Movies

Documentary about the painter Lucian Freud.

Filmed over three years, the documentary is an unprecedented record of a major artist at work. It captures David Hockney's return to England after 25...

Artist David Hockney discusses his theory that artists were secretly using optical devices such as mirrors and lenses in creating their work as early...

'Love's Presentation' may be a time capsule of a rising art-world star, but it also pokes fun at the perspective of a celebrity profile. In its...

Peter Whitehead’s disjointed Swinging London documentary, subtitled “A Pop Concerto,” comprises a number of different...

After a difficult break-up, Hockney is left unable to paint, much to the concern of his friends.

Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to...

The devil is hard at work in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress! The three-act opera was premiered at Venice’s La Fenice in 1951 and...

He is a major figure in the pop art movement; one of the most popular and influential artists of his generation. The motifs and colors of his...

Documentary celebrating the LGBTQ contribution to the arts in Britain in the 50 years since decriminalisation. It features interviews with leading...

Iconic American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol is the subject of this documentary, which looks at both his life and his influence on pop culture....

At the time the longest arts documentary the BBC had ever shown, this film is about the fascination and meaning of drawing; why we draw, what we...

We are taken though the principal milestones of Hopper's biography, including his debut start in Hollywood, the meeting with James Dean and the...

Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Henry Geldzahler reflects on the 1960s pop art scene in New York.

Eleven-year-old Beanie's bland life is changed for ever when he is sent on a mission. Armed only with laser lip-gloss and a pair of blend-in pants he...

Before "L.A. Confidential", there was "Shotgun Freeway" -- the groundbreaking 1995 documentary about Los Angeles coming to grips with it's own...

A documentary about Academy Award-winning costume designer Cecil Beaton. A respected photographer, artist, and set designer, Beaton was best known...

Hockney talks about his 40 year love affair with photography.

Four young people pinpoint the attitudes that have contributed to the phenomenon of swinging London.

A man decides to edit a documentary on the 1960's at a remote cabin in the Scottish Highlands.