From Michael Blackwood Productions Studios
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2005
Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression
Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression2.00 2005 HD
Crewdson is observed and questioned closely during his work on ten new images in as many different sets.
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1988
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser6.80 1988 HD
A documentary film about the life of pianist and jazz great Thelonious Monk. Features live performances by Monk and his band, and interviews with...
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1985
Empire City
Empire City9.00 1985 HD
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...
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2009
Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial
Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial1 2009 HD
This documentary explores the creation of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin as designed by architect Peter Eisenman. Reaction of the German public to...
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2012
The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor
The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor1 2012 HD
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...
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1975
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein1 1975 HD
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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1987
Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact
Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact1 1987 HD
In his London studio, Francis Bacon discusses his work and approach with David Sylvester. His representations of the human figure in portraits and...
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2012
Lebbeus Woods + Steven Holl: The Practice of Architecture
Lebbeus Woods + Steven Holl: The Practice of Architecture1 2012 HD
Architects Lebbeus Woods and Steven Holl have been friends for many years, brought together by their creativity, philosophy and visionary...
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1995
Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move
Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move1 1995 HD
With the participation of famed architects such as Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid, Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move provides an...
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1980
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush1 1980 HD
When Brooklyn's Kings Theater -- one of five "Wonder Theaters" in the New York area -- closed its doors in 1977, the neighborhood mourned. In a...
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1976
Hollywood's Musical Moods
Hollywood's Musical Moods1 1976 HD
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...
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1990
Arata Isozaki II: International Projects
Arata Isozaki II: International Projects1 1990 HD
Through a blend of Japanese history and Western influence, Arata Isozaki has built a career around his boldly distinctive architectural style....
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2004
The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney
The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney1 2004 HD
For his five Cremaster films Matthew Barney's created a multitude of sculptural forms and structures. Recently both the sculptures and the films...
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2012
Kenneth Frampton: A Critical Voice
Kenneth Frampton: A Critical Voice1 2012 HD
Critic Kenneth Frampton is a masterful commentator on the architecture of our time. At the start of his long-spanning career Frampton worked as an...
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1978
Masters of Modern Sculpture Part III: The New World
Masters of Modern Sculpture Part III: The New World1 1978 HD
The Masters of Modern Sculpture series concludes with a look at post- World War II America, where sculpture became a deeply innovative art form....
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1990
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis8.00 1990 HD
"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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1991
Art in an Age of Mass Culture
Art in an Age of Mass Culture1 1991 HD
Art in an Age of Mass Culture pulls back the curtain and takes a look at the cultural climate surrounding MoMA's now famed exhibition, "High and Low:...
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2009
Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering
Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering1 2009 HD
"Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering" offers examples and insights into the ever-adapting possibilities of concrete....
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1988
Frank Gehry: The Formative Years
Frank Gehry: The Formative Years1 1988 HD
Narrated by the architect himself, Frank Gehry: The Formative Years explores his long standing career and unique eye. The film looks at a number of...
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2014
The Artist's Studio: Carroll Dunham
The Artist's Studio: Carroll Dunham1 2014 HD
In an effort to work without the distractions of the city, artist Carroll Dunham moved his studio from Manhattan to a small village in Connecticut,...