Subgenre Sampler
Arts & Artists: 425 Films to Buy & Rent
- Squaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnosis (2023)
- Dir. Anton Corbijn
- The story of Aubrey “Po” Powell and Storm Thorgerson, a couple of unlikely London lads who stumbled into forming the coolest art design group of…
- Hemingway (2021)
- Dir. Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
- Expansive 3–part documentary on the life of American writer Ernest Hemingway, exploring both his life and his extraordinary writing, which had…
- My Name is Gulpilil (2021)
- Dir. Molly Reynolds
Feat. David Gulpilil
- A documentary memoir of the late great actor and dancer David Gulpilil, an Aboriginal Australian of the Yolngu people who starred in movies such as…
- Raphael: The Young Prodigy (2021)
- Dir. Massimo Ferrari
- A documentary about the Italian painter Raphael, and his extraordinary contribution to the short–lived High Renaissance movement of the late…
- Velvet Queen, The (2021)
- Dir. Marie Amiguet
- An incredible nature documentary from France as much about the human animal as the animal kingdom. It follows renowned wildlife photographer Vincent…
- Botticelli, Florence and the Medici (2020)
- Dir. Marco Pianigiani
- A documentary exploring Renaissance Florence and its astonishing art and culture, centering around the life of revolutionary artist Sandro Botticelli…
- Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful (2020)
- Dir. Gero von Boehm
- Wildly successful photographer Helmut Newton made a name for himself exploring the female form over many decades, and his cult status continues long…
- Painter and the Thief, The (2020)
- Dir. Benjamin Ree
- A astonishing art documentary about the Czech painter Barbora Kysilkova, who tracked down and met the criminal who stole her paintings.
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- Resistance (2020)
- Dir. Jonathan Jakubowicz
Feat. Jesse Eisenberg, Clemence Poesy, Géza Röhrig…
- Handsomely mounted biopic based on the life of Marcel Marceau. Jesse Eisenberg impresses as the mime artist who fought for the French Jewish…
- Aznavour By Charles (Le regard de Charles) (2019)
- Dir. Charles Aznavour, Marc di Domenico
- Documentary exploring the extensive film diaries of French–Armenian singer, songwriter and actor Charles Aznavour, which he shot from the late…