Filmul spune povestea relației dintre Frida Kahlo și Diego Rivera în timp ce revoluționează lumea artistică. De la relația ei complexă și trainică alături de mentorul și soțul ei până la aventura controversată cu Leon Trotsky, la relațiile provocatoare și romantice avute cu diferite femei, Frida Kahlo a trăit o viață curajoasă, fără compromisuri și a creat o revoluție în politică, sexualitate și artă. Nominalizat în 2002 pentru 6 premii ale Academiei Americane de Film, inclusiv pentru cea mai bună actriță pentru Salma Hayek, filmul este o mărturie incredibilă despre o femeie excepțională care a dus o viață de neuitat.
Follows three young millennials as they form a wholehearted ménage à trois, each of them going through a moment of transition: Fun-loving Marcello from under the thumb of his Italian soap star father, soulful French-Iranian actor Nassim toward a more fulfilling career, and artist Christine through the grief following the death of her grandfather. The trio finds joy together by joining political protests, making art, and falling deeper into their unconventional love, until Marcello must return to Italy.
How can an artist discover abstraction by the beginning of the 20th century and nobody is noticing? A woman, misjudged and concealed, rocks the art world with her mind-blowing oeuvre. Hilma af Klint was a pioneer creating her first abstract painting in 1906, four years before Vassily Kandinsky. But why was she ignored? Why are her paintings not available on the market? This first film on her is about her life and work, the role of women in art history and the discovery of an art scandal. Her quest for meaning in life and a boundless thinking led into a timeless, outstanding oeuvre.
A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famous poets and artists.
In an age when women were incapable of joining the artistic dialogue, Lilias Trotter managed to win the favour of celebrated critics.
In the 1950s, a horror-comic artist's creations come alive and kill him. Years later a new cartoonist revives the creatures in his house, now part of an artist's colony.
Four friends search for love and happiness while working at a California sandwich shop.
A lonely shoe salesman and an eccentric performance artist struggle to connect in this unique take on contemporary life.
An account of the life of the Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653), the first female artist to get international acclaim, recognized as a modern icon, due to her personality and her unyielding defense of her professional integrity.
In vârstă de 17 ani, Sangaile, este fascinată de cascadoriile cu avioane. Fiindu-i teamă de înălţimi, ea nu a îndrăznit nici măcar să intre în vreo carlingă. La un spectacol aeronautic de vară în apropiere de vila părinţilor de pe malul unui lac, o întâlneşte pe Auste, o fată din oraş de vârsta ei, care, spre deosebire de Sangaile, trăieşte viaţa din plin cu creativitate şi îndrăzneală. Deoarece cele două fete încep o idilă, Sangaile îi dezvăluie Austei secretul ei şi găseşte în iubita ei singura persoană care să o încurajeze cu adevărat pentru a-şi îndeplini visul măreţ, acela de a zbura.
Helsinki, 1945. Războiul s-a terminat și viața începe din nou pentru pictorița Tove Jansson. Când o întâlnește pe Viviva Bandler, ea se îndrăgostește. În același timp, creativitatea ei o ia pe drumuri neașteptate.
56-year-old artist Mindy Alper has suffered severe depression and anxiety for most of her life. For a time she even lost the power of speech, and it was during this period that her drawings became extraordinarily articulate.
An art student faces an art block while deadlines are getting closer. Through her frustration, she's going to dive into the psychological issues that threaten her work.
In April 2008, LRS toured across the USA and met some amazing female noise artists. This is what it is like to be a girl of noise.
In an industry that is becoming increasingly competitive, what drives indie filmmakers to keep creating their art, even when there is no promise of money or fame? CREATE OR DIE explores the insatiable passion to create despite the overwhelming odds through the lens of South Carolina writer and filmmaker David Axe, as he and his band of cast and crew head out into the backwoods of Georgia to shoot his low budget passion project ACORN. But when tragedy strikes on set, doubt and tension threaten to bring an end to their production and their dreams.
Before its economic decline, Detroit was a major metropolis. Now, in the 2000s, the young people of the Motor City are making it their own DIY paradise where rules are second to passion and creativity. Johnny Knoxville tours the city to meet some of the people who are creating a new Detroit on their own terms, against real adversity.
In a heavily polluted world, a young woman mourns the disappearance of animal species. When she falls ill due to a bacterial infection, nature appears to send her a message in her hallucinations.
She was a prolific self-portraitist, using the canvas as a mirror through all stages of her turbulent and, at times, tragic life. This highly engaging film takes us on a journey through the life of one of the most prevalent female icons: Frida Kahlo. Displaying a treasure trove of colour and a feast of vibrancy on screen, this personal and intimate film offers privileged access to her works and highlights the source of her feverish creativity, her resilience and her unmatched lust for life, men, women, politics and her cultural heritage.
Never before has the extraordinary life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo been framed in relation to the full spectrum of the historical and cultural influences that shaped her. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FRIDA KAHLO explores the 20th century icon who became an international sensation in the worlds of modern art and radical politics.
This fascinating and retrospective look at the music of the outspoken and multitalented Lydia Lunch represents every stage of her varied career, with featured songs such as "I Woke Up Screaming" from her Teenage Jesus and the Jerks days. Other songs spanning the decades in this collection include "Freud in Flop," "Sorry for Behaving So Badly," "Dead River," "Solo Mystico," "Summon," "Violence Is the Sport of God" and many more.