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.
Film
Features
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.
Features
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?
Film Review
An Absurd Take on Masahisa Fukase’s Darkness
The ridiculous magical-realist flourish of an anthropomorphic raven cheapens his story and flattens the film’s engagement with his art.
Book Review
The Fraught Rapture of Seeing Other Women Onscreen
Feminist film scholar Lori Jo Marso redresses misconceptions of the gendered gaze, parsing through the lessons we can learn from our exhilaration and unease.
News
Film Disputes Authorship of Iconic “Napalm Girl” Photo
After a documentary questioned its attribution, World Press Photo said today that it would no longer credit former AP photographer Nick Út for the Vietnam War image.
Film Review
An Artist Who Transgressed the Boundaries of the Body
“A Body to Live In” takes a multilayered perspective on artist Fakir Musafar’s life to creatively excavate his role as a pioneer of extreme body modification.
Film Review
The Darkness of Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light
One of a new documentary’s most intriguing strands is the way that brand seemed to eclipse the man, according to his own family.
Film Review
The Encampments Documentary Tells Columbia It's Not Over Yet
A new film extricates the movement from the grips of mainstream and conservative media narratives and places it back in the hands of its organizers.