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Rental > Arts & Artists: 390 Films to Rent on DVD
Bill Cunningham New York (2010)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Richard Press
- A surprise sleeper hit on the arthouse box–office circuit, this is a poignant and gently humorous portrait of street fashion photographer Bill…
Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Banksy
Feat. Banksy , Thierry Guetta
- A would–be filmmaker's documentary on renegade street artist Banksy is turned on its head, becoming an expose of the contemporary art world and…
Genius of Design, The (2010)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- A highly accessible overview of 20th century industrial design movements and revolutions, this surveys everything from the emergence of modernism in…
Gordon Crook: A Life in Art (2010)
- Dir. Clare O'Leary
- Thoughtful, and enlightening portrait of ex–pat British artist Gordon Crook, who since 1972 has called Wellington – and Aro Valley…
Great Epochs of European Art, The (2010)
- A detailed, German–produced art history series illustrated by selected masterpieces of architecture, sculpture and painting. In addition to…
Howl (2010)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Feat. James Franco, David Strathairn, Jon Hamm…
- A fitting celebration and account of the making and hostile reception of Allen Ginsberg's famously controversial poem, with James Franco superb as…
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Tamra Davis
- A worthy and elegiac tribute to the neo–expressionist wunderkind, with dir. Davis deftly avoiding much of the usual bluster, instead focusing…
L'Amour Fou (2010)
- Dir. Pierre Thoretton
- A moving document of the relationship between fashion designer Yves Saint–Laurent and his lover, Pierre Berge, remembered through their famed…
Michael Smither - The Next Ten Years (2010)
- Dir. Tony Hiles
- Intimate two–part documentary following New Zealand artist and musician Michael Smither, as he prepares for his final dealer exhibition and…
Mother of Rock - Lillian Roxon (2010)
- Dir. Paul Clarke
- Feisty Australian journalist Lillian Roxon is the subject of this rock time capsule, which frames the music revolution of the 60s and 70s against…