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20 Cans of Chunky Beef Soup
$14.95 | 52 minutes
20 CANS OF CHUNKY BEEF SOUP is the story of Maxim Vakhmin, a veritable alleycat of a man. Revered as both an angel and a devil, Maxim (once known as a successful artist in his native Russia) is losing friends and finding new ones as a homeless person in the USA. Watch him stealthily steal cans of beer from a deli, sneak into the Chelsea…
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$9.95 | 52 minutes
20 CANS OF CHUNKY BEEF SOUP is the story of Maxim Vakhmin, a veritable alleycat of a man. Revered as both an angel and a devil, Maxim (once known as a successful artist in his native Russia) is losing friends and finding new ones as a homeless person in the USA. Watch him stealthily steal cans of beer from a deli, sneak into the Chelsea&hellip…
5 Films About Christo amp; Jeanne-Claude
$49.95 | 282 minutes
The vision of environmental/conceptual artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude creates a whirlwind of controversy in many of the communities where they install their work. Known for projects as seemingly incomprehensible as surrounding islands around Miami in flamboyantly pink fabric and using fabric to disguise the Pont-Neuf in Paris, the…
A Bigger Splash
$20.95 | 105 minutes
1971: the artist David Hockney is well on his way to art world super-stardom. Filmmaker Jack Hazan, camera rolling, follows Hockney from London to New York to Los Angeles - capturing the artist as he struggles to create what would prove to be some of his most enduring works: those featuring Hockney's model and lover, Peter Schlesinger. Straddling&hellip…
A Model for Matisse
$20.95 | 67 minutes
A warm and richly painted portrait of the little known and tender relationship between one of the twentieth century's greatest artists, Henri Matisse, and the woman who inspired him to create what Matisse proclaimed the masterpiece of his life's work: The Chapel of the Rosary in the French Mediterranean village of Vence. This lovely&hellip…
A Summer in the Cage
$24.95 | 82 minutes
"I highly recommend A Summer in the Cage. It is an extraordinary film: powerful, affecting and honest." -Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison, Professor of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University, Author of An Unquiet Mind and Touched with Fire. A Summer in the Cage is a feature-length documentary about Sam Murchison's battle with manic-depressive illness-…
A Triplet Affair
$7.95 | 16 minutes
Lauryn Siegel created A TRIPLET AFFAIR as a humorous response to the thousands of people she has met throughout her life who continue to ask, "What it's like being a triplet?" Siegel, who acted as producer, director and writer on this short film, has been actively engaged in creating media across platforms for the past 10 years. She is&hellip…
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$4.95 | 16 minutes
Lauryn Siegel created A TRIPLET AFFAIR as a humorous response to the thousands of people she has met throughout her life who continue to ask, "What it's like being a triplet?" Siegel, who acted as producer, director and writer on this short film, has been actively engaged in in creating media across platforms for the past 10 years. She&hellip…
Absolut Warhola
$17.95 | 80 minutes
This lighthearted documentary traces the humble origins of artist and pop icon Andy Warhol back to two small, quiet villages in Eastern Europe. There, director Stanislaw Mucha interviews subjects ranging from Warhol's relatives to the curator of Warhola Museum, who seems to have much different criteria for choosing which works to display&hellip…
Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer
$7.95 | 88 minutes
British documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield (KURT & COURTNEY) travels to Florida to survey the media craze surrounding America's first female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos. In his search for facts, Broomfield uncovers a never-ending trail of opportunists looking to cash in on her story, alleged police corruption, and some disturbing&hellip…