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A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the participation of some of New York's leading political...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Donald Trump

A documentary film about the life of pianist and jazz great Thelonious Monk. Features live performances by Monk and his band, and interviews with...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jimmy Cleveland

"Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis" is a visually striking film portrait shot on location in Japan with the participation of the major Butoh...

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Cast: Yoko Ashikawa

Documentary examining the life and career of producer/director Roger Corman. Clips from his films and interviews with actors and crew members who...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Allan Arkush

George Segal constructs a type of human form and vulnerability that feels rare in the world of sculpture. As we follow his process at the isolated...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: George Segal

Meier guides the viewer on a retrospective of his white buildings, from private houses of the 1960s to the Frankfurt and Atlanta Museums of the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Richard Meier

In conversation with Roy Lichtenstein, critic Lawrence Alloway places Pop Art on a continuum of twentieth-century art that includes collage, Dada,...

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Cast: Roy Lichtenstein

In the silent film era, movies were never really silent. In the background of films that made figures like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton into...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: George Groves

In his London studio, Francis Bacon discusses his work and approach with David Sylvester. His representations of the human figure in portraits and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Francis Bacon

"Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering" offers examples and insights into the ever-adapting possibilities of concrete....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Kenneth Frampton

For his five Cremaster films Matthew Barney's created a multitude of sculptural forms and structures. Recently both the sculptures and the films...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Matthew Barney

Made in 1980, this film explores the contemporary dance scene through the work of seven New York-based choreographers. They discuss the nature of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Trisha Brown

When Brooklyn's Kings Theater, one of five "Wonder Theaters" in the New York area, closed its doors in 1977, a neighborhood mourned. In a series of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Eli Wallach

This documentary explores the creation of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin as designed by architect Peter Eisenman. Reaction of the German public to...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Peter Eisenman

With the participation of famed architects such as Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid, Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move provides an...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Peter Eisenman

A light-hearted, toe-tapping portrait of the well-known 8 Oscar winning Hollywood costume designer filmed in her opulent house and garden. Edith Head...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Edith Head

Japan's establishment as an economic superpower led to a Golden Age of Japanese architecture. Six innovators stand out particularly, fusing Japanese...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tadao Ando

Centered around the emergence of Constructivism, Futurism, Surrealism and Dada, Beyond Cubism takes a closer look at the artists who ignited the new...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Joseph Beuys

Architect Peter Zumthor lives and works in the remote village of Haldenstein in the Swiss Canton of Graubünden where he can keep the politics of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Kenneth Frampton

In Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality Portugal's renowned architect reviews his work with architectural historian, Kenneth Frampton. While touring his...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Álvaro Siza Vieira