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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon backdrop
There's no beauty without the wound
Movie · 6.0 / 10 · 70 ratings · 16 Sept 1998 · English · 1h 32m · Released
In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, accepts. After the unique beginning to their love affair, the well-connected and volatile artist assimilates Dyer into his circle of eccentric friends, as Dyer's struggle with addiction strains their bond.
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The Danish Girl
Movie · 7.5 / 10 · 27 Nov 2015 · English
When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks on a groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
Lust for Life
Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 15 Sept 1956 · English
An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo, the tormented Van Gogh eventually leaves Holland for France, where he meets volatile fellow painter Paul Gauguin and struggles to find greater inspiration.
Pollock
Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 6 Sept 2000 · English
In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called "an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew." As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out, Pollock began a downward spiral.
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 21 Sept 1971 · English
Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's also intimately involved with middle-aged doctor Daniel Hirsh. For both Alex and Daniel, the younger man represents a break with their repressive pasts, and though both know that Bob is seeing both of them, neither is willing to let go of the youth and vitality he brings to their otherwise stable lives.
Modigliani
Movie · 7.0 / 10 · 18 May 2004 · English
Set in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing on his last days as well as his rivalry with Pablo Picasso. Modigliani, a Jew, has fallen in love with Jeanne, a young and beautiful Catholic girl. The couple has an illegitimate child, and Jeanne's bigoted parents send the baby to a faraway convent to be raised by nuns.
A Perfect Murder
Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 5 Jun 1998 · English
Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory.
Flow
Movie · 7.7 / 10 · 1 Jan 1996 · English
A filmmaker talks about his work and love life with an unseen friend behind the camera. We also watch four of his short films.
Factory Girl
Movie · 6.0 / 10 · 29 Dec 2006 · English
In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous Factory and becomes his muse. Although she seems to have it all, Edie cannot have the love she craves from Andy, and she has an affair with a charismatic musician, who pushes her to seek independence from the artist and the milieu.
Valentino
Movie · 5.8 / 10 · 7 Sept 1977 · English
The untimely death of silent screen star Rudolph Valentino prompts the many women in his past to reminisce about his troubled rise to superstardom.
Wakefield
Movie · 6.1 / 10 · 19 May 2017 · English
A man's nervous breakdown causes him to leave his wife and live in his attic for several months.
Rocketman
Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 17 May 2019 · English
The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
Nocturnal Animals
Movie · 7.4 / 10 · 4 Nov 2016 · English
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.