Peter Greenaway

Eisenstein in Guanajuato
6.3

Eisenstein in Guanajuato

In 1931, following the success of the film Battleship Potemkin, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, to ...
Nightwatching
6.5

Nightwatching

Sep. 06, 2007

Nightwatching

An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt’s romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification ...
The Pillow Book
6.7

The Pillow Book

May. 12, 1996

The Pillow Book

As a young girl in Japan, Nagiko’s father paints characters on her face, and her aunt reads to her from “The Pillow Book”, the ...
Lumière and Company
6.9

Lumière and Company

Jan. 01, 1995

Lumière and Company

40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under ...
The Baby of Mâcon
7.0

The Baby of Mâcon

Sep. 17, 1993

The Baby of Mâcon

A town cursed with barren women and famine is saved by a miracle birth to an old, ugly woman: the Mother. Immediately afterwards, the old ...
Prospero’s Books
6.9

Prospero’s Books

Aug. 30, 1991

Prospero’s Books

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 ...
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
7.6

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between meals at her husband’s restaurant. Food, ...
Drowning by Numbers
7.2

Drowning by Numbers

Sep. 10, 1988

Drowning by Numbers

An ironic black comedy of love and death that takes place an a lyrically beautiful landscape. Three related women, all named Cissie Colpitts ...
The Belly of an Architect
7.0

The Belly of an Architect

The American architect Kracklite arrives in Italy, supervising an exhibiton for a French architect, Boullée, famous for his oval structures. ...
A Zed & Two Noughts
7.4

A Zed & Two Noughts

Oct. 04, 1985

A Zed & Two Noughts

Oliver Deuce, a successful doctor, is shattered when his wife is killed in a freak car accident involving a car being driven by Alba Bewick ...
The Draughtsman’s Contract
7.3

The Draughtsman’s Contract

Peter Greenaway’s first fiction feature (after the mock-documentary The Falls) made him immediately famous and was named one of the most ...
The Falls
7.3

The Falls

May. 03, 1983

The Falls

The exploration of the effects of an unexpected catastrophe, known as VUE (violent unknown event) through the bios of 92 survivors.
Dear Phone
5.9

Dear Phone

Jan. 01, 1976

Dear Phone

A narrator relates a variety of peculiar stories involving characters with the initials HC and their dealings with telephones. These are ...