When Penn & Teller turn their hand to documentary filmmaking, we know it's going to be something playful. Indeed, this is a hugely entertaining film, gripping us with a fascinating story that has a ...

"Tim’s Vermeer" is a fascinating new documentary about art, obsessions, ideas and answers. Though the film unfolds in the present day, its genesis traces back to the 17th century, and, as the title ...

Watch a clip from the documentary "Tim's Vermeer." Directed by Teller of "Penn & Teller," the film chronicles an attempt to re-create the painting techniques of Johannes Vermeer.

Jenison is friends with the horrid Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller; Jillette narrates the movie, and Teller is behind the stilted camera. The movie succeeds in spite of them because Jenison’s discovery ...

Opens Fri., March 7 at Sundance and Lincoln Square. Rated PG-13. 80 minutes. How did Vermeer do it? This question is apparently important to some people, including a Texas millionaire named Tim ...

“Tim’s Vermeer,” a charming documentary, delves into one modern man’s obsession with discovering how Johannes Vermeer created incredibly photorealistic paintings in the 17th century.

A 2013 documentary by illusionist and skeptic Teller, one half of Penn and Teller, explores recent theories on how 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer created some of the best-beloved ...

Tim's Vermeer is a basically serious, even scholarly, inquiry into how the 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer was able to achieve his mysteriously dense, almost photorealistic detail long ...