Film Review
“The Man I Love” Wants Us to Do More Than Mourn
Ira Sachs resists the attention economy, using objects and people to tell a moving story of 1980s New York amid the HIV/AIDS crisis.
Film
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Hell Takes the Form of State Repression in 1971’s “The Devils”
Ken Russell’s film designed by Derek Jarman, newly released in a 4K restoration, mirrors the horrors unfolding outside our windows.
Film Review
Nathan Fielder Is a Performance Artist in Disguise
“You Can See Everything” is toted as a documentary, but is Fielder a performance artist playing a documentarian?
Film
Kid Cudi to Write, Direct, and Star as Basquiat in New Biopic
The rapper called his forthcoming film, "JEAN," a “love letter” to the late artist and ’80s New York in his announcement on October 21.
Film Review
To Be Alone With Your Thoughts in '70s New York
Fred Camper's contemplative film "Suicide Note" was born out of grief and a city in collapse.
Pocket Review
This Iranian Documentary Wasn’t Meant to Begin This Way
In Mani Haghighi’s new film, an artist’s extensive archive draws the ire of the authorities.
Film Review
Faith and Its Contradictions in “9 Temples to Heaven”
Director Sompot Chidgasornpongse, who has a knack for patient observation, follows a single family on a quest to find a miracle.
Preview
13 Art Films to See at DOC NYC
Documentaries on a giant pencil that became a local watering hole, the afterlife of Frida Kahlo through her image, and collagist Romare Bearden are among the festival’s most enticing offerings.
Feature
Sara Flores Paints What the World Stands to Lose
“Every opportunity to show my work is a platform to raise attention on the struggle for self-determination and cultural resistance of the Shipibo people,” the artist told Hyperallergic.
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The Ongoing Experiment of Millennium Film Workshop
Celebrating 60 years, the avant-garde space remains a supportive home for a community of experimental and non-commercial filmmakers.
Film Review
A Portrait of an Artist as a Dominatrix
“I Want Your Sex” is a caricature of the art world more than an actually incisive critique, but it’s funner that way.
Film Review
Barbara Hammer Through Her Own Lens
“Barbara Forever” is both a biography and a conversation the late filmmaker has with herself.