innovative sonic and visual montage, interrogates the American crisis and its increased inequality and polarization.

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  • Raw Beauty - Explores the immense influence of artists deemed to have psychological illnesses on 20th-century art history.

  • Rebels on Pointe - The riotous, all-male troupe Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo challenge gender and artistic norms in the world of ballet.

  • Remembrance of Things to Come - This tapestry of still photographs, subject-skipping montage and rapid shuttle of wit and philosophy is pure Chris Marker.

  • The Right WayThe Right Way - Two artists in rat and bear costumes try to find reasons for all they see and experience, getting closer than expected to the right way.

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  • Saving Mes Aynak - Afghan archaeologist Qadir Temori races against time to save a 5,000-year-old archaeological site from imminent demolition.

  • The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger - A multi-faceted portrait of artist, philosopher, writer, storyteller and "radical humanist" John Berger.

  • Secret Museums - For millenia erotic art has been created, often by some of the world's best-known artists. But it is rarely on public display.

  • The Silence of Mark RothkoThe Silence of Mark Rothko - With his imposing canvasses, pure color and texture, Mark Rothko sought to express fundamental human emotions.

  • Sol LeWitt - Explores the artist's work and philosophy, using extensive interviews and documentation of artwork installed around the world.

  • The Spectre of Hope - Critic and writer John Berger and photographer Sebastião Salgado lead this searing examination of imagery and images, the abyss, hope, and globalization.

  • Stolen Art - In 1978 in New York City, an unknown Czech artist by the name of Pavel Novak held an exhibit entitled Stolen Art...

  • Summers with PicassoSummers with Picasso - Two beautiful and intimate looks at Pablo Picasso, his life, loves and art.

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  • Tape - Performance artist Li Ning turns his life into art in this epic work of experimental documentary.

  • 'Til Madness Do Us Part - The daily lives and isolation of a group of men locked on one floor of a Chinese city's psychiatric institution.

  • To Be Seen - A lively study of visual culture, and an exploration of an age-old urban cultural phenomenon, street art. What is art's role in the context of public space and urban culture?

  • To Chris Marker, An Unsent LetterTo Chris Marker, An Unsent Letter - A cinematic love letter to filmmaker Chris Marker.

  • Tosca's Kiss - Meet the inhabitants of the "Casa di Riposa" in Milan, the world's first nursing home for retired opera singers, founded by composer Giuseppe Verdi in 1896.

  • Two Films by Peter Fischli and David Weiss - From the artists who brought us the amazing cult classic THE WAY THINGS GO, Peter Fischli and David Weiss, come the earlier adventures of Rat and Bear!

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  • Ursula von Rydingsvard: Into Her Own - URSULA VON RYDINGSVARD: INTO HER OWN is an artistic biography of one of the few women in the world working in monumental sculpture.

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  • Van GoghVan Gogh - The film charts the life and spiritual odyssey of one of the great modern painters purely through use of his paintings.

  • Views on Vermeer - 10 contemporary artists and writers invite us to discover or re-discover the painter's work, and to appreciate it in new ways.

  • Vulva 3.0 - Comprehensive and unflustered research into the history and biology of the female anatomy.

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  • The Way Things Go - 100 feet of physical interactions, chemical reactions, and precisely crafted chaos worthy of Rube Goldberg or Alfred Hitchcock - a discussion starter for sure.

  • What If Babel Was Just a Myth?What If Babel Was Just a Myth? - The societies that populate the heart of the African continent form such a mosaic that it is not uncommon to meet villagers speaking six to seven languages. But how much longer will this last?

  • White Balls on Walls - Go behind-the-scenes as the staff at Amsterdam's Stedelijk Musuem strives to diversify their art collection, where 90% of the art was made by white men.

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  • Xu Bing: Phoenix - Documents the process of creating Xu Bing's monumental bird sculpture through to its installation at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA).

  • Z

  • Zone of Silence - Five Cuban intellectuals discuss censorship as a historical, political and social phenomenon.

  • Zone of Silence - Five Cuban intellectuals discuss censorship as a historical, political and social phenomenon.

  • Zygosis - A radical and humorous electronic homage to John Heartfield, anti-Nazi German satirist who pioneered the photomontage.

More Films & DVDs on Art
  • Bruly Bouabré's Alphabet - In the 1950's, Ivory Coast artist Bruly Bouabré created hundreds of pictograms based on one-syllable words in his language, Bété.

  • The Case of the Grinning Cat - In his newest film, French cinema-essayist Chris Marker reflects on French and international politics, art and culture at the start of the new millennium.

  • Cracks in the Mask - A Torres Strait Islander sets out on a voyage of discovery to the great museums of Europe where his cultural heritage now lies.

  • Luckey - A highly engrossing family drama about a successful artist who must cope with his sudden paralysis following an accident.

  • Santiago Calatrava's Travels - A fascinating portrait of world famous artist, engineer, architect and urban studies scholar Santiago Calatrava, and an interdisciplinary reflection on the perception and impact of architecture.

  • Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square - An artist's personal exploration of China's recent history from the Cultural Revolution through the 1980s, told through a rich collage of original artwork, archival and family photographs, and animation.

  • The Universal Clock - Is there an alternative to run-of-the-mill TV? The film introduces us to Peter Watkins, who for the last three decades has proven that quality TV may be made without compromise.

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