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Historical movies.
10 artist movies and docs to watch on Netflix, Amazon Prime and more
By Connie Sjödin
Published on 25 April 2022
When you can't go to the art, let the art come to you.
Here's our pick of the best artist biopics and documentaries available to stream.
An earlier version of this article was published in January 2021
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Painter biographical movies netflix instant
by Mike Leigh, available to rent on Prime Video
Timothy Spall plays an aged, misanthropic William Turner (otherwise known as JMW Turner RA) whose main form of communication in the film is an expressive grunt.
It is a brilliantly ambivalent portrait of the 19th-century English landscape painter, whose technical innovations, though increasingly mocked by the public, are depicted as an obvious progression in his fascination with light (“The Sun is God!” were supposedly Turner’s last words).
The artist also offers a springboard for director Mike Leigh’s minutely detailed and impish depiction of early Victorian society; the snooty, insular hang