David D'Arcy
Veteran director Nicolas Philibert’s inspiring documentary about the humane treatment of the mentally ill touched the Berlin jurors in what was a generally disappointing competition.
Kim’s Video is quixotic in a nutty way — in an old Indie style — that is more refreshing than it is nostalgic.
Two films look at the hardships and realities of rural life, past and present, at the New York Film Festival.
Panah Panahi’s film is a powerful ode to the will to escape a restrictive society — and to tell stories.
The variety of these photos give us more than just a sense of what Arbus would be doing for the last decade of her life.
“A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know,” Diane Arbus said. Her biographer notes that observation. Hard as he tries, many secrets remain.
As with so many Frederick Wiseman films, we get color, character, sociology – and cinema.
Gagosian Gallery’s show Picasso & the Camera is the art bargain of the season.

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