‘You can’t just paint a landscape when tanks have driven through it,” says the subject of “Anselm,” a documentary by director Wim Wenders on the artist Anselm Kiefer. Born in Germany in 1945, Mr.

Anselm offers both a thrilling portrait of Anselm Kiefer at work and, with the aid of terrific archival footage, lets us see what infuses his work with such intensity. Kiefer is the subject of Anselm, ...

Though he is still mostly known for his lyrical, America-set road movie Paris, Texas, which won the Palme d’Or in 1984, Germany’s Wim Wenders does most of his best work when he’s back on home turf.

Premiering in Cannes, the film represents a companion piece of sorts to Wenders' arthouse hit 'Pina' from 2011. By Leslie Felperin Contributing Film Critic As a career survey of its subject, Anselm ...

The veteran filmmaker spent two years on a documentary that serves as a uniquely captivating and moving retrospective of Kiefer's life and body of work. Wenders’ palette of documentary subjects — ...

The German filmmaker recalls an epiphany he had when watching the U2 3D experimental concert film at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor More than a decade later, ...

The best documentaries about artists exploit the visual powers of the storytelling medium to give us a tactile appreciation of what their work looks and feels, while also mining the depths of their ...

Variety has been given access to an exclusive clip from “Anselm,” the 3D documentary from the three-time Academy Award nominated director Wim Wenders. The film will have its world premiere at the ...

Anselm Kiefer, White Cube Hoxton Anselm Kiefer, White Cube Hoxton The German artist contemplates creation and destruction in the watery depths by Fisun Guner Monday, 21 March 2011 Anselm Kiefer: ...

All his life, the churn of history has spoken to 78-year-old Anselm Kiefer, who has responded with imposingly environmental, mythic and beautiful paintings and sculptures that get at something ...