You all know how much I love animated films, so this week I’m choosing to highlight a very special movie that looks absolutely incredible and has a strong art historical theme. Combining both stop-motion and 2D animation, The Inventor tells the story of Leonardo da Vinci as he tests out his more ambitious inventions in […]
Read more "“The Inventor”"More information is being released about an exciting new film project that focuses on the war photography of artist Lee Miller. Starring Kate Winslet and simply titled “Lee,” this film is the directorial debut of cinematographer Ellen Kuras. Conflicting reports suggest that the team is still filming in Europe while others claim the project is […]
Read more "“Lee”"If you thought this post was about yet another film featuring public television artist and pop culture phenomenon Bob Ross, you would be wrong… sort of. “Paint” is a new film that will be released in theaters on Friday, April 7th and stars Owen Wilson as a Bob Ross-like character named Carl Nargle. Carl has […]
Read more "“Paint”"You may recall a few weeks ago when I published a post featuring a selection of art historical references that influenced pop culture in 2022. Well, the film “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” debuted on Netflix on December 23rd, 2022 and has so many art historical references it gets its own blog post! If […]
Read more "Art History in Pop Culture – “Glass Onion” Edition"Exciting news for those who love art, cinema and biographies as the life of artist Hilma af Klint comes to the big screen! While there is currently no release date for the film in the U.S., those in the U.K. can watch the film when it’s released on October 28th. Written and directed by Lasse […]
Read more "“Hilma”"You may not know her name, but I would wager that you might recognize her work and, at the very least, know some of the wild, incredible story that is her life. Margaret Keane, the painter of the waif-like children with large, expressive eyes, passed away on June 26th at the age of 94. If […]
Read more "Margaret Keane & “Big Eyes”"I frequently discuss art-related documentaries on this blog, but from time to time I delve into the world of cinema to highlight films with overt art historical references or that creatively use art to enhance the storytelling process. I even created a YouTube series – How to Read a Movie – to illustrate how filmmakers […]
Read more "“Candyman” (2021)"Jean-Michel Basquiat is having a moment! You may recall that I have featured multiple posts on Jean-Michel Basquiat right here on this very blog. I reviewed two books about Basquiat: one was the catalogue for the Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation exhibition at the Boston MFA and the other was a graphic […]
Read more "Basquiat at the Movies!"“The Electrical Life of Louis Wain” is one of the most beautiful films I have ever seen and is itself a masterful work of art. This film follows the turbulent and eccentric life of British artist Louis Wain whose humorous and loving depictions of cats changed the way in which people of the Victorian era […]
Read more "“The Electrical Life of Louis Wain”"I just watched “Your Name,” a 2016 Japanese animated feature written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, and it is one of the best films I have ever seen – live action, animated or otherwise. Seriously. Not only is every single scene a breathtaking work of art, but the story is absolutely wonderful. “Your Name” is […]
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