We can't always watch Rick and Morty and Inside Job, right? ... Right? (Deep silence) Anyway, we should take a break and look at the world of art and culture. Isn't it an ideal day for a dinner and movie duo? (You can adapt it to whatever day you read it) You ordered a delicious meal or cooked that delicious meal that you had in mind since last night, looking for something to watch while you eat it... A TV series? Definitely not... So how about the movie? We already know that it will not end at the same time as the meal - it never progresses in sync, but we should not give up trying - we still made a list. Many movies and documentaries are waiting for you, from those who drink tea with Mussolini to the most famous museums of the world! Here is your list of films and documentaries about art and museums that you must watch:
- MUSEO (MUSEUM) (2018)Directed by: Alonso Ruizpalacios
Starring: Gael García Bernal, Leonardo Ortizgris, Simon Russell Beale, Lynn Gilmartin, Alfredo Castro, Leticia Brédice.
Year: 2018
Running time: 128 minutes
Two veterinary students, Juan Núñez and Benjamín Wilson, plan on robbing the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City and stealing precious Mayan, Mixtec, and Zapotec artifacts. While everyone celebrates Christmas in 1985, the two thieves manage to break inside the museum and steal hundreds of pieces of artifacts. They return home to see on the news how their deed is described as an attack on the entire nation, and realize that there is no turning back. - MUSEE HAUTS, MUSEE BAS (A DAY AT THE MUSEUM) (2008)
Directed by: Jean-Michel Ribes
Starring: Michel Blanc, Gérard Jugnot, Pierre Arditi, Isabelle Carré, Simon Abkarian, Victoria Abril, Alfredo Arias
Year: 2008
Running time: 97 minutes
The museum seen as a microcosm. A curator terrified of green plants, a ballet of Virgin Saints, a car that has disappeared in the Rembrandt car park, visitors in love with the Impressionists, Gilbert and George, Picasso, Gauguin and Warhol - all are connected with an art museum.
*We recommend you to watch it as a theater play. - MUSEUM HOURS (2012)Directed by: Jem Cohen
Starring: Mary Margaret O'Hara, Bobby Sommer, Ela Piplits
Year: 2012
Running time: 106 minutes
When a Vienna museum guard befriends an enigmatic visitor, the grand Kunsthistorisches Museum becomes a crossroads that sparks explorations of their lives, the city, and the ways art reflects and shapes the world.One Vienna winter, Johan, a guard at the grand Kunsthistorisches Museum encounters Anne, a visitor called to Austria for a family medical emergency. Never having been to Austria and with little money, she wanders the city in limbo, taking the museum as her refuge. Johann, initially wary, offers help, and they're drawn into each other's worlds. Their meeting sparks an unexpected series of explorations – of their own lives and the life of the city, and of the way artwork can reflect and shape daily experience. The museum is seen not as an archaic institution of historical artifacts, but as an enigmatic crossroads in which, through the art, a discussion takes place across time with vital implications in the contemporary world. The "conversations" embodied in the museum's collection revolve around the matters that most concern us: death, sex, history, theology, materialism, and so on. It's through the regular lives of the guard and displaced visitor that these heady subjects are brought down to earth and made manifest. - NATIONAL MUSEUM (2020) (Documentary)Directed by: Andrei Zagdansky
Year: 2020
Running time: 90 minutes
A “direct cinema” documentary, National Museum, explores the art and inner workings of the major art institution in Kiev, Ukraine. Restoration specialists, curators, art handlers, designers and, of course, visitors are fascinating characters in this unhurried, poignant and occasionally funny survey of what is cherished and revered by the nation of forty five million. Curating, mounting and opening of two special exhibitions – one dedicated to the Ukrainian baroque and another one to a prominent avant-garde artist, Alexander Bogomazov –are the defining events in the narrative structure of the film. - NATIONAL GALLERY (2014) (Documentary)Directed by: Frederick Wiseman
Starring: Leanne Benjamin, Kausikan Rajeshkumar, Jo Shapcott
Year: 2014
Running time: 180 minutes
A documentary that goes inside one of the great museums of the world: The National Gallery in London. The National Gallery in London is one of the great museums of the world with 2400 paintings from the 13th to the end of the 19th century. Almost every human experience is represented in one or the other of the paintings. The sequences of the film show the public in various galleries; the education programs, and the scholars, scientists and curators, studying, restoring and planning the exhibitions. The relation between painting and storytelling is explored. - THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE (1969) +18Directed by: Ronald Neame
Starring: Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Pamela Franklin, Gordon Jackson, Celia Johnson
Year: 1969
Running time: 116 minutes
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a British drama film from a screenplay written by Jay Presson Allen, adapted from her own stage play, which was in turn based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Muriel Spark.Jean Brodie (Maggie Smith) is a free-spirited teacher at a Scottish girls' school during the 1930s. She encourages her young pupils to embrace romantic ideals, educating them about love and art rather than hard facts. However, her controversial teaching philosophy draws the ire of the school's headmistress, Miss Mackey (Celia Johnson), and, as Miss Brodie becomes entangled in a love triangle, her behavior towards her favorite students becomes increasingly manipulative. - EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP (2010) (Documentary)Directed by: Banksy
Starring: Banksy, Mr. Brainwash (Thierry Guetta), Shepard Fairey, Invader
Year: 2010
Running time: 87 minutes
"The story of how an eccentric French shop-keeper and amateur film-maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner. The film contains footage of Banksy, Shephard Fairey, Invader and many of the world's most infamous graffiti artists at work."—Sundance Film Festival - THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING (2018) (Documentary)
Directed by: Nathaniel Kahn
Starring: Jeff Koons, George Condo, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Larry Poons
Year: 2018
Running time: 98 minutes
The film features interviews with people prominently involved in contemporary art and the market for it, including; artists Jeff Koons, Larry Poons, Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Gerhard Richter, George Condo, Marilyn Minter art dealer Gavin Brown, Sotheby's executive vice president Amy Cappellazzo, auctioneer Simon de Pury, collectors Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson and Inga Rubenstein, and art critic Jerry Saltz. - THE LOST LEONARDO (2021) (Documentary)Directed by: Andreas Koefoed
Starring: Georgina Adam, Warren Adelson, Evan Beard, Yves Bouvier, Alexandra Bregman, Dianne Dwyer Modestini, Doug Patteson, Antoine Harari, Martin Kemp, David Kirkpatrick, Robert King Wittman, Alexander Parish, Jerry Saltz, Kenny Schachter, Robert Simon, Frank Zöllner
Year: 2021
Running time: 95 minutes
The Lost Leonardo is an internationally co-produced documentary film and it follows the discovery and successive sales of the Salvator Mundi painting, allegedly done by Leonardo da Vinci, an artist for whom there are only a few attributed works in existence. The film chronicles the dramatic increases in the painting's value from its original purchase in 2005 for $1,175 to its auction in 2017 for $450 million when it became the most expensive artwork ever sold. The use of high-end artwork for hiding wealth, as well as the conflicts created by large commissions and other economic incentives, are explored in the film. It includes interviews with leading art experts and art critics on issues regarding the provenance and authenticity of the work. - THE LONGEST RIDE (2015) +18Directed by: George Tillman Jr.
Starring: Britt Robertson, Scott Eastwood, Jack Huston, Oona Chaplin, Jason Fabian, Alan Alda
Year: 2015
Running time: 128 minutes
The Longest Ride is a American Neo Western romantic drama film based on Nicholas Sparks' 2013 novel of the same name. Professional bull rider Luke Collins meets Sophia Danko, an art student at Wake Forest University, after she attends a PBR event. On the way home from their first date, they spot a car crash in the woods and help rescue an elderly man from the vehicle, along with a box full of letters.The harmony of the romance of the past and the romance of the new generation. - TEA WITH MUSSOLINI (1999)Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
Starring: Cher, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, Lily Tomlin, Charlie Lucas, Baird Wallace, Massimo Ghini, Paolo Seganti, Michael Williams
Year: 1999
Running time: 112 minutes
Tea with Mussolini (Un tè con Mussolini) is an Anglo-Italian semi-autobiographical comedy-drama war film, telling the story of a young Italian boy's upbringing by a circle of British and American women before and during the Second World War.
*You will see the struggle and value that a few people put into preserving historical artifacts. - CHILDREN OF MEN (2006)Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
Starring: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlie Hunnam
Year: 2006
Running time: 109 minutes
Children of Men is a dystopian action thriller film co-written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. The screenplay, based on P. D. James' 1992 novel The Children of Men, was credited to five writers, with Clive Owen making uncredited contributions. The film takes place in 2027, when two decades of human infertility have left society on the brink of collapse. Asylum seekers seek sanctuary in the United Kingdom, where they are subjected to detention and refoulement by the government. Owen plays civil servant Theo Faron, who must help refugee Kee (Clare-Hope Ashitey) escape the chaos.
*A film we've analyzed before. You can find that article here. - BANDE A PART (1964)
Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard
Starring: Anna Karina, Sami Frey, Claude Brasseur
Year: 1964
Running time: 97 minutes
The unforgettable film of the film critic, film director and screenwriter Jean-Luc Godard, who passed away in September. Bande à part is a French New Wave film and it was released as Band of Outsiders in North America; its French title derives from the phrase faire bande à part, which means "to do something apart from the group". The film is about three people who commit a robbery. It received positive critical reviews, and its dance scene has been referenced several times in popular culture. - MADE YOU LOOK: A TRUE STORY ABOUT FAKE ART (2020) (Documentary)Directed by: Barry Avrich
Year: 2020
Running time: 94 minutes
A documentary about the largest art fraud in American history set in the super rich, super obsessed and superfast art world of New York. Controversy erupts when an unassuming couple floods the art market with a collection of fake art sold for millions to the prestigious Knoedler Gallery who then sold the art to collectors and the art world elite, in this entertaining and suspenseful tale of an $80 million ingenious con that everyone wanted to believe was real. - WASTE LAND (2010) (Documentary)
Directed by: Lucy Walker, João Jardim, Karen Harley
Starring: Vik Muniz
Year: 2010
Running time: 100 minutes
Waste Land is a British-Brazilian documentary film. The film chronicles artist Vik Muniz, who travels to the world's largest landfill, Jardim Gramacho outside Rio de Janeiro, to collaborate with a lively group of catadores of recyclable materials, who find a way to the most prestigious auction house in London via the surprising transformation of refuse into contemporary art. The catadores work in a co-operative founded and led by Sebastião Carlos Dos Santos, the ACAMJG, or Association of Pickers of Jardim Gramacho, who dreamed of improving life for his community. The money created by the selling of the artworks was given back to the catadores and the ACAMJG, as well as the prize money from the film awards, to help the catadores and their community. - BLURRED LINES: INSIDE THE ART WORLDDirected by: Barry Avrich
Starring: Julian Schnabel, Marina Abramovic, Rashid Johnson, Vicky Ward, Michael Ovitz, Amy Cappellazzo
Year: 2017
Running time: 84 minutes
An overview of the major players in the contemporary art market and of the economic factors that motivate those individuals and institutions.
"As one art scene insider proclaims, the contemporary art world can be summed up as “rich people trying to prove how rich they are,” but is that all there is to this billion dollar industry? Well-researched and expertly constructed, Barry Avrich’s eye-opening documentary peels back the layers of the art world economy- from production to circulation, and delineates every integral player in the game of art-making, including curators, gallerists, collectors, donors, auction houses, and … artists. In the process, he unpacks the complex and surprising ecosystem that supports the art world superstars and million-dollar deals that make front-page news. Featuring extraordinary access to industry players and candid statements from prominent artists like Damien Hirst, Julian Schnabel, Taryn Simon, and Marina Abramovic, Blurred Lines collides the two narratives of the art world as both above and beholden to market forces." —Shayna Weingast - CENTRE POMPIDOU: CECI N'EST PAS UN MUSEE (2017) (Documentary)
Directed by: Jean-Marc Gosse
Year: 2016
Running time: 53 minutes
The Centre Pompidou (Paris, France) is, along with the MOMA and the Tate Modern, one of the most important cultural institutions in the world. 46 years ago, its creation aroused controversy and astonishment both by the modernity of its architecture, its claimed multidisciplinarity and by its approach to art as a whole. Beyond its collection, which has become the most important in the world, what about its evolution and its future? How does the original utopia still inhabit this incredible machine today? Major players in contemporary art, artists and creators give us their vision of this exceptional place with passion.
*'Ceci n'est pas une pipe' on René Magritte's artwork called 'La Trahison des images' has become one of the most curious phrases in French. As you can understand from the title of the documentary... - THE GREAT MUSEUM (DAS GROSSE MUSEUM) (2014) (Documentary) Directed by: Johannes Holzhausen
Year: 2014
Running time: 93 minutes
This feature documentary portrays one of the most important museums in the world, the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna’s Museum of Art History. It presents a unique look behind the scenes of this fascinating institution and encounters a number of charismatic protagonists and their working fields unfolding the museum’s special world - as an art institution as well as a vehicle for stately representation.
- KUSAMA: INFINITY (2018) (Documentary)
Directed by: Heather Lenz
Starring: Yayoi Kusama
Year: 2018
Running time: 76 minutes
Kusama: Infinity is an American biographical documentary film that chronicles the life and art of Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama, now one of the best-selling artists in the world, who overcame sexism, racism, and a stigma of mental illness to achieve international recognition relatively late in her career. - MUSEUM TOWN (2018) (Documentary)
Directed by: Jennifer Trainer
Year: 2018
Running time: 75 minutes
Museum Town is a documentary film about MASS MoCA. The film is narrated by Meryl Streep. Museum Town tells the story of a unique museum, the small town it calls home, and the great risk, hope, and power of art to transform a desolate post-industrial city.
In 2017, MASS MoCA became the largest museum for contemporary art in the world—but just three decades before, its vast brick buildings were the abandoned relics of a massive shuttered factory. How did such a wildly improbable transformation come to be? A testament to tenacity and imagination, Museum Town traces the remarkable story of how a rural Massachusetts town went from economic collapse to art mecca. Threaded with interviews of a diverse cast - a tattooed curator, a fabricator, former factory worker, and shopkeepers—the film also looks at the artistic process itself, tracking the work and ideas of celebrated artist Nick Cave as he creates his groundbreaking installation at MASS MoCA, until.
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