Film
When Classic Hollywood Attempted to Deal with Sexual Violence
In a Lonely Place isn’t so much a straightforward thriller as it is a poignant psychological study of a person and a milieu, veiled as an atmospheric noir.
Review
Film
A B-Movie that Inspired Generations of Filmmakers, Including the French New Wave
A precursor and inspiration for filmmakers from the French New Wave to Arthur Penn, Gun Crazy plays in New York on April 14 and 19.
Art
The Lesser-Known History of Slavery in California
California Bound recounts a tumultuous history of mass migration, displacement, and litigation that led to the establishment of California’s earliest African American communities.
Film
The Afghan Films Left Unfinished Under Communist Rule
The reels for the aborted film projects had been kept in the archives of Afghan Film, which director Mariam Ghani mined for her new movie What We Left Unfinished.
Art
A Monumental Cloth That Tells a New Truth About the US Civil War
Contemporary artist Sonya Clark asks, “Who said monuments have to be steel?”
Art
How Leigh Bowery Defined the Look of Gay Culture in 1980s London
Queer artist Leigh Bowery defined New Romanticism and the look of gay culture in 1980s London.
Art
Painting the Social Dimension of Turkey’s Civil War
For his debut exhibition, Nowhere, painter Sidar Baki foregrounds children within Gazi, an inner city neighborhood 20 kilometers from Istanbul’s core, where many Alawites live alongside internally displaced Anatolian youth.
Books
An Attempt to Translate Philosophy into Comics Fails Miserably
Unlike their earlier books illustrating philosophical ideas, this book lacks clarity.
Art
The Underground Gay Art of Early 20th-Century New York
The Young and the Evil at David Zwirner casts a light on lesser-known gay artists who rejected the prevailing trend toward abstraction.
Books
A Captivating Biography Chronicles the Important Life and Work of Judy Chicago
Levin conducted 250 interviews with Chicago and her friends, family, colleagues, admirers, and critics, and had access to Chicago’s diaries and letters.
Books
A Book Argues for Dada’s Russian Origins
Unlike its Western iteration, Dadaism in early twentieth century Russia was closely allied to political revolution.
Art
An Unsung Hero Who Has Been Decolonizing the Toronto Artworld Gets a Solo Show
Pamila Matharu's work connects to the anti-racist work of the Black and Indigenous People/Person(s) of Color (BIPOC) led Desh Pardesh movement of the 90s.