The Pavilion will be closing for renovations starting February 5 for two years, leaving locals with precious little time to explore the special space before a lengthy hiatus.
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The Photographer Holding Up a Mirror to the Super-Rich
Photographer Lauren Greenfield discusses Generation Wealth, her new documentary premiering at the Sundance Film Festival.
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A Documentary Lays Bare the Absurdity of the Art Market
The Price of Everything, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, looks at the trends and gambles of the art market.
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The Most Important Non-Superhero Comic You’ve Never Heard Of
Dave Sim’s Cerebus, published 40 years ago, has had an enduring, complex influence.
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In Ken Burns’s Vietnam War Documentary, Claims of Objectivity Obscure Patriotic Bias
By accepting patriotic doctrine even as it claims to present all sides, the epic documentary takes some slippery liberties with truth and history.
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Pushing the Limits of What a Video Game Can Be at IndieCade
The independent game festival offers everything from VR to modified old-school SNES setups to an “interactive zine.”
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A Cinematographer’s Documentary About Making Documentaries
In Cameraperson, documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson turns the lens back on her own experiences working on films.
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The First Animation Is Film Festival Showcases the Best of Today’s Animation
The festival presents exceptional films in all styles of animation, from anime to stop-motion.
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Cobbling a Movie Together from Surveillance Footage
Artist Xu Bing’s first feature film Dragonfly Eyes tells a story of love and obsession through footage culled entirely from videos uploaded to Chinese streaming sites.
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Standout Shorts from the Toronto International Film Festival
The festival has a choice selection of experimental works under its Wavelengths banner, from a documentary about Standing Rock to a film on black activist poetry in Detroit.
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An Avant-Garde Documentary About 500 Silent Films Rescued in the Yukon
Bill Morrison’s newest work, Dawson City: Frozen Time, tells the story of an unlikely triumph for film preservation and history.
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Watching Human Dreams Disintegrate in Photos of the Ultra-Rich
Lauren Greenfield’s Generation Wealth, a book and exhibition of the same name at the Annenberg Space for Photography, documents the out-of-control growth of the one percent.