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 ...

The resulting documentary about this Quixotic endeavour, Tim’s Vermeer, is a warm, funny and crowd-pleasing tale of inspired research and eccentric obsession that will appeal to anyone who has ever ...

"Tim's Vermeer" is a simple little documentary that, in not 90 minutes, accomplishes nothing less than the demystification of artistic genius. We've long been romanticized by the concept of the divine ...

“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.

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.

Penn & Teller produced the new documentary "Tim's Vermeer" but don't be fooled. It's not some elaborate con, a sleight of hand, an act of deception. The film, which follows the efforts of inventor Tim ...

For magicians Penn and Teller, art is work. In their act, these professional skeptics break down the process that makes stage magic appear supernatural. Such demystifying is also the main concern of ...

Tim Jenison tries to re-create Johannes Vermeer’s painting methods in “Tim’s Vermeer.” SONY PICTURES CLASSICS One of the best, and sadly most overlooked, documentaries of 2014 is "Tim's Vermeer," ...

Teller, the silent, shorter member of the magic duo Penn & Teller, recently made his debut as a documentary filmmaker. He directed “Tim’s Vermeer,” a portrait of an inventor who believes he has ...

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 ...

Perhaps what modern audiences value most in the paintings of 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer is the uncanny “objectivity” with which the artist was able to record a world minutely out ...