Subgenre Sampler
Documentary > Arts & Artists: 275 Films to Buy & Rent
- Impressionists, The: Painting and Revolution (2011)
- A deep–focus investigation into the revolutionary achievements of the Impressionist movement by British art critic Waldemar Januszczak. Across…
- Look, The (2011)
- Dir. Angelina Maccarone
Feat. Charlotte Rampling
- In this fascinating series of conversations, Charlotte Rampling interviews a number of key collaborators during her career as a means of…
- Magic Trip (2011)
- Dir. Alex Gibney, Alison Ellwood
- Recovering 16mm footage shot during the maiden voyage of the psychedelic 'Magic Bus', this documentary reassembles a visual snapshot of the legendary…
- Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art (2011)
- British art critic Waldemar Januszczak hosts this illuminating portrait of 'the father of Impressionism', claiming to offer the first…
- This is Not a Film (2011)
- Dir. Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
- Persecuted Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi turns the camera on himself in this galvanizing protest film about the physical and creative imprisonment of…
- Arbor, The (2010)
- Dir. Clio Barnard
- A grimly compelling portrait of hard–living British playwright Andrea Dunbar, most celebrated for writing seminal kitchen sink comedy RITA,…
- Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story (2010)
- Dir. Sarah Townsend
Feat. Eddie Izzard
- Potrait of the comedian Eddie Izzard's rise to fame from early influences, losing his mother to cancer at a young age before being sent with his…
- Bill Cunningham New York (2010)
- 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)
- 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)
- A highly accessible overview of 20th century industrial design movements and revolutions, this surveys everything from the emergence of modernism in…