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A portrait of animator and independent filmmaker Bill Plympton, who after working as an illustrator in publications such as the New Yorker, Hustler, Penthouse and Playboy, turned to independent film. In 1988, he was nominated for an Academy Award for his short film, 'Your Face' and has since received critical acclaim for numerous short and feature films.
4) Uncle Bob
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Robert Oppel's documentary about the life and murder of his uncle and namesake, Robert Opel, the man who streaked the Academy Awards in 1974.
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Duane Michals is a young man over 80 years old and one of the American masters of photography. A brilliant portraitist, he has taken shots of everyone from filmmakers Pier Paolo Pasolini and Roman Polanski to artists such as Rene Magritte and Gior- gio de Chirico. He is also a natural-born storyteller, and incorporates hand-written texts to his images to add another dimension of meaning. His work has been exhibited around the world, and resides in...
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Caustic wit, man about town, James McNeill Whistler was the original art star. Famous for his patent leather shoes, monocle, and uptown swagger, Whistler's theatrics attracted the curiosity of buyers and the attention of the critics. But beneath the high gloss and mannered style, the struggle of this pioneering genius to find his own voice resulted in a breakaway style that moved painting towards abstraction and would revolutionize the art world in...
7) Cavedigger
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Ra Paulette digs cathedral-like, 'eighth wonder of the world' art caves into the sandstone cliffs of Northern New Mexico. Each creation takes him years to complete, and each is a masterwork. But patrons who have commissioned caves have cut off nearly all of his projects due to artistic differences. Fed up, Ra has chosen to forego all commissions to create his own Magnum Opus, a massive 10-year project.
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"Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: Enter Here" is a double portrait in film of the lives and work of Russia's most celebrated international artists, now American citizens, as they come to terms with their global lives and the new Russia. Two decades after he fled the Soviet Union, Ilya Kabakov overcomes his fears to install six walk-through installations in venues, including the Pushkin Museum, throughout Moscow, where he was once forbidden to exhibit his...
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Lionsgate
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2024.
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Depicts the remarkable story of 93-year-old jazz legend Clark Terry. A living monument to the Golden Era of Jazz, having played in both the Duke Ellington and Count Basie bands. He broke racial barriers on American television and mentored the likes of Miles Davis and Quincy Jones, but his most unlikely friendship is with Justin Kauflin, a 23-year old blind piano prodigy. Justin, fighting a debilitating case of stage fright, is invited to compete in...
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In 1955, most ten-year-old boys dreamed of growing up to be firemen or jet pilots. But young Ed Hardy had the wild idea of becoming a tattoo artist. He saw his calling in the mystical images of pierced hearts, flaming eyeballs and bloody skulls. Today, he is revered as the godfather of modern tattooing.
12) Silver Tongues
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Silver Tongues presents to you - two of the most remarkably twisted and evil characters you will ever have seen in cinema. Two lovers (Lee Tergesen and Enid Graham) travel from town to town, inventing new personalities to play wild and sophisticated games on the people they meet. They cruelly ruin the lives of strangers, leaving a path of psychological destruction in their wake, like emotional serial killers.
13) Midnight Cowboy
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This Academy Award-winning Best Picture features Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight in standout roles as a con man and a Texas hustler trying to survive on the tough streets of New York.
14) Beautiful Losers
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Celebrates the spirit behind one of the most influential cultural moments of a generation. Documents a group of like-minded outsiders who found common ground at a little NYC storefront gallery rooted in the do-it-yourself subcultures of skateboarding, surf, punk, hip-hop, and graffiti. They made art that reflected the lifestyles they led that has now become a movement that has been transforming pop culture.
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Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2022.
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A documentary immersion into all things Eco, Davide Ferrario’s film takes us on a tour of Umberto Eco’s private library, guided by the author himself. Combining new footage with material he shot with Eco in 2015 for a video installation for the Venice Biennale, Ferrario documents this incredible collection and the man who amassed it. As Eco leads us among the more than 50,000 volumes, we also gain insight into the library of the mind of this vastly...
17) Cinematographer
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MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2022.
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A fascinating look at the art of filmmaking, including stories and clips from the making of some of the greatest films of the 70's and 80's. Focuses on several men who made a huge impact on a craft that's vital to the making of any film.
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Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
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Special 20th Anniversary of this award-winning doc reveals the making of indie classic "Firecracker" with Karen Black, Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle), and other celebrities, icons, and artists taking part in cult director Steve Balderson's process.
19) Joy Division
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Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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A documentary film on the British post-punk band Joy Division.
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Auditorium Films
Pub. Date
2024.
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Al Jarreau travels across a part of the American territory, looking for his past with emotion. We meet very closely a man, but also an artist, as Al Jarreau gives us new versions of his musical standards. A church, a basketball court, an old jazz club, a center for impoverished people… leads us to a memory and to a song important to Al Jarreau’s life and career.
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