Artworks (2003)

Mr. Bean trabaja como vigilante del prestigioso Royal National Gallery. Sus jefes están hartos de él y quieren despedirlo a causa de sus continuas meteduras de pata, pero no pueden hacerlo porque cuenta con la recomendación del director del museo. Para asegurarse de que su incompetencia quede de manifiesto ingenian un plan para enviarle a los EE.UU. como un experto en arte con el fin de adquirir el cuadro más valioso del mundo.

Nicholas, un joven artista parisino, viaja con su novia Marianne a un pequeño pueblo de provincias para visitar a Edouard Frenhofer, un famoso pintor que vive allí aislado del mundo. Nicholas intenta persuadirlo para que pinte su último gran cuadro: "La bella mentirosa", con su novia como modelo.

El Coronel Franz Von Waldheim se encuentra destacado en París con una misión muy concreta: hacerse con las modernas pinturas francesas, las mismas calificadas de "degeneradas" por los nazis, y cargarlas en un tren con destino a Alemania para el Tercer Reich. Eso sí, ha de tener mucho cuidado de no dañar la carga y, además, tiene de tiempo límite lo que tarden los aliados en reconquistar la ciudad, es decir, poco margen, ya que cada vez están más cerca.

Después de cada uno de sus atroces asesinatos, un asesino en serie deja una señal difícilmente olvidable: transforma los cuerpos de sus víctimas en copias de grotescas obras de arte. Para ello se basa en el concepto artístico de la anamorfosis, una técnica pictórica que consiste en manipular las leyes de la perspectiva para crear dos puntos de vista diferentes de una misma composición.

Tras una actuación, el actor Jack es confundido con el asesino profesional Ace. Jack no se percata del error hasta que es demasiado tarde y lo llevan ante el capo Leo Smooth, que quiere que Ace haga "un trabajo" para él. Temiendo por su vida, Jack representa el papel, mientras busca una vía de escape.

A police chief's daughter, a sales agent for a home-security firm, meets an art gallery owner. Love and envy lead them to hatch a plot to steal overlooked but valuable paintings from her wealthy clients.

Mindy Alper es una torturada y brillante artista de 56 años representada por una de las galerías más importantes de Los Ángeles. Sus problemas mentales la han obligado a pasar mucho tiempo en instituciones psiquiátricas, incluso a vivir un periodo de 10 años sin poder hablar. Sin embargo, ha sido capaz de producir un gran número de obras que expresan su estado emocional con una precisión psicológica increíble.

Acting as part ode and through a series of interpretations, Claudette’s Star depicts young artists considering with sheer wonder who is given a voice.

A documentary on the life of painter Frank Frazetta, who revolutionized science fiction, fantasy and comic art with breathtaking realistic paintings of fantastic heroes, most famously Conan the Barbarian.

Every day dozens of decommissioned school buses leave the United States on a southward migration that carries them to Guatemala, where they are repaired, repainted, and resurrected as the brightly-colored camionetas that bring the vast majority of Guatemalans to work each day. Since 2006, nearly 1,000 camioneta drivers and fare-collectors have been murdered for either refusing or being unable to pay the extortion money demanded by local Guatemalan gangs. LA CAMIONETA follows one such bus on its transformative journey: a journey between North and South, between life and death, and through an unfolding collection of moments, people, and places that serve to quietly remind us of the interconnected worlds in which we live.

A look at the feud between graffiti artists King Robbo and Banksy.

One and a half years before the begin of the Second World War during the annexation of Austria in March of 1938, Hitler conceived the megalomaniac idea of creating the largest European art center in his home town of Linz. At the beginning of the war on the 1st of September 1939, not only did his armies advance but also his art thieves began to fan out in their great foray of art plundering; an expedition on a previously unheard of scale began. Not only did the task forces of diverse National Socialist organizations pillage the occupied countries; Nazi bigwigs like Goering also took whatever they felt was valuable. This documentary includes the long and eventful journey of an exceptional masterpiece of European art: the Ghent Altar, created by van Eyck.

The first major profile of the American Pop Art cult leader after his death in 1987 covers the whole of his life and work through interviews, clips from his films, and conversations with his family and superstar friends. Andy Warhol, the son of poor Czech immigrants, grew up in the industrial slums of Pittsburgh while dreaming of Hollywood stars. He went on to become a star himself.

A travelogue celebrating the 1939 Golden Gate Exposition and highlighting its exhibition of classical paintings and stunning lighting effects.

A beautifully done video of Burning Man 2001, 2002 & 2003. Lots of people interviews, Center Cafe activity and extensive coverage of artist David Best and the Temple construction and burn. This documentary captures the swirling columns of dust that were created during the intense heat of the 2002 Temple burn.

Documentary on the marijuana pipe glassblowing industry and culture surrounding it.

With a strong emphasis on founder Larry Harvey and temple artist David Best, this video expresses the scale and power of the Burning Man experience. Superb cinematography and editing are combined to make this is one of the most moving Burning Man videos ever produced.

50 years ago, Sydneysiders were shocked and the art world astonished by Christo's wrapping of the Little Bay coastline. Hungarian migrant and entrepreneur John Kaldor, who initiated this monumental work, has said “it all started with a stale sandwich, in Christo's studio in 1968 New York.” Now, Project 34 (by Asad Raza) is about to be unveiled, and UK artist Michael Landy is designing the exhibition to celebrate 50 years of Kaldor Public Art Projects.

An inspiring 75min DIY documentary film on new art and the young artists behind it. It was all filmed on the heat of live action of the first NOVA Contemporary Culture Festival, July and August 2010 in São Paulo, Brazil.

Balkan Baroque is a real and imaginary biography of the Yugoslavian performance artist Marina Abramovic. Rather than a mechanical reproduction of the artist's work, the film tries to create a new reality by translating the performances into cinematographic images that intensify the fictional context of the film. Abramovic plays herself, but ,appearing in multiple forms, blurs her own identity. Memories and fantasies intermingle with day to day rituals. The chronological narrative often breaks to reflect the interior voyage of the protagonist from the present to the past and back to the present. The result is a visually impressive film. Balkan Baroque had its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, 1999.