Modernism Movies

  • 2007
    Helvetica

    Helvetica

    Helvetica

    7.22007HD

    Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typefa...

    Helvetica
  • 2018
    The Blue Years

    The Blue Years

    The Blue Years

    02018HD

    Rubén tries to describe the color blue as "The color of dreams, of art, of the ocean and of the firmament", thereby unleashing half a century of poetr...

    The Blue Years
  • 1929
    Our Modern Maidens

    Our Modern Maidens

    Our Modern Maidens

    5.91929HD

    Young, vivacious Billie uses her charms on influential businessman Glenn Abbott in hopes of getting her secret fiancé Gil a diplomatic appointment. Me...

    Our Modern Maidens
  • 2022
    Alternate Spaces

    Alternate Spaces

    Alternate Spaces

    02022HD

    A short documentary on the River Ouse, following it downstream from Lewes to Newhaven, meditating on the surrounding area.

    Alternate Spaces
  • 1973
    A Delicate Balance

    A Delicate Balance

    A Delicate Balance

    6.11973HD

    In their finely appointed Connecticut home, Agnes and Tobias have grown used to the imperfection and fragility of their marriage. Quietly nursing thei...

    A Delicate Balance
  • 1987
    Mark of the Hand

    Mark of the Hand

    Mark of the Hand

    01987HD

    Guyanese painter Aubrey Williams (1926-1990) returns to his homeland on a “journey to the source of his inspiration” in this vivid Arts Council docume...

    Mark of the Hand
  • 2012
    HU

    HU

    HU

    7.22012HD

    A symmetrically divided building: on one side, an important public hospital, on the other, a bewildering ruin. On the horizon, Rio de Janeiro, public...

    HU
  • 1966
    A Charming Girl

    A Charming Girl

    A Charming Girl

    61966HD

    Ruxandra, a young woman just out of school, decides to become an actress, convinced that personal charm can keep instead of talent.

    A Charming Girl
  • 2018
    The Unanswered Ives: American Pioneer of Music

    The Unanswered Ives: American Pioneer of Music

    The Unanswered Ives: American Pioneer of Music

    02018HD

    The Unanswered Ives is the first film about Charles Ives (1874-1954),an American modernist composer, one of the first American composers of internati...

    The Unanswered Ives: American Pioneer of Music
  • 1988
    Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'

    Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'

    Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'

    01988HD

    BBC documentary about Franz Kafka played by GREEK TV in 1990.This documentary is one of the ten films of "The Modern World: Ten Great Writers (1988)".

    Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
  • 2024
    The Watergaw

    The Watergaw

    The Watergaw

    02024HD

    Iain Syme returns to his family’s farmland in the Scottish Borders and attempts to sell it off to a mysterious local landowner. However, his brother C...

    The Watergaw
  • 2019
    Neutra: Survival Through Design

    Neutra: Survival Through Design

    Neutra: Survival Through Design

    02019HD

    This insightful documentary feature from PJ Letofsky serves as a profile of iconic Austrian-American Architect Richard Neutra, whose work and legacy h...

    Neutra: Survival Through Design
  • 1969
    The More We Are Together

    The More We Are Together

    The More We Are Together

    01969HD

    A portrait of Eric Lyons and Span, under the scrutiny of Ian Nairn, as well as the residents of their estates.

    The More We Are Together
  • 2010
    Desert Utopia: Mid-Century Architecture in Palm Springs

    Desert Utopia: Mid-Century Architecture in Palm Springs

    Desert Utopia: Mid-Century Architecture in Palm Springs

    02010HD

    Southern California’s Coachella Valley, including the communities of Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Desert Hot Springs, boasts hundreds of extraordinary m...

    Desert Utopia: Mid-Century Architecture in Palm Springs
  • 2021
    Arne Jacobsen’s Modern Denmark

    Arne Jacobsen’s Modern Denmark

    Arne Jacobsen’s Modern Denmark

    02021HD

    Danish documentary about the disobedient schoolboy with a talent for painting, who became one of Denmark’s greatest architects. His ideas were ahead o...

    Arne Jacobsen’s Modern Denmark
  • 2007
    Otto G. Carlsund - en svensk modernist

    Otto G. Carlsund - en svensk modernist

    Otto G. Carlsund - en svensk modernist

    02007HD

    Documentary about the Swedish modernist painter Otto G. Carlsund.

    Otto G. Carlsund - en svensk modernist
  • 1988
    James Joyce's 'Ulysses'

    James Joyce's 'Ulysses'

    James Joyce's 'Ulysses'

    01988HD

    From the series "The Modern World: Ten Great Writers", this playful documentary introduces James Joyce's most famous work "Ulysses". It includes fanta...

    James Joyce's 'Ulysses'
  • 2018
    Het Ding (untitled, 1957)

    Het Ding (untitled, 1957)

    Het Ding (untitled, 1957)

    02018HD

    Next to the Bijenkorf on the Coolsingel stands one of Rotterdam’s most famous sculptures, an untitled structure created by Russian modernist artist Na...

    Het Ding (untitled, 1957)
  • 2001
    Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance

    Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance

    Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance

    02001HD

    A history of the work of Merce Cunningham.

    Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
  • 2017
    Fernand Pouillon, Une architecture habitée

    Fernand Pouillon, Une architecture habitée

    Fernand Pouillon, Une architecture habitée

    102017HD

    In this documentary, Marie-Claire Rubinstein reveals to us, through the testimonies of the inhabitants who live there, the architectural achievements...

    Fernand Pouillon, Une architecture habitée