Basquiat Before the Art Boom
‘Boom For Real’ ruminates in Jean-Michel Basquiat's graffiti punk years.
Andrew Karpan
Watching and Rewatching: ‘The Coolest Guy Movie Ever’
A mid-length documentary takes us back to the Steve McQueen movie 'The Great Escape.’
Capitalism! What is it good for?
Jed Rothstein’s ‘The China Hustle’ struggles to uncover a fraud.Greed is not good. The morality that underpins most movies relies on that principle. We expect punishment to come to those who spend too…
Who Was Joseph Beuys, Anyway?
Andres Veiel takes a first shot at defining one of the last century’s most notable conceptual artists in ‘Beuys.’
Ai Weiwei on ‘Human Flow,’ the Refugee Crisis and Increased Human Selfishness
“Movies need to make some kind of argument about our real lives,” says the conceptual artist turned documentarian.
‘Copwatch’ Watches the Watchmen
A group of activists confronts police brutality with iPhones.
‘Copwatch’ Watches the Watchmen
A group of activists confront police brutality with iPhones.
Unpacking Andy Warhol’s Brillo Boxes
The documentary short ‘Brillo Box (3¢ Off)’ reevaluates the work of a pop art legend.
‘The Reagan Show’ Gives Us the 1980s as Farce
It’s like ‘Veep’ for ’80s kids.History, any self-satisfied student of the last century will tell you, is more than just what happened. Hayden White, one of my favorites on the matter, reduces the subj…
‘Last Men in Aleppo’ is a Striking Piece of Anti-Russian Agitprop
Feras Fayyad's Oscar-nominated debut feature.