Subgenre Sampler
Arts & Artists: 427 Films to Buy & Rent
Tim Marlow On...The Highlights of the New Tate Modern (2006)
- Dir. Phil Grabsky
Feat. Tim Marlow
- Art critic Tim Marlow presents a guided tour of the highlights of the New Tate Modern.
In his accessible and intelligent style, Marlow dissects…
Unfolding Florence (The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst) (2006)
- Dir. Gillian Armstrong
- Profiling eccentric Sydney personality Florence Broadhurst, dir. Gillian Armstrong reveals the lives less ordinary of Australia’s leading interior…
Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock? (Who the Fuck is Jackson Pollock?) (2006)
- Dir. Harry Moses
- Good–natured yet revealing art–world expose concerning 73–year–old trucker Teri Horton’s acquisition of a $5 thrift store…
Agatha Christie Code, The (2005)
- Covertly analytical doco, narrated by Joanna Lumley, investigating exactly what made Agatha Christie the world's second best selling author (after…
Garbo (2005)
- Dir. Kevin Brownlow, Christopher Bird
Feat. Greta Garbo
- A portrait of the luminous, reclusive and mystifying star Greta Garbo, co–directed by filmmaker and historian Kevin Brownlow (BUSTER KEATON…
Girl in a Mirror (2005)
- Dir. Kathy Drayton
- An acclaimed tribute to the life and times of Australian Carol Jerrems, who from the late–1960s onwards rose to fame as a gifted photographer…
How Art Made the World (2005)
- Flying in the face of Simon Schama's higher, learned arts emporium, this illuminating and invigorating study of human nature through art considers…
Jisoe (2005)
- Dir. Eddie Martin
- Through the expression of graffiti art, Justin Hughes’ (aka Jisoe) daily plight is explored in this social commentary on Australia’s…
Junebug (2005)
- Dir. Phil Morrison
Feat. Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola, Amy Adams…
- An enchanting indie gem about an art–dealer whose pursuit of an 'outsider artist' in backwoods North Carolina prompts various life crises,…
Klimt (2005)
- Dir. Raul Ruiz
Feat. John Malkovich, Veronica Ferres, Stephen Dillane…
- Chilean director Raul Ruiz' typically idiosyncratic biopic about the life of the Austrian painter Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) told in a series of…