Most Viewed From Michael Blackwood Productions


  • 2004
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    The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney

    The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney

    1 2004 HD

    For his five Cremaster films Matthew Barney's created a multitude of sculptural forms and structures. Recently both the sculptures and the films...

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  • 1987
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    Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact

    Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact

    1 1987 HD

    In his London studio, Francis Bacon discusses his work and approach with David Sylvester. His representations of the human figure in portraits and...

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  • 1988
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    Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

    Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

    6.80 1988 HD

    A documentary film about the life of pianist and jazz great Thelonious Monk. Features live performances by Monk and his band, and interviews with...

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  • 1978
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    Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

    Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

    7.40 1978 HD

    Documentary examining the life and career of producer/director Roger Corman. Clips from his films and interviews with actors and crew members who...

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  • 2012
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    The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor

    The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor

    1 2012 HD

    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...

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  • 1975
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    Roy Lichtenstein

    Roy Lichtenstein

    1 1975 HD

    In conversation with Roy Lichtenstein, critic Lawrence Alloway places Pop Art on a continuum of twentieth-century art that includes collage, Dada,...

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  • 1985
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    Empire City

    Empire City

    9.00 1985 HD

    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...

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  • 2005
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    Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression

    Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression

    2.00 2005 HD

    Crewdson is observed and questioned closely during his work on ten new images in as many different sets.

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  • 1980
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    Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers

    Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers

    1 1980 HD

    Made in 1980, this film explores the contemporary dance scene through the work of seven New York-based choreographers. They discuss the nature of...

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  • 1976
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    Hollywood's Musical Moods

    Hollywood's Musical Moods

    1 1976 HD

    In the silent film era, movies were never really silent. In the background of films that made figures like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton into...

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  • 1980
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    Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush

    Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush

    1 1980 HD

    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...

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  • 1995
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    Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move

    Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move

    1 1995 HD

    With the participation of famed architects such as Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid, Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move provides an...

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  • 2009
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    Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial

    Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial

    1 2009 HD

    This documentary explores the creation of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin as designed by architect Peter Eisenman. Reaction of the German public to...

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  • 2009
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    Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering

    Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering

    1 2009 HD

    "Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering" offers examples and insights into the ever-adapting possibilities of concrete....

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  • 1990
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    Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

    Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

    8.00 1990 HD

    "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...

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  • 1978
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    Masters of Modern Sculpture Part II: Beyond Cubism

    Masters of Modern Sculpture Part II: Beyond Cubism

    1 1978 HD

    Centered around the emergence of Constructivism, Futurism, Surrealism and Dada, Beyond Cubism takes a closer look at the artists who ignited the new...

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  • 1989
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    Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects

    Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects

    10.00 1989 HD

    Japan's establishment as an economic superpower led to a Golden Age of Japanese architecture. Six innovators stand out particularly, fusing Japanese...

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  • 1979
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    Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective

    Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective

    1 1979 HD

    This film includes important examples of the Robert Rauschenberg's diverse and extraordinary accomplishments, tracing his development from his...

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  • 2012
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    Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity

    Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity

    1 2012 HD

    "Marking Infinity", Lee Ufan's recent retrospective exhibition at the Guggenheim charts the artist's creation of a visual, conceptual, and...

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  • 2012
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    The Artist's Studio: E.W. NAY

    The Artist's Studio: E.W. NAY

    3.80 2012 HD

    A visit to the studio of Ernst Wilhelm Nay, a remarkable, if somewhat solitary German artist, who established his status at age 30, just before the...

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