Rialto Cinemas is proud to be the East Bay’s home for two incredible series of documentaries highlighting the work of specific artists and exhibits from the world’s finest museums. These films provide a cinematic immersion into some of the world’s best loved art shown in extraordinary detail that only HD can capture.
Great Art On Screen
Titian: The Empire of Color
Tuesday, October 3 • 1 & 7pm
Not Rated
88 mins
Documentary
Winning over popes and emperors with his iconic, revolutionary works Titian succeeded in becoming one of the artists that symbolized the entire Renaissance. Titian was an extraordinary master of color and a brilliant entrepreneur, innovative both in a painting’s composition but also in how to sell it…MORE INFO
Great Art On Screen
Borromini and Bernini: The Challenge for Perfection
Tuesday, October 24 • 1 & 7pm
Not Rated
102 mins
Documentary
A journey into the great beauty of Baroque Rome, when the city was the centre of western art and where every ambitious painter, sculptor and architect had to be. This is the story of the most famous artistic rivalry of all time, the one between Borromini and Bernini, but also the story of Borromini’s rivalry with himself…MORE INFO
Great Art On Screen
Jeff Koons: An Intimate Portrait
Tuesday, December 5 • 1 & 7pm
Not Rated
80 mins
Documentary
This is not just a documentary but an amazing journey inside the mind of the most controversial artist of our time. Jeff Koons is widely regarded as one of the most influential, popular and disputed artists of the last 30 years. This film will show the hidden mechanisms lying behind the person, the artist and the Koons brand…MORE INFO