Od Michael Blackwood Productions Studios
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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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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
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers1 1980 HD
Made in 1980, this film explores the contemporary dance scene through the work of seven New York-based choreographers. They discuss the nature of...
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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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1978
Masters of Modern Sculpture Part II: Beyond Cubism
Masters of Modern Sculpture Part II: Beyond Cubism1 1978 HD
Centered around the emergence of Constructivism, Futurism, Surrealism and Dada, Beyond Cubism takes a closer look at the artists who ignited the new...
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2007
Bernd and Hilla Becher: Typologies of Industrial Architecture
Bernd and Hilla Becher: Typologies of Industrial Architecture1 2007 HD
Working together as photographers since 1957, Bernd and Hilla Becher have become known for capturing endangered architecture quickly vanishing from...
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1993
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros1 1993 HD
The Sensual Nature of Sound portrays four New York based composers and performers in terms of their musical lives and artistic passion. Though Laurie...
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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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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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1986
Richard Meier
Richard Meier1 1986 HD
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...
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1994
Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy
Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy6.00 1994 HD
American composers have long struggled against the momentum of the Western European classical tradition and the prestige it has held in America's...
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2011
Permanent Change: Plastics in Architecture and Engineering
Permanent Change: Plastics in Architecture and Engineering1 2011 HD
"Permanent Change" looks at the history and development of plastic within the architectural world. Capturing both a series of lectures and a panel...