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How Art Helps to Manipulate Minds in Severance
The sci-fi thriller’s meticulous attention to detail offers a world not soon forgotten with carefully chosen subliminal references lurking in the murky waters of our subconscious.
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Reviving the Lost Craft of Jewish Papercuts
Anna Kronick is one of very few Judaic paper cutters practicing today, with a highly contemporary body of work that breathes new life into the sacred tradition.
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How David Lynch Found His Late Style in Lost Highway
A 4K restoration of the film offers a new chance to untangle its uneasily ambiguous, highly bifurcated plot.
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How Jean-Michel Basquiat Rose to Be King of the Art World
The art establishment was never quite sure what to do with a self-taught artist like Basquiat, who owed as much to bebop and William S. Burroughs’s cut-up technique as he did to African influences.
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The Lost New York of Larry Stanton
Stanton, who died of AIDS complications in 1984, left behind an engaging body of work, a moving tribute to a bygone generation of creative minds.
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New Biopics of Elvis and the Sex Pistols Share Weaknesses
Baz Luhrmann’s film Elvis and Danny Boyle’s miniseries Pistol are both overly fixated on the influence their respective musicians’ managers had on them.
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Kathleen Collins’s Groundbreaking Portrait of Black Womanhood
Ignored and undistributed upon its debut in 1982, in the decades since, the film Losing Ground has slowly gained the recognition it deserves.
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The Cinematic Time Loops of Shahram Mokri
A new box set of four of the Iranian director’s features offers a great opportunity to get to know his singular style.
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Reimagining the Archives of a Revolution
Portuguese filmmaker Filipa César, whose work is the subject of an online retrospective hosted by Metrograph, seeks to help Bissau-Guineans preserve the memory of their revolution.
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Repair and Healing in the In-Between
Artist Tobi Kahn’s tranquil and optimistic paintings are salves many have sought during months of isolation and unrest.
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Beware! Horror Film Master Dario Argento Is Coming to NYC
Film at Lincoln Center’s series Beware of Dario Argento will be screening 20 of the Italian giallo master’s works with a chance to meet him in the flesh.