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A New Biopic on Gauguin in Tahiti Paints a Skewed Portrait
Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti maneuvers around its subject's more questionable actions by pretending they don't exist.
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Asians in Hollywood
An Asian playing the part of a hero was inconceivable to Hollywood producers.
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The Swiss Art Collector Who Helped Expose Chinese Contemporary Art to the World
The Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg traces how Sigg accumulated his massive and influential collection, a record of Chinese contemporary art of the last three decades.
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A Film Digs Beneath the Dandy Persona of Cecil Beaton
A new film explores the visual legacy of Cecil Beaton, who was inspired by a range of art movements and carefully curated scenes that throbbed with sensuality, drama, and romance.
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Stream Mr. Freedom, the Perfect Anti-Fourth of July Movie
Mr. Freedom, written and directed by William Klein in 1969, viciously lampoons both superheroes and the United States.
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Stanley Kubrick’s Lesser-Known Beginnings as a Photographer
An exhibit highlights the published and unpublished photos Kubrick snapped between 1945 and 1960, before he became the renowned filmmaker.
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Overcoming Isolation Through Mukbang, the Subculture Where People Watch You Eat
Pam Nasr's short film Clams Casino centers on a young woman struggling to reconnect with her mother but successfully connecting to thousands of viewers and eaters online.
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The Art of the Museum Heist Movie, from How to Steal a Million to Ocean's 8
The new film, which revolves around a plan to rob the Met Gala, is the latest addition to the micro-genre of art and museum heist movies.
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The Everyday Lives of Male Bodybuilders
A Skin So Soft follows six bodybuilders, of varying ages, ethnicities, and levels of mass, in the lead-up to a local competition.
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Four Artists on How Motherhood Impacted Their Lives and Careers
A KCET documentary looks at artists who have made motherhood a part of their careers, even as they have navigated the difficulties of the art world.
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The Film Studio that Perfected Cheap Horror Movies in the 1950s
A two-part series at the Quad Cinema chronicles the cheaply made and formally rich horror movies that the UK's Hammer Films began producing in the 1950s.
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Agnès Varda's Utopian Musical Homage to Feminism from the 1970s
One Sings, the Other Doesn't, Varda's precious and poignant feminist musical from 1977 has been restored.