Articles related to "Films About Art"

Graffiti artists are a strange yet driven subculture. Infamy introduces six graffitists who have worked long and hard to leave behind a sign of their creation.

A review of two documentary films that ask What Is Art?, Who Gets To Call It Art?, and Can Children Be Great Artists?

Casey Affleck will be executive producer of own script of animated family film.

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, is a movie about the famous American photographer who shot unusual and ground breaking portraits of people.

Despite an impressive oscar-calibre performance from lead actress, Melissa Leo, Frozen River suffers from a condescending script and juvenile metaphor.

It has been said that you can't go home again, but legendary Jamaican pianist Monty Alexander give it's a great try on Rocksteady.

The DOKU.ARTS film festival opens today in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Now in its fourth year, this small festival is devoted to documentaries about art in all its forms.

Part one of this series focuses on François Truffaut's The 400 Blows; a film extremely influential in the creation of the French New Wave movement.

Part three of this series focuses on Jean-Luc Goddard's 1964 film Bande à part; A film that is both tribute and reinterpretation of American Film Noir.

Part two of this series focuses on Jean-Luc Goddard's 1963 film Contempt; a complex film that forfeits cinematic storytelling for an experiment in fictionalized realism.

The documentary film Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) features They Might Be Giants co-founders John Linnell and John Flansburgh.

Directed by Barbara Bell and Anna Lorentzon, a new documentary brings us behind the scenes of a controversial adult website.

Many animators and filmmakers begin their careers with the creation of short films. These productions expose them to their own talents, as well as the greater industry.

Perhaps the biggest mistake Hollywood ever made was to ignore the emergence of a new breed of artist. An artist who was more concerned with expression then profit.

Gustav Klimt's portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer was purchased for $135 million, the same amount of cash that it cost to create the Hollywood film "Pearl Harbor". (2001)

Ice. It's wonderful, useful stuff. Karal Ann Marling takes an enjoyable jaunt through some of the more interesting aspects of this common yet amazing form of water.

A review of the darkly comic Canadian independent feature from writer/director Chaz Thorne

February 3rd, 2009 Marks the 50th Anniversary of the tragic loss of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and J.P. "the Big Bopper" Richardson, in a 1959 plane crash in Iowa.

Gifts associated with the astrological sign of Pisces revolve around photography and film, artistic and spiritual pursuits, and music.

Kojima went above and beyond in his attempt to make Metal Gear Solid 4 a lasting experience, rather than simply another stealth game.

These quotes from artists such as Oscar Wilde, Orsen Welles, Tennessee Williams, and Bertolt Brecht can inspire thought and motivation in every theatre artist.

Persepolis enchants with charm and wit, despite its choice to not utilize established animated film norms and subject matter, and thrive on distinctiveness.

Tilda Swinton is an enigmatic actress who shuns convention in both her professional and personal life.

Writing is about merging art with craft. Learning about the 3-act structure that most movies are based on is the first step to mastering the craft of screenwriting.

Exploring themes of over-consumption and the mechanization of human interaction, WALL-E, the next work by Pixar, is cinematically stunning, yet unexpectedly subtle.

Pete Docter's Monsters, Inc. - starring John Goodman, Billy Crystal and Steve Buscemi - loses none of its magic on Blu-Ray. 10/10.

In this exclusive interview, Ted Thomas talks about some of the technical innovation that went into his latest documentary Walt & El Grupo.

Der Muede Tot means the tired, or weary dead, or Weary Death, a 1921 silent art film by Austrian-American film maker, Fritz Lang and German writer, Thea Von Harbou.

With its bizarre juxtaposition of thoughts and ideas, surrealist art often evokes the mental conflict between conscious desire and subconscious yearning.