Celia Birtwell

In this intimate and innovative film about artist David Hockney, director Jack Hazan creates an improvisatory narrative-nonfiction hybrid. The result is at once a time capsule of hedonistic gay life in the 1970s and an honest-yet-tender depiction of gay male romance. A true classic, "A Bigger Splash" is an invaluable view of art history in action.

British painter David Hockney’s fascinating life and colorful work has lent itself well to the cinema, with films shot by artists like Gregory Markopoulos, Jack Hazan, Tacita Dean & Bruno Wollheim. Randall Wright’s documentary has the feel of a diary: an intimate, frank, and honest visual chronicle.