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Worth a Watch ?
(Go on ,You know you want to!)
 

New!  TV and FILM recommendations


My Ratings *  😀😀= Watch it now​ !
                              😀= Very Good
                              🙂 = Good
                              😐 = Worth a watch
                              🙁 = Reserve for those nights when....well, there's 
                                        just nothing else to do!

Husky

Some factual, A few fictional and most with a smattering of both

TV (factual documentaries) also some can be found on YOUTUBE

  • Nazi Treasure Hunters  😀  - UKTV Play (Series.)

  • Mackintosh: Glasgow's Neglected Genius 🙂 - BBC4 16/07/2018

  • Bricks! 🙂 - BBC4 17/07/2018

  • Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2018 😀 - BBC2 16/06/2018

  • The Private life of the Royal Academy 😀  - BBC2 12/05/2018

  • Stealing Van Gogh 🙂- BBC2 24/01/2018

  • Who's Afraid of Conceptual Art? 🙂 - BBC4 30/10/2017

  • Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau 😀 - BBC4 07/08/2018 repeated

  • The Mystery of Van Gogh's Ear 😀  - BBC4 07/12/2018

  • Lowry 😀 -1957 BBC Documentary features Lowry himself; Provides rare insight - YouTube

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  Both BBC4 and Sky Arts regularly broadcast excellent Art Programmes

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FILM

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  • The Last Vermeer (2019) 😀 - Artist - Han van Meergeren / J. Vermeer

  • Mrs Lowry and Son (2019) 🙂 Artist - L.S. Lowry

  • At Eternity's Gate (2019) 😀 Artist - Vincent Van Gogh

  • Loving Vincent (2017)   😄 Artist - Vincent Van Gogh

  • Final Portrait (2017)   😄  Artist - Alberto Giacometti

  • Gauguin (2017) 🙂 Artist - Paul Gauguin

  • Rodin (2017)  🙁 Artist  - Auguste Rodin

  • Cezanne et Moi (2016) 🙂 Artist  - Paul Cezanne

  • Egon Schiele :Death and the Maiden (2016)  😀 Artist - Egon Schiele

  • Mr Turner (2014) 🙁 Artist - JMW  Turner

  • The Monuments Men (2014) 😄Artist - indirectly relates to varying past masters

  • Museum Hours (2013)  😐 Artist(s) None specific.  set in Museum in Vienna... Mostly Bruegel

  • Renoir (2012) 🙂 Artist - Pierre Auguste Renoir

  • Van Gogh: Painted with Words (2010)  🙂  Artist - Vincent Van Gogh

  • Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) 🙁 Artist - Georgia O'Keeffe

  • Carravaggio (2007)  😐 Artist  - michaelangelo merisi da CARRAVAGGIO

  • Nightwatching (2007)🙁 Artist - Rembrandt van Rijn

  • The Impressionists (2006)  BBC film 😀😄 Artist - Various impressionists

  • Klimt (2006) 🙁 Artist - Gustav Klimt

  • Goyas Ghosts (2006) 🙁 Artist - Francisco de Goya

  • Modigliani (2004)🙁 Artist - Amedeo Modigliani

  • The Girl with the pearl earring (2003) 🙂 Artist - Johannes Vermeer

  • Frida (2002)  🙂 - Frida Kahlo

  • Pollock (2000)  😐 Artist - Jackson Pollock 

  • Lautrec (1998) 🙁 Artist - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

  • Artemisia (1997)  🙁 Artist - Artemisia Gentileschi

  • Surviving Picasso (1996) 😐Artist - Pablo Picasso

  • Oviri: The Wolf at the Door (1986) 😐Artist - Paul Gauguin

  • Edvard Munch (1974) 😐 Artist - Edvard Munch

  • Lust for life (1956)🙂 Artist - Vincent Van Gogh

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 *My ratings are not based on my like or dislike of the artist, purely the film.

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NB. Due to the propensity of most artists to paint nudes at some point in their lifetime, this is reflected in                 film and most do contain some nudity

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