In the weeks leading up to Christmas 1977, Maryanne Kinkade has fallen behind in her ... to professional painter to help save the family's home. He seeks advice from an aging mentor.

In a new film profile, Thomas Kinkade's pastoral, hugely popular work sits uncomfortably with darker revelations from family members and a trove of unseen work.

Beloved by many, despised by others, Thomas ... he got home, because they didn't have the money to keep the heat and the lights on. He was painting the thing that he wanted." The Kinkade Family ...