The Velvet Queen, elegantly directed by Marie Amiguet and Vincent Munier, is a vivid chronicle of an arduous journey, old-fashioned but visually high-tech.
David D'Arcy
Letter from New York — Dresden Treasures, and Lots of Picasso
New York has come back to life, so there is more art to see than anyone has time to visit or write about.
Film Review: Chronicle of a Movie Never Made – “Speer Goes to Hollywood”
Albert Speer’s reputation as a “good Nazi” was this architect’s postwar monument. He spent as much time burnishing that brand after prison as he did when he was rising through the Nazi ranks.
Film Reviews: At the NYFF — Haynes’s “The Velvet Underground,” Dumont’s “France,” and Peleshian’s “Nature”
Reviews of Todd Haynes’s documentary The Velvet Underground, Bruno Dumont’s France, a satire-drama about the news industry, and Nature, Artavazd Peleshian’s graceful parade of natural disasters.
Film Reviews: NY Film Festival Closes — Theater on the Screen
Two divergent works of theater for the screen were at this year’s NYFF, an adaptation of Macbeth in black and white, and a raunchy sleeper from Romania.
Film Review: “Prayers for the Stolen,” A Microcosm of Mexico, Makes US Premiere at the NY Film Festival
Let’s see if Prayers for the Stolen is selected as Mexico’s Academy Award nominee. It’s a long shot, given that this is a film that tells so much of the truth.
Film Reviews: Documentaries at the Toronto International Film Festival — Cops and Kenny G
Docs at the Toronto International Film Festival ranged from the topical to the historical to the cultural. Here are a few that you should try to see.
Film Review: This Year’s Tribeca Film Festival Documentaries — From Leonardo da Vinci to Rick James
The Tribeca Film Festival wrapped last week — here’s a selection of the most promising documentaries on view.
Visual Arts Interview: The Colonial Elephant in the Room — Talking with Barnaby Phillips, author of “Loot: Britain and The Benin Bronzes”
Last week, just a month after the publication of Loot in the US, the Met in New York announced that it was returning two Benin Bronzes to Nigeria.
Letter from New York: Visual Arts — Alice Neel and All the Rest
In New York, museums and galleries are racing toward a new normal, whatever that might be. Most exhibitions that opened earlier in the year will stay open into the summer.