Checkerboard Film Foundation Movie Trailers

James Salter: A Sport and a Pastime Trailer (2011)

01 May 2011

This 54-minute documentary traces the writer James Salter's lifelong love affair with France, unforgettably expressed in his 1967 masterpiece, A Sport and a Pastime.

In Search of Clarity: The Architecture of Gwathmey Siegel Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

Charles Gwathmey has held steadfast to the spirit of modernism in his architecture from the day he successfully built his parents' home in 1967 based on the theories of Le Corbusier and American individualism.

Inventing Cornell Tech: The Vision Trailer (2015)

16 June 2015

Ground has been broken on Roosevelt Island for New York City's newest academic campus - the sustainable, high tech home of Cornell Tech, a radical reconception of graduate level engineering study for the information age.

Rudy Burckhardt: Man in the Woods Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

A detailed look at a remarkable artist who died in 1999 at age 85. Aspects of Burckhardt's work in photography, film, and painting are examined in interviews with Rudy Burckhardt, painter Yvonne Jacquette, and curators Robert Storr (former Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, New York) and Brian Wallis (Chief Curator, International Center of Photography, New York).

On The Wings of Brancusi Trailer (2018)

31 December 2018

Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957), the most important sculptor of the first half of the 20th century, has been a fascinating and enduring influence on a generation of contemporary American artists.

Ray Kappe: California Modern Master - Forty Years of Modular Evolution Trailer (2009)

01 January 2009

Explorations in 21st Century American Architecture Series: Ray Kappe has long been a cult figure in the architectural scene in and around Los Angeles.

Jean Nouvel: Guthrie Theater Trailer (2008)

10 September 2008

French architect Jean Nouvel has long been known in Europe for his bold, shimmering glass museums, concert halls, and high-rise towers.

Jeff Koons: The Whitney Retrospective Trailer (2014)

27 June 2014

The Whitney Museum of American Art presented the landmark exhibition Jeff Koons: A Retrospective from June 27 to October 19, 2014.

Julie Mehretu: Palimpsest Trailer (2021)

25 August 2021

The film traces Ethiopian abstract artist Julie Mehretu’s preparations for her 20 year career retrospective, leading up to the installation and realization of the survey at LACMA in 2019.

Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Reimagining Lincoln Center and the High Line Trailer (2013)

11 November 2013

Diller Scofidio + Renfro has long been at the forefront of design with provocative exhibitions that blurred the boundaries between art and architecture.

James Rosenquist Up Close Trailer (2019)

31 May 2019

James Rosenquist was one of the leading figures in the pivotal Pop Art movement. The film follows the trajectory of the artist's career from his 1960's juxtaposed images of American life, to larger concerns on politics and the environment, and finally to kaleidoscopic depictions of galaxies and universes far beyond our perception.

Horst Trailer (1988)

14 January 1988

We enter the life of Horst, and see the world of fashion photography evolve from the 1930s to the 1980s through his work and stories.

Steven Holl: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Bloch Building Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

In this enlightening visit, Holl takes us through the galleries where contemporary art is displayed beneath curving vaults admitting daylight, a tour which effectively demonstrates the convergence of space, time, and architecture.