Michael Blackwood Productions Movies
- 1985
Empire City
Empire City91985HD
A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the participation of some of New York's leading political...
- 1978
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel7.41978HD
Documentary examining the life and career of producer/director Roger Corman. Clips from his films and interviews with actors and crew members who...
- 1999
Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language
Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language01999HD
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, abstraction - that most quintessentially modernist innovation - maintains a peculiarly contradictory...
- 1993
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros01993HD
The Sensual Nature of Sound portrays four New York based composers and performers in terms of their musical lives and artistic passion. Though Laurie...
- 2005
Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression
Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression22005HD
Crewdson is observed and questioned closely during his work on ten new images in as many different sets.
- 1988
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser6.91988HD
A documentary film about the life of pianist and jazz great Thelonious Monk. Features live performances by Monk and his band, and interviews with...
- 2006
Richard Meier in Rome Building a Church in the City of Churches
Richard Meier in Rome Building a Church in the City of Churches02006HD
Known for his bold, abstract and stark white buildings, American architect Richard Meier now takes on the challenge of building the Jubilee Church in...
- 1981
Edith Head
Edith Head01981HD
A light-hearted, toe-tapping portrait of the well-known 8 Oscar winning Hollywood costume designer filmed in her opulent house and garden. Edith Head...
- 1990
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis81990HD
"Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis" is a visually striking film portrait shot on location in Japan with the participation of the major Butoh...
- 2004
The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney
The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney02004HD
For his five Cremaster films Matthew Barney's created a multitude of sculptural forms and structures. Recently both the sculptures and the films...
- 2009
Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial
Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial02009HD
This documentary explores the creation of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin as designed by architect Peter Eisenman. Reaction of the German public to...
- 2004
A Day with Zaha Hadid
A Day with Zaha Hadid02004HD
While guiding us through her retrospective exhibition “Zaha Hadid Has Arrived”, the renowned architect recalls her career from its...
- 2012
The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor
The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor02012HD
Architect Peter Zumthor lives and works in the remote village of Haldenstein in the Swiss Canton of Graubünden where he can keep the politics of...
- 1990
Arata Isozaki II: International Projects
Arata Isozaki II: International Projects01990HD
Through a blend of Japanese history and Western influence, Arata Isozaki has built a career around his boldly distinctive architectural style....
- 1976
Yesterday's Witness
Yesterday's Witness01976HD
For the first 50 years of film history, the newsreel was a fixture in American movie theaters. From 1911 to 1967, these shorts proved an influential...
- 1978
Masters of Modern Sculpture Part I: The Pioneers
Masters of Modern Sculpture Part I: The Pioneers01978HD
The first chapter in our Masters of Modern Sculpture series looks at groundbreaking work from the brilliant minds that reshaped sculptural art and...
- 1980
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush01980HD
When Brooklyn's Kings Theater -- one of five "Wonder Theaters" in the New York area -- closed its doors in 1977, the neighborhood mourned. In a...
- 1980
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers01980HD
Made in 1980, this film explores the contemporary dance scene through the work of seven New York-based choreographers. They discuss the nature of...
- 1970
David Hockney's Diaries
David Hockney's Diaries01970HD
Renowned English painter, David Hockney, takes us on a visual journey as he shares with us his treasured photo diaries. Consisting of polaroids...
- 2009
Georg Baselitz: Making Art after Auschwitz and Dresden
Georg Baselitz: Making Art after Auschwitz and Dresden02009HD
Georg Baselitz: Making Art after Auschwitz and Dresden explores the artist's brilliant career through his 2007 retrospective exhibition at London's...