Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Documentary > Arts & Artists: 270 Films to Rent
- Matthew Barney - No Restraint (2005)
- Dir. Alison Chernick
Feat. Matthew Barney, Bjork
- Uber–conceptual artist Matthew Barney boarded a Japanese whaling ship, replete with 45,000 pounds of petroleum jelly, in this documentary…
- Michelangelo Superstar (2005)
- Dir. Wolfgang Ebert, Martin Papirowski
- The agony and ecstasy of Michaelangelo’s twin passions – life and art – are examinedin this study of his artistic legacy and…
- Sketches of Frank Gehry (2005)
- Dir. Sydney Pollack
- Heaping praise on acclaimed architect Frank Gehry, Hollywood filmmaker Sydney Pollack crafts a loving, unashamed ode to his close friend and mentor…
- That Man: Peter Berlin (2005)
- Dir. Jim Tushinski
- Documentary about Peter Berlin, the model, porn star, photographer, film maker, clothing designer and gay cultural phenomenon. Told in his own words…
- Tim Marlow On...The Museum of Modern Art (2005)
- Dir. Phil Grabsky
Feat. Tim Marlow
- This 2–part series provides an introduction to the highlights of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Art critic Tim Marlow takes us on a…
- Who Laughs Last? (2005)
- Dir. Shirley Horrocks
- Short but informative documentary about New Zealand's most successful playwright, Roger Hall. Covers his long career writing for both the stage and…
- Allie Eagle and Me (2004)
- Dir. Briar March
- A portrait of an artist, dir. Briar March's highly personalised dedication to Allie Eagle confronts the painter's staunch feminist and lesbian…
- Andy Goldsworthy - Rivers and Tides (2004)
- Dir. Thomas Riedelsheimer
- Visually beautiful, though essentially straightforward documentary on the Scottish landscape sculptor Andy Goldsworthy, who creates his work out of…
- Colin McCahon: I Am (2004)
- Dir. Paul Swadel
Feat. Sam Neill
- A sterling examination of the life and work of New Zealand's most renowned modern artist, Colin McCahon, who was born in 1919 and blossomed into a…
- Derek Jarman: Life as Art (2004)
- Dir. Andy Kimpton-Nye
Feat. Tilda Swinton, Nigel Terry
- Maddeningly conventional portrait of the iconoclastic director is lacking Jarman's own formal audaciousness, and is too often a clunky mix of talking…