Category Archives: documentary

Goya’s portraits (documentary: ‘Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood’ – David Bickerstaff, 2015)

Posted on January 17, 2020 by admin

About one third of the works left to posterity by Francisco Goya were portraits. He was one of the most outstanding portraitists in the history of fine arts and many of his works in this genre represent formidable artistic creations … Continue reading →

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a song of love (film: As Vozes do Fado – Ruben Alves, Christophe Fonseca, 2017)

Posted on December 8, 2019 by admin

There are many nations whose souls are wonderfully expressed in music. But rare are the cases where a single word defines not only the genre and the musical genius of the nation, but also its character and its history. Of … Continue reading →

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world-wide screening (Spirits in the Forest – Depeche Mode, 2019)

Posted on November 21, 2019 by admin

November 21, 2019 may remain in history for several reasons. One of them is the fact that on this day, the premiere of the documentary ‘Spirits in the Forest‘ took place simultaneously in many cities around the world, The event … Continue reading →

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surprising Renoir (documentary: Exhibition on Screen: Renoir – Reviled and Revered – Phil Grabsky, 2016)

Posted on October 18, 2019 by admin

We have the chance to see the films from the ‘Exhibition on Screen’ series at our local cinematheque. Yesterday we had the pleasure not only of watching the documentary ‘Exhibition on Screen: Renoir – Reviled and Revered‘, but also of … Continue reading →

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John & especially Yoko (film: John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky – Michael Epstein, 2018)

Posted on October 11, 2019 by admin

The documentary ‘John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky‘ can be considered as a post-trauma movie. The Beatles fans who are today at or near retirement age were experiencing a traumatic period 50 years ago. The internal conflicts between the … Continue reading →

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Spielberg – the documentary (Film: Spielberg – Susan Lacy, 2017)

Posted on October 9, 2019 by admin

147 minutes may be too much or too little for a documentary about the biography and career of one of the most important contemporary film directors. That’s exactly the feeling left by Susan Lacy‘s ‘Spielberg‘ for HBO. On one hand … Continue reading →

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clash of the giants (documentary: Karajan – Bernstein, le combat des chefs – Emmanuelle Franc, 2015)

Posted on September 19, 2019 by admin

Herbert von Karajan was born in 1908 and died in July 1989, just a few months before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Leonard Bernstein was born in 1918 and died in October 1990, and in one of his last … Continue reading →

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the unbelievable past (Documentary: Utopia impusa – Marius Barna, 2010)

Posted on September 15, 2019 by admin

The documentary film ‘Utopia impusa‘ (‘The Imposed Utopia’) was made in 2009. That was the year of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the communist regime in Romania, and screenwriter Lucian Dan Teodorovici and director Marius Barna felt the … Continue reading →

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Leonardo, the painter (Film: Leonardo Live – Phil Grabsky, 2012)

Posted on September 13, 2019 by admin

I saw last night at the local cinematheque one of the oldest art documentaries of the series ‘Exhibition on Screen’, dedicated to Leonardo Da Vinci’s paintings and made in 2012 by Phil Grabsky, on the occasion of the exhibition that … Continue reading →

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like being there … or better (Documentary: Exhibition on Screen: David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts – Phil Grabsky, 2017)

Posted on August 16, 2019 by admin

Often, when we want to tell or write appreciatively about an art documentary film that describes an exhibition or a museum, we use the expression – ‘watching the film is similar / second best to the experience of visiting the … Continue reading →

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