1. Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Directors Jonathan Alter, John Block and Steve McCarthy bring New York columnists Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill’s courageous writing to life, celebrating the acclaimed journalists and the city they loved.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
2. Liniers, el trazo simple de las cosas (Liniers, el trazo simple de las cosas)
Winter 2007. Two artists from Argentina receive a grant to develop their work in Montreal . The only catch? They have to share an apartment. In this way filmmaker Franca González and cartoonist Ricardo Siri Liniers come to know each other. From the moment González becomes the roommate of Liniers, a friendship emerges between them and she makes him the proposal of doing a documentary about him. The film starts with an argument to get Liniers permission to chase him with videocameras and ends up becoming one of the most tender portraits ever done of the artist, reflecting the transcendence that ensues from the simple line of his drawings.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
3. Donatello: Renaissance Genius (Donatello - Schöpfer der Renaissance)
Portrait of the Italian sculptor Donatello , a precursor of the High Renaissance who considerably influenced sculptural art with his innovative way of conceiving space. Donatello is already a legend in his own lifetime. The sculptor is the forefather of the High Renaissance and pioneer for artists such as Raphael or Michelangelo. His bronze sculpture of the "David" or the "Pazzi Madonna" in marble are icons of art history and testify to his sculptural power of renewal.
4. Maverick Modigliani (Maledetto Modigliani)
Born in Livorno, Tuscany, artist Amedeo Modigliani lived a short, tormented life, narrated here from an original point of view, that of his young common-law wife, Jeanne Hébuterne.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
5. V Lysicích na zámku (V Lysicích na zámku)
(V Lysicích na zámku)
6. Ludvík Kuba (Ludvík Kuba)
(Ludvík Kuba)
7. Tout impossible est simultanément à chaque instant possible (Tout impossible est simultanément à chaque instant possible)
(Tout impossible est simultanément à chaque instant possible)
8. Salvador Dalí: In Search of Immortality (Salvador Dalí: In Search of Immortality)
The documentary proposes an exhaustive journey through the life and work of Salvador Dalí, and also of Gala, his muse and collaborator. It starts in 1929, a crucial year in Dalí's career and life, as he joined the surrealist group and met Gala, and advances until the year of the artist's death in 1989.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
9. Leonardo da Vinci: The Genius in Milan (Leonardo Da Vinci - Il genio a Milano)
An exhibit of Da Vinci's works traces the pathways of the great artist's mind.
It has an average vote of 8.3 on TMDB.
10. See: An Art Road Trip
Artists Bo Bartlett and Betsy Eby travel the country finding art in their surroundings before being unexpectedly forced to consider what it would mean to lose the ability to see.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
11. Lifeline: Clyfford Still
Jackson Pollock said, “he makes the rest of us look academic,” Mark Rothko acknowledged him as a “myth-maker” and Clement Greenberg called him “a highly influential maverick and an independent genius.” Clyfford Still, one of the strongest, most original contributors to abstract expressionism, walked away from the commercial art world at the height of his career. Extremely disciplined, principled, and prolific, Still left behind a treasure trove of works like no other major artist in history. With a wonderful mosaic of archival material, found footage and audio recorded by the artist himself, Lifeline paints a picture of a modern icon, his uncompromising creative journey and the price of independence.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
12. Klimt & Schiele: Eros and Psyche (Klimt & Schiele: Eros e Psiche)
1918. As the roar of the First World War cannons is dying out, in Vienna, the heart of Central Europe, a golden age comes to an end. The Austro-Hungarian Empire is beginning to disintegrate. On the night of October 31st, in the bed of his home, Egon Schiele dies, one of the 20 million deaths caused by the Spanish flu. He dies looking at the invisible evil in the face, in the only he can do: painting it. He is 28 years old. Only a few months earlier, the main hall of the Secession building had welcomed his works: 19 oil paintings and 29 drawings. His first successful exhibition, a celebration of a new painting idea that portrays the restlessness and desires of mankind.A few months earlier, his teacher and friend Gustav Klimt had died. From the turn of the century, he had fundamentally changed the feeling of art and founded a new group: the Secession.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
13. Always Forward (Siempre para Adelante)
Plastic artist Aparicio Arthola talks with his student about the catarsis in his creative process, the loss, death and uncertainty of art life in Nicaragua
14. A Desert Moment with Noah
Paying tribute to artist Noah Purifoy and his Outdoor Museum, Matthew’s film ‘A Desert Moment with Noah’ rapidly animates 78 still Super 8mm images like a slideshow gone haywire. Exploring the of elasticity of time, the film manipulates the essence of a moment as it periodically pauses to allow the viewer a space with various objects, surfaces, and textures within Purifoy’s Joshua Tree sculptural environment.
15. Eye of the Beholder: The Art of Dungeons & Dragons
A documentary that explores the history & stories behind the art that helped create the world's most popular role playing game. The movie profiles artists - both past & present - & features former company insiders, game designers, authors, & fans.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
16. Intersection (Intersection)
The documentary Intersection presents the everyday life of Eduard Bigas, in his current residence in Berlin. The audiovisual piece goes into Bigas' way of looking, while he himself tells his story. And through the interviews with his closest circle, both the social and the professional one, it seeks to expose the way of doing things of this artist with surrealist roots.
17. David Hockney: A Celebration
An intimate portrait of David Hockney, featuring interviews with the artist - one of Britain's most beloved painters - in London and Normandy, and exclusive new footage of a master at work.
18. David Hockney: In Normandy
The celebrated British artist discusses his life and work with Melvyn Bragg in his Normandy studio, revealing his influences, inspirations and plans to keep on painting.
19. David Hockney: 50 Years on Film
Using over 50 years of archive footage, this film looks back at the life and career of David Hockney.
20. David Hockney: In London
Filmed in his London studio, David Hockney sits down with Melvyn Bragg to discuss his remarkable life and career, illustrated by a wide range of his vibrant and joyous artworks.
