
Ron English
Actor · b. 1959 · Decatur, Illinois, USA
Ron English is an American contemporary artist who explores brand imagery, street art, and advertising.
Movies20
Movie7.5DocumentaryBanksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post-hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the Palestinian West Bank. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. Exit Through the Gift Shop tells the incredible true story of how an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner.
Exit Through the Gift Shop
2010 · 996 votes
Movie6.7DocumentaryMorgan Spurlock subjects himself to a diet based only on McDonald's fast food three times a day for thirty days without exercising to try to prove why so many Americans are fat or obese. He submits himself to a complete check-up by three doctors, comparing his weight along the way, resulting in a scary conclusion.
Super Size Me
2004 · 1.8K votes
Movie4.0DocumentaryA documentary on popular NYC street artists, including ZEVS, Swoon, and Ron English.
Inside Outside
2005 · 1 votes
Movie10.0DocumentaryWelcome to a never-before-seen tour of the creations by resistance artists around the world. From the streets of Moscow to the shores of Los Angeles and featuring interviews with Tom Morello, Dave Navarro, Moby, Shepard Fairey, and more, this powerful film brings a message of hope and change through radical resistance and righteous social uprising.
The Art of Protest
2020 · 1 votes
MovieDocumentaryArtist Ron English travels across the country illegally putting up artwork of President Obama and Abraham Lincoln merged together.
Abraham Obama
2009
Movie9.0DocumentaryTHIS LAND IS YOUR LAND is a funny and moving look at the impact of major corporations on American life, told largely from the point of view of ordinary citizens. The film examines both evident and lesser known areas of corporate influence, hears how people across the country feel their own lives have been affected, and looks at some of the brave, compelling and sometimes hilarious ways in which individuals and communities are reacting.
This Land Is Your Land
2004 · 1 votes
MovieDocumentaryI Like to Paint Monsters examines the life and career of Chet Zar, Painter of Dark. Zar is known for his work as a Special FX artist on Hellboy and Hellboy II, among many other Hollywood blockbusters, as well as his music video and live performance work with the world renowned band TOOL. After becoming disheartened with the film industry, Zar 'followed his bliss' and began painting monsters for a living. A forerunner of the Dark Art movement, Zar tackles difficult social situations with his enigmatic and iconic artwork! Enter an all-encompassing and introspective view of Zar's worlds. Sometimes gruesome, periodically funny, but always thought provoking, Zar's art is at once as enigmatic as it is frightening. But what about the man behind the paintbrush? Who is Chet Zar and why does he like to paint monsters? This is the primary question at the heart of the documentary.
Movie6.9DocumentaryThrough interviews and guerilla footage of graffiti writers in action on five continents, the documentary tells the story of graffiti from its origins in prehistoric cave paintings thru its notorious explosion in New York City during the 70’s and 80’s, then follows the flames as they paint the globe.
Bomb It
2007 · 16 votes
Movie3.0DocumentaryA look at Fire Island Pines and the gay community that gathers there every summer. From its founding 50 years ago to the presnt day, this community has seen the beginnings of gay liberation, the sexual revolution, the AIDS crisis and more.
When Ocean Meets Sky
2003 · 3 votes
Movie6.0DramaFantasyDepictions of famous Biblical stories as well as the end times accompany an overarching plot of a man who continues to avoid church even as the end of the world draws closer.
It's About the Second Coming
1980 · 3 votes
MovieDramaJohn Fink is the patriarch of a family doomed for turmoil. He has been released from prison but continues to traumatize his family and those who love him including his own son. Johnny Fink Jr. doesn't want to continue the life of crime set up by his father and refuses to pass this plague down to his own son.
MovieIn a world that's becoming more and more aware of social oppressions; racism and genderism, the overarching oppression, that works on multiple levels and embraces all others, is often forgotten: capitalistic imperialism. Artist Ron English plays by his own rules, creating dynamic art across the world which demands dialog and provokes action. Welcome to Delusionville.
MovieDramaWhen a generational curse catches up to Sisley, she must try to overcome all the obstacles throughout her life and learn to forgive or suffer mentally for all eternity.
Domestic Warfare
2019
MovieDocumentaryA series of miscellaneous film footage are put together, to represented, life as if watching it in front of a television screen with a remote control.
Life Remote Control
2011 · 1 votes
Movie4.7DramaHorrorAfter her heretical son passes away in a stock-car racing accident, a mother begins to see visions of her boy escaping from hell, only to be dragged back. Can her God-fearing church-going second son get to the bottom of the situation and how it ties to eastern religion, his similarly heretical dad, and, quite possibly, The Devil?
The Grim Reaper
1976 · 6 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryIn this critically acclaimed documentary (filmed in an appropriately guerilla style), director-producer Pedro Carvajal captures vigilante artist Ron English as he makes a series of thought-provoking -- and sometimes just plain odd -- statements. The film also serves as a biography, chronicling English's evolution from a simple painter to an activist-instigator who skewers just about everything -- from Ronald McDonald to the war in Iraq.
POPaganda: The Art & and Crimes of Ron English
2006 · 6 votes
Movie8.0AnimationDocumentaryNychos is an illustrator, Urban Art- and Graffiti artist who became known with his street concept RABBIT EYE MOVEMENT (REM) 10 years ago. The icon of the movement is a white rabbit, which has been breeding since then and has been popping up in the streets all over the globe for the past decade. This is exactly what Nychos thrives for – he travels the world to spread his art and his REM concept. Within the last two years Nychos was accompanied by filmmaker Christian Fischer who recorded these journeys to create a full lenght movie. ”The Deepest Depths Of The Burrow” is a documentary about art, lifestyle and subculture.
The Deepest Depths of the Burrow
2015 · 1 votes
Movie5.0DramaFormer chain gang convict Ed Martin converts to Christianity in prison in 1944 and forms the HopeAglow Prison Ministries.
39 Stripes
1979 · 4 votes
Movie5.7HorrorA man eats a sheet of blotter acid, begins hallucinating, receives messages from his television, and turns into a maniac
Acid Is Groovy Kill the Pigs
1993 · 3 votes
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The Woodstock of Street Art in a 5-Story Museum outfitted in the Warhol-Faux creations of Thierry Guetta, AKA Mr. Brainwash.
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TV8.0AnimationComedySet in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
The Simpsons
1989 · 11K votes