Documentary Movies

The painter Otto Dix (1891-1969) dissected and exposed his time like no other. The portraits from the world of the milieu of whores and suitors, of se...

Featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Diana Vreeland, La Belle Epoque evokes "the beautiful era" of 1890-1914, a time in which the wealthy upper classes...

This MGM Passing Parade series short takes a look at changing definitions of art in the United States.

Robert De Niro, Sr., was a celebrated painter obscured by the pop-art movement. His life and career are chronicled in the artist's own words by his co...

A nude couple pose in an art studio on a square rug, while the camera does a circular traveling around them; the woman has her right knee on the floor...

A British artist misses his parents' wedding anniversary for a last-minute sketching commission in Cornwall, but memories of them affect his work alon...

"Mr and Mrs Art" - Getting attention is like being struck by the light of the sun, says artist Karin "Mamma" Anderson. If you are lucky you are hit by...

A film based on a search undertaken by filmmaker Ron Peck into the life and work of the painter Edward Hopper.

The sun is always changing and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory is always watching. Launched on February 11, 2010, SDO keeps a 24-hour eye on the ent...

Short documentary chronicling Gallant's exploration of South Korea's emerging R&B scene with South Korean soul R&B singer Lee Hi. On the road to headl...

Elem Klimov's documentary ode to his wife, director Larisa Shepitko, who was killed in an auto wreck.

How did the Impressionists view the world? What relationship did they have with technique, with color, with light and with the universe of shapes that...

An unnamed graffiti artist produces a new piece in the biting cold of Minneapolis. Despite the illegality of his medium and the harshness of his envir...

Actor/cult icon Bruce Campbell examines the world of fan conventions and what makes a fan into a fanatic.

In the middle of the French Alps, some adventurers balance themselves on slacklines high above the ground.

The story of the black, gay origins of rock n' roll. It explodes the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator – the originator...

The personal stories of the people from all around the world waiting for a decision in an asylum-seekers centre in one of most restrictive countries i...