Philip Glass Movies

In his 1992 documentary "Compassion in Exile", filmmaker Mickey Lemle created a groundbreaking portrait of the 14th Dalai Lama. His new film takes a...

A portrait of His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, which includes historical footage of China's repression of Tibetan Buddhism in 1959.

The documentary traces the life of Luciano Lama, one of the major protagonists of Italian trade union history. From the years of the Resistance to...

One night in Gotham one couple ends their relationship, then another, and another.

Image and music are intertwined in this third collaboration between director Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass. The film was produced to...

Invited to the Philharmonie de Paris, the virtuoso Yuja Wang performs a programme of Maurice Ravel's two piano concertos, conducted by Klaus...

In "Hands Scraping" we see two male pairs of hands, those of Serra and Phil Glass, sweeping up steel filings strewn on the wooden floor with their...

A provincial war vet arrives in Moscow and subsequently takes on a gang of bad cops.

This film tells the fascinating story of one of the most critically acclaimed careers in independent documentary film making in recent cinema...

A short film directed by Paul Schrader following the story of a painting from Schrader's collection.

In the Upper Room is a dance/theater collaboration between choreographer Twyla Tharp and composer Philip Glass. In the Upper Room from 1986, with...

A documentary about the production of Godfrey Reggio's "Once Within a Time".

The film is based on the cycle of graphic works of the famous Lithuanian artist Stasys Krasauskas "Birth of a Woman" and is dedicated to the memory...

The opera Corvo Branco (White Raven) by Philip Glass, staged at Teatro Real Madrid.

An experimental documentary that looks at its subject John Cage through the eyes of contemporary Avante-Garde artists as well as those who play his...

This documentary captures the overflowing energy and activity of one today's greatest composers, Philip Glass, and allows us to follow him from New...

Abstract video art with music composed by Philip Glass. Music by the Kronos String Quartet.

This ambitious live satellite link-up of Japan, Korea and the United States features interviews with Keith Haring and architect Arata Isozaki, and...

An audiovisual work by Philip Glass and Peter Greenaway.