Caravaggio Derek Jarman’s unique biopic of the 17th century Italian artist Michelangelo da Caravaggio is a powerful meditation on sexuality, criminality and art. Biopic Historical drama 1986 93 mins Derek Jarman Lives of Artists Not Wives of Artists Five women artists, including Paula Rego, contest the "hierarchy of art forms" in the male-dominated art world. Campaigning film 1984 46 mins Sue Aron, Monika Morawietz & 1 others Poem A poignant short film set to the fourth part of Samuel Beckett's Quatre Poèmes, as narrated by frequent BS Johnson collaborator William Hoyland. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1971 1 mins B.S. Johnson National Gallery The inner workings of London’s National Gallery are laid bare in this absorbing, forensic examination by revered filmmaker Frederick Wiseman. Documentary 2014 181 mins Frederick Wiseman Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon Derek Jacobi and Daniel Craig star as artist Francis Bacon and his muse George Dyer in John Maybury’s darkly exquisite biopic. Biopic 1998 87 mins John Maybury The Angelic Conversation The Angelic Conversation sees Derek Jarman conjure an evocative and radical visualisation of Shakespeare’s love poems. With narration by Judi Dench and music by Coil. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1985 81 mins Derek Jarman Derek Jarman: Life As Art Documentary on the life and work of experimental filmmaker, who died in 1994. Contributors including Tilda Swinton recall Jarman's peculiar genius. Documentary 2004 60 mins Andy Kimpton-Nye Mr. Turner Mike Leigh’s Cannes-winning account of the later years of J. M. W. Turner, brilliantly played by Timothy Spall. Biopic Historical drama 2014 150 mins Mike Leigh Grantchester Rupert Brooke's poem 'The Old Vicarage, Grantchester' is given the pop video treatment. Documentary 1958 15 mins John R.F. Stewart Mark of the Hand Aubrey Williams The Guyanese painter returns to his homeland on a “journey to the source of his inspiration”. Biopic Documentary 1987 53 mins Imruh Caesar
