Film critic David Poland sits down with the biggest names in entertainment for an in-depth conversation about their art, craft and life. Tonight, David talks to Salma Hayek.

Film critic David Poland sits down with the biggest names in entertainment for an in-depth conversation about their art, craft and life. Tonight, David talks to Benicio Del Toro

Film critic David Poland sits down with the biggest names in entertainment for an in-depth conversation about their art, craft and life. Tonight, David talks to Guillermo Del Toro

A new series celebrating the great opera singers of our time.

A new series celebrating the great opera singers of our time.

Stars Of The Silver Screen, celebrates the lives of those who soared the highest. From Marlon Brando to Elizabeth Taylor, we uncover what drove them and why the world loved them. This episode focuses on Anthony Quinn.

(2013) Joe Connolly. "The Art of Graffiti" profiles artists who explain how tagging and spray painting have evolved into complex and celebrated street art.

“The Art Of” explores creative fields that fall outside the traditional definition of “art.” “The Art Of: Costume Design” looks at artists who outfit some of the biggest names in pop music and theater and also meets with a design company responsible for hundreds of spooktacular costumes in store this Halloween.

(2014) “The Art Of: Comics” looks at artists whose strips entertain adults and kids alike, including a political cartoonist whose work explores Latino culture, a beloved comics publisher, and the man behind our favorite super heroes – Marvel and Pow! Entertainment’s, Stan Lee.

The Art Of: Make-Up looks at artists behind some of the most inspired cosmetic creations – from special effects gurus to the designers of vintage inspired lipsticks and a make-up artist whose canvas is the entire human body.

The Art Of: Automobiles takes a look at the artists who literally take their work to the street. From Toyota’s design team who show off their latest concept car, to the Peterson Museum whose latest exhibit has celebrities drooling with envy, to a lowrider artist who uses cars as his canvas.

Discover what it took for Illuminate the Arts to erect the largest light sculpture in the world on the Bay Area’s Bay Bridge, spanning almost 2 miles wide and 500 feet high. And see how colored acrylic and light’s creates sculptures and unique “paintings”

“The Art Of” explores creative fields that fall outside the traditional definition of art. Each episode of “The Art Of” explores a new artistic medium through profiles of boundary-pushing artists. Focusing on the celebrated as well as the undiscovered, this series explores the creative process behind each featured art form and uncovers how and why these artists do what they do. From pop-up artists and celebrity winemakers to masters of illusion, “The Art Of” reveals the passion that keeps these.

This series looks at the 20th century’s iconic film directors; the real innovators whose breakthrough direction made film into the movies. Their early lives, often escaping war or poverty found expression in theatre, then film, forming the fundamental art that is cinema. Each episode brought to life by Derek Malcolm, Neil Norman, Stephen Armstrong, Dr. Bonnie Greer OBE and Ian Nathan along with classic moments from each film career.