Michael Blackwood Productions Popular Movie

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

genus: Documentary

cast: Jimmy Cleveland

Crewdson is observed and questioned closely during his work on ten new images in as many different sets.

genus: Documentary

cast: Gregory Crewdson

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

genus: TV Movie

cast: Matthew Barney

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

genus: Documentary

cast: Francis Bacon

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...

genus: Documentary

cast: Kenneth Frampton

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

genus: Documentary

cast: Allan Arkush

Known for his bold, abstract and stark white buildings, American architect Richard Meier now takes on the challenge of building the Jubilee Church in...

genus: Documentary

cast: Richard Meier

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

genus: Documentary

cast: Laurie Anderson

"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

"Brice Marden: 4 Decades" follows the renowned abstract artist as he explores his acclaimed 2006 MoMA retrospective with curator Gary Garrels....

genus: Documentary

cast: Brice Marden

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:...

genus: Documentary

cast: Roy Lichtenstein

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...

genus: Documentary

cast: Donald Trump

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

genus: Documentary

cast: Peter Eisenman

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...

genus: Documentary

cast: George Groves

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

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...

genus: Documentary

cast: Edith Head

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...

genus: Documentary

cast: Eli Wallach

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

genus: Documentary

cast: Kenneth Frampton

"Post Ductility: Metals in Architecture and Structural Engineering" presents a series of detailed lectures during which the past, present and future...

genus: Documentary

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Accentuating the effects of space, light and structure, glass has become an architectural staple that encourages transparency and visibility...

genus: Documentary

cast: Elizabeth Diller