Film & Documentary
March 30, 2023

They Managed to Mess Up an Art Heist Movie

There must be a lesson in Vasilis Katsoupis’s film Inside about the vacuousness of the art market or the claustrophobia of exhibition spaces — I just don’t care. | Valentina Di Liscia 

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LATEST REVIEWS

New Directors/New Films Festival Takes an Experimental Turn

A host of documentaries exemplify ND/NF’s unconventional programming philosophy. | Dan Schindel

Cauleen Smith’s Drylongso Depicts a Bygone Oakland

Smith’s 1998 film exudes the DIY charm of a low-budget, first-time feature while keenly depicting the complexities of both race- and gender-related inequalities. | Eileen G'Sell

KEEPIN' UP WITH THE EXHIBIT

MTV’s The Exhibit Is Back With an Inflatable Dolphin

Episode four, in which artists tackled themes of justice and injustice, was the most lifeless of the reality TV show so far. | Rhea Nayyar

MTV’s The Exhibit Needs a Cutthroat Judge

In episode three, the artists created works about the pandemic and bonded with each other, which is cute but doesn’t really make for good TV. | Rhea Nayyar