The Black Hole (1979)

 1979 concept art for  The Black Hole by Peter Ellenshaw

Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art (2020)

 

Made You Look is an American crime documentary about the largest art fraud in American history set in the super rich, super obsessed and super fast art world of New York.

Fascinating documentary works on several levels, since there are more than just one mystery behind this infamous art forgery scandal;  what it does reveal quite clearly is that the whole money-heavy art world thrives within a "I want to believe" mood and not so much with true expertise.

 

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)

Visages villages (2017)

Director Agnes Varda and photographer/muralist J.R. journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.

Collaborative documentary is seemingly improvised with lightness and charm, but on its way it reveals depth, empathy and some surprsing insights about art and everyday life.

Blade Runner (1982)

Blade Runner concept art by Syd Mead (illus. 1980, film 1982)

New acquisition: Jan Svankmajer

Local Color (2006)

A talented but troubled 18-year-old aspiring artist befriends a brilliant elderly alcoholic painter who has turned his back on not only art but life.

Nicely told autobiographical tale of an artist and his pupil has good cinematography and  an excellent cats, but showcases a rather reactionary concept of Art.

Maltin***: "Meuller-Stahl is wonderful, and the youthful Morgan keeps up with him at every turn. Deeply felt autobiographical drama..."

David Lynch: The Art Life (2016)

Artist and filmmaker David Lynch discusses his early life and the events that shaped his outlook on art and the creative process.

Contemplative and insightful documentary focuses on David Lynch's life and his work as an artist before he became a filmmaker and fascinates by giving him a lot of space to tell his own story.

Renoir (2012)

On the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir -- son of the Impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste -- returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I; at his side is Andrée, a young woman who rejuvenates, enchants, and inspires both father and son.

Nicely staged and well cast, but somnambulant and stolid period piece that doesn't really reveal much about art, cinema or romance.

Maltin**1/2: "If accurate cosmetics were all, this film would totally hit the mark, but the effects is too stately to rate more than a mild nice-try curtsy. Lovers of either artist may still want to give this a shot."