Comics
The Bombastic, Paranoid World of Salvador Dalí
Quentin Dupieux's new comedy Daaaaaalí! is about an artist trolling the media — and how the media deserves it.
Film
Art
Was Robert Rauschenberg’s Venice Biennale Victory Rigged?
A new documentary explores the scandals surrounding the 1964 show, illuminating the US government’s obsession with its international image.
Film
Fiction and Fact Intermingle at the First Look Film Festival
The Museum of the Moving Image’s annual experimental cinema event features several films that remix archival materials.
Film
A New Documentary Reveals Larry Fink’s Personal Side
A short documentary captures the later years and reflective musings of the iconic photographer, who passed away last year at the age of 82.
Film
New Film Spotlights Augusta Savage, Grand Dame of the Harlem Renaissance
The first installment of PBS’s American Masters tells the story of a steadfast Black sculptor who overcame countless barriers.
Film
A Batch of Video Essays for the Last Days of Winter
Donald Duck, Disney theme parks, and other excitement make up this month’s video essay roundup.
Film
America Ferrera to Play Cuban Artist Ana Mendieta in New Series
The show is an adaptation of Naked by the Window, the 1990 book about Mendieta's career and Carl Andre’s suspected role in her death.
Film
Onlookers Records the Lure of the Tourist Gaze
Kimi Takesue’s new documentary nudges us to consider whether we in the audience differ all that much from the tourists whipping out their iPhones.
Film
When a Woman Searches for a Man and Finds Herself Instead
The women-led Retrospective section of the Berlinale gives second-wave feminism a fresh look.
Film
Maria Lassnig’s Triumphant “Little Films”
Lassnig’s short films perfectly present the artist’s uncanny talent for marrying morbidity and frolic, rigor and wantonness.
Film
Behind the Scenes of Amazon Workers’ Fight for a Union
Brett Story’s Union demonstrates how the tedium of labor organizing can sometimes catalyze electric triumphs.
Film
An Online Film Festival That's All About Cycling
The Bicycle Film Festival boasts more than 40 shorts and features spanning South Korea to Havana, from e-bike food delivery stories to rural gravel races.