Releasing a documentary about album art in the age of streaming, when the 12-by-12-inch sleeve has given way to the digital thumbnail, seems almost quaint. But not for director Anton Corbijn. His ...

For a band with such an unmistakable style—eyeliner, red lipstick, black garb, tousled hair—the Cure, in frontman Robert Smith’s telling, has long resisted iconography. “I don’t want to be known for ...