It is stunning to see these flags of beads and sequins on cloth, and the adjectives keep on coming — hypnotic, baroque, beguiling, hallucinatory.
David D'Arcy
Film Reviews: Golda and Sean at the Berlin International Film Festival
This year’s Berlin International Film Festival launched a couple of films aimed at a mass audience. The results were mixed.
Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “The Persian Version” and “Eileen”
The Persian Version and Eileen offer different takes on friction in the family.
Sundance Film Festival Review: “Beyond Utopia” — Escape (for Some) from North Korea
Beyond Utopia is a grim reminder that, against growing odds, people keep leaving North Korea, or try to. It may be a while before another family agrees to film the journey out.
Sundance Film Festival Review: “Kim’s Video” — Lost and Found?
Kim’s Video is quixotic in a nutty way — in an old Indie style — that is more refreshing than it is nostalgic.
Visual Arts Review: Venice Through American Eyes — At the Mystic Seaport Museum
The allure of Venice, as crafted by Venetian artisans, seduced American artists and collectors, who traveled across the world and brought back their prizes to American homes and eventually to museums.
Film Review: “Retrograde” — America’s Tragic Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Now, more than a year after Kabul fell, Afghanistan, where a conflict media-branded as “America’s longest war” waged for twenty years, barely makes the news.
Film Review: Of Farms and Fate — “Eight Deadly Shots” and “Alcarràs” at the New York Film Festival
Two films look at the hardships and realities of rural life, past and present, at the New York Film Festival.
At the New York Film Festival: “All That Breathes” — Birds Saved, to Return to a Toxic Sky
It is tempting to call All That Breathes a film of great humanity, but the documentary’s empathy extends far beyond humans.
Film Review: William Kentridge’s Wondrous “Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot”
The nine-part film series focuses on the artist in his studio in Johannesburg. We see William Kentridge as he draws, paints, designs, paces the floor, and thinks out loud — among other things.