Smart Chick's: Fashion, Culture & Art
Controversial & classy. Wickedly smart films on, art, sex fashion & food. What could be better? Visually stunning, campy, glamorous and sometimes mind blowing.
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- DirectorLina PlioplyteStarsIris ApfelJoyce CarpatiAri CohenAdvanced Style examines the lives of seven unique New Yorkers whose eclectic personal style and vital spirit have guided their approach to aging.
- DirectorJalil LespertStarsPierre NineyGuillaume GallienneCharlotte Le BonA look at the life of French designer Yves Saint-Laurent from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Bergé.Cool glamorous and well acted.
- DirectorGillian ArmstrongStarsAnn RothJane FondaMarc EliotA documentary about the life of the Australian costume designer and three time Oscar winner Orry-Kelly.Amazing glamorous documentary.
- DirectorLisa Immordino VreelandBent-Jorgen PerlmuttFrédéric TchengStarsDiana VreelandRichard AvedonDavid BaileyA look at the life and work of the influential fashion editor of Harpers Bazaar, Diana Vreeland.So smart
- DirectorAlbert MayslesStarsIris ApfelHarold KodaDries Van NotenA documentary about fashion icon Iris Apfel, the 93-year-old style maven who has had an out-sized presence on the New York fashion scene for decades, from legendary late 88-year-old documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles.Cool!
- DirectorAndrew RossiStarsAnna WintourAndrew BoltonJohn GallianoFollows the creation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's most attended fashion exhibition in history, "China: Through The Looking Glass," an exploration of Chinese-inspired Western fashions by Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton.Breathtaking
- StarsAnthony BourdainTom VitaleZamir GottaAnthony Bourdain, chef, writer, traveler, visits places all around the world sampling various foods.Oh Anthony, why'd you do it?
If you want to know anything about everything important in the world, watch this. It is fashion, food, politics and spirituality delivered straight up by edgy writer Mr. Bourdain. You will learn things you did not know you needed, but will cherish having. - DirectorAaron RoseJoshua LeonardStarsJulian Bennett HolmesThomas CampbellShepard FaireyThis documentary follows the lives and careers of a collective group of Do-it-yourself artists and designers who inadvertently affected the art world.Incredibly cool film about some of the most amazing underground turned popular art in the 90's
- DirectorBetsy BlankenbakerStarsTed SteegJack KerouacDavid AmramBased on the book by Dan Wakefield, the film combines stunning archival footage of New York with interviews of the icons of the day - Kerouac, Ginsberg, Baldwin, Mailer, Basie, etc. Offering modern day perspectives.This enthralling film explains so much about 50's counterculture
- DirectorBanksyStarsBanksyMr. BrainwashSpace InvaderFollowing the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world.Graffiti culture jamming scene and one man's obsession with street art for commodification.
- DirectorCharlie PaulStarsRalph SteadmanJohnny DeppHunter S. ThompsonJohnny Depp pays a visit to Ralph Steadman, the renown artist and the last of the original Gonzo visionaries who worked alongside Hunter S. Thompson.Ralph Steadman is an art hero of mine. He was Hunter S. Thompson's illustrator. Theirs was a unique relationship.
- DirectorArne BirkenstockStarsWolfgang BeltracchiHelene BeltracchiHenrik HansteinA mesmerizing, thought-provoking yet surprisingly amusing documentary on the life and times of Wolfgang Beltracchi, who tricked the international art world for nearly 40 years by forging and selling paintings of early 20th-century masters. A larger-than-life personality who was responsible for the biggest art forgery scandal of the postwar era.He should be set free. Amazing talent.
- DirectorReuben AtlasJerry RothwellStarsLaurent PonsotJay McInerneyJefery LevyDocumentary about the fine and rare wine auction market centering around a counterfeiter who befriended the rich and powerful and sold millions of dollars of fraudulent wine through the top auction houses.Amazing, serves the pretentious wine collectors right!
- DirectorSam HobkinsonStarsDamien HirstPiotr BaumannAndrew WhippThe fake story of the art found beneath the depths of the ocean from a 2,000 year old ship wreck. Damien Hirst and the crew recount the moments various discoveries are made, the myths and legends surrounding the find.It's a masterwork of culture jamming!
- DirectorJon ManningStarsJett AdoreRussell BrunerAngelique DevilToday's hottest burlesque performers reveal the passion and personalities, the naked truth of an exotic world where artifice is a route to authenticity and pretending to be someone else is the ultimate journey to become yourself.Fun with nudity and art. Funny, evocative, charming and totally delightful.
- DirectorAnthony CaronnaAlexander SmithStarsSusanne BartschAmanda LeporeJohn Ronny VillbergA feature documentary exploring NYC culture through the influence of nightlife legend Susanne Bartsch.Fabulous!!! This woman's curated costumed persona is like Lady Gaga, times ten. She's a weird, wonderful, fabulous unearthly creature.
- DirectorBill WeberDavid WeissmanStarsLarry BrinkinPeggy CassThe CockettesDocumentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.The history of SF's most amazing underground creative cultures. Including what led to The Rocky Horror Picture Shoe and The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. If you ever wondered about the communal zene Kaliflower, here it is. Fabulous film!
- DirectorNatasha SenkovichStarsDinaNagwa FouadDua HegaziAn in depth look into the lives of Egypts belly dancers. Celebrated and loved at weddings and special events, they are looked upon as prostitutes and despised - more and more in an increasingly conservative and religious society.An intense tale of the strength and creativity of women in an oppressed society that both reveres and reviles belly dancers.
- DirectorKirby DickStarsKirby DickKimberly PeirceDarren AronofskyKirby Dick's exposé about the American movie ratings board.How a secret hand full of people, an unchanging privileged group (including a mandatory priest) decide all film ratings. This controls what is released and what is not.
- DirectorJennifer Siebel NewsomStarsJennifer Siebel NewsomJean KilbourneJim SteyerExplores the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America, and challenges the media's limited portrayal of what it means to be a powerful woman.This is the missing link you must have to understand why women are represented the way they are in films. You'll be surprised that some of it is political backlash against the women's movement.
- DirectorMatt TyrnauerStarsIan SchragerSteve RubellDonald RubellThe story of the notorious 1970s New York City nightclub.It's a great film. I disliked disco but this documentary opened my mind to the the allure and importance of scenes like Studio 54.
- DirectorAlex GibneyStarsHunter S. ThompsonJohnny DeppJoe CairoA portrait of the late gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.I did really love this nuts writing. Not sure I'd want him high in my living room.
- DirectorDavid LaChapelleStarsTommy the ClownLarry BerryDragonRize chronicles a dance movement that rises out of South Central Los Angeles with roots in clowning and street youth culture.Deep raw real heartfelt powerful spontaneous dance. So incredibly meaningful and beautiful.
- DirectorJulie CohenBetsy WestStarsRuth Bader GinsburgAnn KittnerHarryette HelselThe exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.Oh Ruth, thank you! I wish you could have stayed forever.
- DirectorMichael SchwarzEdward GrayStarsFrances McDormandMichael PollanMichael Pollan, a professor of journalism and a student of food, presents the history of four plants, each of which found a way to make itself essential to humans, thus ensuring widespread propagation. Apples, for sweetness; tulips, for beauty; marijuana, for pleasure; and, potatoes, for sustenance. Each has a story of discovery and adaptation; each has a symbiotic relationship with human civilization. The film tells these stories and examines these relationships.How plants currently use humans to their best advantage and as a long standing essential part of their survival.