Search results for "Peter Greenaway"
Goltzius & the Pelican Company

Goltzius & the Pelican Company

Goltzius & the Pelican Company
IMDb: 6.5
128

Goltzius and the Pelican Company tells the story of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints. A contemporary of Rembrandt and, indeed, more celebrated…

Genre: Comedy, History
Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Eisenstein in Guanajuato
IMDb: 6.3
105

In 1931, following the success of the film Battleship Potemkin, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, to shoot a new film. Freshly rejected by Hollywood,…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Nightwatching

Nightwatching

Nightwatching
IMDb: 6.5
135

An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt’s romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting The Night Watch.

Genre: Drama, History
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
IMDb: 7.6
124

The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband’s restaurant.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Drowning by Numbers

Drowning by Numbers

Drowning by Numbers
IMDb: 7.2
118

An ironic black comedy of love and death that takes place an a lyrically beautiful landscape. Three related women, all named Cissie Colpitts share a solidarity for one another which…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Falls

The Falls

The Falls
IMDb: 7.2
185

The exploration of the effects of an unexpected catastrophe, known as VUE (violent unknown event) through the bios of 92 survivors.

The Baby of Mâcon

The Baby of Mâcon

The Baby of Mâcon
IMDb: 7
122

Set halfway through the 17th century, Greenaway’s film follows a church play performed for the benefit of the young aristocrat Cosimo (Lacey). In the play, a grotesque old woman gives…

Genre: Drama, History, Horror
The Belly of an Architect

The Belly of an Architect

The Belly of an Architect
IMDb: 7
118

The American architect Kracklite arrives in Italy, supervising an exhibiton for a French architect, Boullée, famous for his oval structures. Tirelessly dedicated to the project, Kracklite’s marriage quickly dissolves along…

Genre: Drama
Prospero’s Books

Prospero’s Books

Prospero’s Books
IMDb: 6.9
120

An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling…

Genre: Drama, Fantasy
A Zed & Two Noughts

A Zed & Two Noughts

A Zed & Two Noughts
IMDb: 7.4
115

Twin zoologists lose their wives in a car accident and become obsessed with decomposing animals.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Draughtsman’s Contract

The Draughtsman’s Contract

The Draughtsman’s Contract
IMDb: 7.3
103

A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away.

The Pillow Book

The Pillow Book

The Pillow Book
IMDb: 6.7
126

A woman with a body writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher.

Genre: Drama, Romance