Michael Blackwood Productions Popular Movie

The Sensual Nature of Sound portrays four New York based composers and performers in terms of their musical lives and artistic passion. Though Laurie...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Laurie Anderson

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

Renowned English painter, David Hockney, takes us on a visual journey as he shares with us his treasured photo diaries. Consisting of polaroids...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: David Hockney

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

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

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

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Kenneth Frampton

In 1943 Herbert and Lotte Strauss made the courageous decision to escape from Germany and almost certain extermination in a Nazi concentration camp....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Herbert Strauss

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

American composers have long struggled against the momentum of the Western European classical tradition and the prestige it has held in America's...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Lou Harrison

Art historians and critics talk with Philip Guston about his ideas and new work of the 1970's. Filmed during the making of "Philip Guston: A Life...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Philip Guston

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:...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Roy Lichtenstein

"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

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,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast:

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Erika Mann

"Marking Infinity", Lee Ufan's recent retrospective exhibition at the Guggenheim charts the artist's creation of a visual, conceptual, and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ufan Lee

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

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

The Masters of Modern Sculpture series concludes with a look at post- World War II America, where sculpture became a deeply innovative art form....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Christo