Film Review
Sharon Lockhart’s Beguiling Tableaus of Children in Nature
Windward pulls us into an almost prelapsarian vision of childhood existence on Newfoundland’s Fogo Island: no phones, no screens, no sense of impending climate crisis.
Film
Film Review
Mount Vesuvius Casts Its Shadow Over Below The Clouds
Gianfranco Rosi beautifully captures the unease of life in Naples, near the legendary volcano, and of modern times in his new film.
Film Review
Not Your Typical Art Heist Flick
Blue-collar art thefts were the inspiration for Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind, which plumbs the conservative turn of the 1970s United States.
Feature
The New York Film Festival Dives Into the Art Scene
From feature films to experimental shorts, several highlights of this year’s lineup explore what it takes to live and work as an artist.
News
Keith Haring Is Getting the Biopic Treatment
The TV series about the graffiti and pop art icon and activist will be based on a biography of the artist published last year.
News
Thousands of Filmmakers Pledge to Boycott Israeli Cinema Institutions
“We as artists must decide whether our work will be used to mask violence or to challenge it,” said Sky Hopinka, one of the signatories along with Nan Goldin, Brian Eno, and others.
Film Review
Examining the Legacy of Fascist Cinema’s Grand Dame
A new documentary about Leni Riefenstahl shows that aesthetics and politics are inextricably linked, and that no image is innocent when wielded by the state.
Feature
How Art Deco Changed American Cinema
On the centennial of the movement, Film Forum is hosting a months-long retrospective of screenings.
Art Review
When One Door Opens, Another Transports Us
Christian Marclay’s most recent assemblage-style film splices together cinematic clips of doors and the various comings and goings they usher.
Feature
Art and Resilience Aligned at This Year’s BlackStar Film Festival
The festival’s 92 films from around the globe showcased cinema as a tool for experimentation, liberation, and resistance.
Film Review
At 82, Meredith Monk May Finally Get Her Due
A new documentary honors the underrecognized avant-garde artist’s prolific output and celebrates her singular vision.
Film Review
Who Are Museums Really For? And Can We Change Our Minds?
The film Binnigula’sa’ (Ancient Zapotec People) asks the questions: Who are the rightful custodians of artifacts, and what is the responsibility of museums to local communities?