Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
(2007)

Yale-educated and born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Sam Wagstaff's transformation from innovative museum curator to Robert Mapplethorpe's lover and patron is intensively probed in Black White + Gray. During the heady years of the 1970s and 1980s, the New York City art scene was abuzz with a...  More

Padre Padrone
(1977) [M]

The first film to win both the Golden Palm and the Critics Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, this haunting tale of a peasant boy's brutal coming-of-age in rural Italy established the reputation of acclaimed fraternal filmmakers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani.

It tells the story of Gavino,...  More

Picasso: 1881-1973
(1985) [G]

A documentary on the painter's work. Includes archival footage of George Braque, Henri Matisse as well as Pablo Picasso himself. Bob Peck narrates. This appraisal of Picasso's work is directed by acclaimed art film director Didier Baussy with the close cooperation of the Musee Picasso.  More

Time Zones
(1985) [R]

3 short films. Sloan Square: A Room Of One's Own. 9 mins. Super 8 footage shot in 1976 features Jarman and friends and is an example of his more personal, quasi-diary work. Pirate Tape. 15 mins. A portrait of William Burroughs, filmed during his visit to London in September 1982 for the Final...  More

Vincent And Theo
(1990) [M]

The familiar tragic story of Vincent van Gogh is broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who helped support Vincent. The movie also provides a nice view of the locations which Vincent painted.  More

David Anderson Works On Film
(1990) [G]

Four short animated stories from David Anderson. Includes: 'Dead-time Stories For Big Folk' and 'Dreamland Express.'  More

Caravaggio
(1986) [M]

A powerful meditation on sexuality, criminality and art, 'Caravaggio' brings together Derek Jarman's twin worlds of film and painting.  More

Industrial Symphony No.1
(1990) [PG]

A performance art collaboration between the director and composer team of Blue Velvet and TV's Twin Peaks, originally staged at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. As always the collaboration between Lynch and Badalamenti yields a disturbing, fascinating, and comic combination of image and music. The...  More

Heart Beat
(1980) [M]

Considering all the comment about the "beat generation" US literary movement of the 1950's and 60's, it seems there's not much film examination of it. The only book of Kerouac's to be filmed so far was "The Subterraneans" in 1960. This 1980 film is the only biopic that follows the Kerouac/Neal &...  More

Henry And June
(1990) [M]

In 1931 Paris, Anais Nin (Maria de Medeiros) meets Henry Miller (Fred Ward) and his wife June (Uma Thuman). Intrigued by them both, she begins expanding her sexual horizons with her husband Hugo (Richard E Grant) as well as with Henry and others. June shuttles between Paris and New York trying to...  More

Simone De Beauvoir
(1978) [G]

Documentary on French author Simone De Beauvoir. Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre and their friends discuss the events and involvements that shaped her life and opinions - from the Spanish Civil War to the Paris riots of 1968. Her lucid, perceptive observations on the people and events of the...  More

Dreamings: The Art Of Aboriginal Australia
(1988) [G]

DREAMINGS is a journey to the scarred heartlands and lush mangroves to see traditional Aboriginal artists at work. This film reveals a culture which is among the most ancient known, and explores the timeless value of the oldest continuous art tradition in the world.  More

Jacquot De Nantes
(1991) [PG]

The true story of the childhood of Jacques Demy, and his pursuit of a dream - to become a filmmaker. This tale of teenage obsession is captured on film by the woman who shared his later life, Agnes Varda. French dialogue with subtitles.  More

The Quince Tree Sun (Dream of Light)
(1992) [G]

A film about the artistic process in every sense of the phrase, Spanish director Victor Erice's El Sol del Mebrillo (The Quince Tree Sun) loosely documents the efforts of artist Antonio Lopez to paint the titular foliage in his backyard. Lopez agonizes over just how to capture the light falling...  More

Lust For Life
(1956) [PG]

Vibrant orange sunflowers. Rippling yellow grain. Trees bursting with white bloom. "The pictures come to me as in a dream," Vincent Van Gogh said. A dream that too often turned to life-shattering nightmare. Winner of Golden Globe and New York Film Critics Best Actor Awards, Kirk Douglas gives a...  More

Charles Chauvel: The Action Director
(1972) [G]

A documentary on one of the pioneers of Australian cinema. The film includes interviews with his wife, Elsa, the late Chips Rafferty and features long excerpts from all the Chauvel classics including "In the Wake of the Bounty", "40,000 Horsemen", "Sons of Matthew", "Jedda" and "The Rats of...  More

Sirens
(1994) [MA]

Sexy and spirited, this endearingly funny comedy has captivated moviegoers everywhere! The charming Hugh Grant (Four Weddings And A Funeral) plays an idealistic young minister on a mission. He must tame the wicked ways of a notorious artist (Sam Neill - Jurassic Park), whose nude paintings of his...  More

Vincent And Me
(1990) [G]

While sketching one day, 13 year old Jo encounters a mysterious art dealer who buys a few of her drawings and commissions her to do some more. Some time thereafter she reads a news story about a million dollar sale of some drawings of a young Vincent Van Gogh. She enlists the aid of some friends...  More

Vincent: The Life & Death of Vincent Van Gogh
(1987) [PG]

A study of painter Vincent Van Gogh based on the daily correspondence with his brother. Featuring the voice of John Hurt.  More

The Bruce Petty Collection
[PG]

A unique collection of films by renowned cartoonist filmmaker, Bruce Petty. Leisure, Magalomedia and The Movers.  More

Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man
(1977) [M]

Stephen Dedalus is a young man growing up in Ireland in the early part of the 20th century. His search for knowledge and undestanding, and the decline of his family's circumstances, lead him to revelations on the nature of art and politics. His personal renaissance makes him feel unwelcome in his...  More

Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography
(1993) [PG]

Experience the dazzling st0ry of cinematography as seen through the lenses of the world's greatest filmmakers and captured in classic scenes from over 125 immortal movies. Discover Gordon Willis's secrets of lighting Marlon Brando in "The Godfather" and Greg Toland's contributions to "Citizen...  More

Ed Wood
(1994) [M]

You are interested in the unknown. The mysterious. The unexplainable. That is why you are here. And now, for the first time, we are bringing to you the full story of what happened, on that fateful day. We are giving you all the evidence, based only on a secret testimony, of the miserable souls,...  More

Carrington
(1995) [M]

Written and directed by Christopher Hampton and starring Emma Thompson and Jonathan Pryce, Carrington is a provocative, hypnotic film. She was a gifted artist, he was an eminent writer and together they created a controversy that sent shock waves through polite society. This is the true story of...  More

Crumb
(1994) [M]

Terry Zwigoff's funny yet poignant portrait of Robert Crumb has collected rave reviews from around the world. It was the hit of the New York Film Festival and Sundance, where it picked up the Grand Jury prize. Crumb was the archetypal underground artist of the '60s. His work was always vivid,...  More

Stealing Beauty
(1996) [M]

From the director of The Last Emperor, Stealing Beauty explores one girl's intriguing journey into womanhood in a provocative story of passion and self discovery. When 19-year-old Lucy arrives in Tuscany to spend the summer with her late Mother's free spirited Bohemian friends, she soon finds...  More

Surviving Picasso
(1996) [M]

The life of one of this century's greatest painters, Picasso, seen through the eyes of the woman who loved him, then left him.  More

Year Of The Horse
(1997) [M]

This film documents Neil Young and Crazy Horse's 1996 concert tour. Jim Jarmusch interviews the band about their long history, and we see backstage footage from the 1970s and 1980s.  More

Noel Coward - Private Lives & Biographical Film (2 tape set)
(1999) [PG]

- PRIVATE LIVES It is the first night of Amanda's honeymoon and everything is perfect: the view is breathtaking, cocktails are on the way and someone is singing a love song. Unfortunately, that "someone" is her ex-husband, Elyot, and he is also on honeymoon - in the neighbouring hotel room......  More

Leunig Animated (2 disc set)
(2002) [G]

No-one looks at the world quite like whimsical Australian cartoonist Michael Leunig. His poignant, often controversial cartoons never fail to touch a chord. Michael Leunig is cartoonist, artist, philosopher, poet and social commentator. "Leunig" is an animated series produced by Australian actor...  More