A documentary about Academy Award-winning costume designer Cecil Beaton. A respected photographer, artist, and set designer, Beaton was best known for designing on award-winning films such as 'Gigi' (1958) and 'My Fair Lady' (1964). The film features archive footage and interviews with a number of models, artists, and filmmakers who worked closely with Beaton during his illustrious career.
Cecil Beaton
Himself (archive footage)
Rupert Everett
Narrator (voice)
Hamish Bowles
Self
Leslie Caron
Self
Isaac Mizrahi
Self
David Hockney
Self
David Bailey
Self
Manolo Blahnik
Self
Peter Eyre
Self
A documentary about Academy Award-winning costume designer Cecil Beaton. A respected photographer, artist, and set designer, Beaton was best known for designing on award-winning films such as 'Gigi' (1958) and 'My Fair Lady' (1964). The film features archive footage and interviews with a number of models, artists, and filmmakers who worked closely with Beaton during his illustrious career.
As much as this is a documentary on this legendary photographer, it's also an interesting retrospective on the end of empire and of days long gone. Sir Cecil Beaton started out his adult life as an aspiring fop, a dandy - and at a time when it was still very much illegal, a gay man. He had an eye, though, and through a combination of serendipity and skill ended up taking photographs that were published, and that led to his gradual inclusion in a high society in which he sometimes, though not always, thrived. This biography uses contributions from some celebrated modern-day professionals to help illustrate just how ground-breaking and innovative Beaton was. He wasn't just a photographer but was involved in set design on both stage and screen; he was also romantically attached to Greta Garbo and was clearly a great favourite of both Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Queen Elizabeth II. As with the recent "Mad About the Boy" documentary on Sir Noël Coward, this subject benefits enormously from an engaging Rupert Everett narration and from a veritable treasure trove of images that substantiate the deserved reputation and style of this visionary, charismatic and quirky man. It does take us on a slight gander through his peccadilloes but the emphasis here is firmly on his achievements as a creative trailblazer, and if you are remotely interested in the history of fashion, cinema or theatre it's well with a watch.
This searing investigative work shadows a group of activists risking unimaginable peril to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ program raging in the repressive and closed Russian republic. Unfettered access and a remarkable approach to protecting anonymity exposes this under-reported atrocity–and an extraordinary group of people confronting evil.
Photographer Estevan Oriol and artist Mister Cartoon turned their Chicano roots into gritty art, impacting street culture, hip hop and beyond.
A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.
สารคดีเผยชีวิตของแอนนา นิโคล สมิธผ่านสายตาของผู้คนใกล้ชิด ตั้งแต่ช่วงที่โด่งดังเป็นพลุแตกในฐานะนางแบบ ไปจนถึงการเสียชีวิตที่น่าเศร้า
When Allied forces liberated the Nazi concentration camps in 1944-45, their terrible discoveries were recorded by army and newsreel cameramen, revealing for the first time the full horror of what had happened. Making use of British, Soviet and American footage, the Ministry of Information’s Sidney Bernstein (later founder of Granada Television) aimed to create a documentary that would provide lasting, undeniable evidence of the Nazis’ unspeakable crimes. He commissioned a wealth of British talent, including editor Stewart McAllister, writer and future cabinet minister Richard Crossman – and, as treatment advisor, his friend Alfred Hitchcock. Yet, despite initial support from the British and US Governments, the film was shelved, and only now, 70 years on, has it been restored and completed by Imperial War Museums under its original title "German Concentration Camps Factual Survey".
Alexander McQueen's rags-to-riches story is a modern-day fairy tale, laced with the gothic. Mirroring the savage beauty, boldness and vivacity of his design, this documentary is an intimate revelation of McQueen's own world, both tortured and inspired, which celebrates a radical and mesmerizing genius of profound influence.
จากอาชีพนักแสดงที่ประสบความสำเร็จทั้งด้านภาพยนตร์และโทรทัศน์ แอนตัน เยลชินได้สร้างมรดกอันล้ำค่าไว้ในฐานะนักแสดง ผ่านบันทึกและงานเขียนอื่นๆ ภาพถ่าย เพลงต้นฉบับที่เขาแต่ง และการสัมภาษณ์กับครอบครัว เพื่อน และเพื่อนร่วมงาน ภาพยนตร์เรื่องนี้ไม่เพียงแค่นำเสนออาชีพที่น่าประทับใจของแอนตันเท่านั้น แต่ยังนำเสนอภาพรวมของตัวเขาเองอีกด้วย
A documentary about how a dominant cultural and demographic institution both sustains their traditional activities and adapts to the digital revolution.
นักทำสารคดีชื่อดังจะพาทุกคนไปเปิดโลกของ "ชายแท้สุดโต่ง" สำรวจเครือข่ายที่เติบโตขึ้นเรื่อยๆ รวมทั้งบรรดาอินฟลูเอนเซอร์ชื่อฉาว และเจาะลึกเรื่องราวจากวงในแบบไม่มีกั๊ก
An intimately raw and magical journey through the life, mind, and heart of iconic artist Frida Kahlo. Told through her own words for the very first time — drawn from her diary, revealing letters, essays, and print interviews — and brought vividly to life by lyrical animation inspired by her unforgettable artwork.