Zachary Heinzerling’s Cutie and the Boxer divulges the life stories of Japanese artists Ushio and Noriko Shinohara. It focuses on the pair’s onerous journey toward prominence in the art world, as well as representing the consequences of the lives they chose. While the approaches to art differ, it is clear that the thing they have […]
Read MoreCutie and the Boxer, by Kyle Shelby
The movie Cutie and the Boxer is a breathtaking and touching movie. It is about a married couple who go through a lot in their marriage due to their similar professions in art. The couple goes through poverty and struggle with selling their work. Ushio Shinohara is a painter and sculptor; he spends most of […]
Read MoreCutie and the Boxer, by Daniel Zink
Zachary Heinzerling directed the 2013 documentary Cutie and the Boxer. This film takes place in New York City and depicts a couple: Ushio and Noriko Shinohara. Noriko was an aspiring artist who only had her parents’ support to survive on. Noriko was young when she moved to New York City from Japan and met Ushio. […]
Read MoreJean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child, by Aidan Wilson
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child is a documentary that interviews and covers the life and work of Jean-Michel Basquiat, a famous artist in the 80s from New York City. Like many artists before him, Basquiat was on a quest to do something different and express himself through his art. As was popular amongst the artists […]
Read MoreJean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child, by Joseph Way
Jean-Michel Basquiat: Radiant Child is a biographical documentary about the life and work of Basquiat, one of the most important and influential artists of the modern era. Basquiat’s work is known to be extremely abstract and thought-provoking. The simplicity of his work is juxtaposed with the social and political messages Basquiat often embedded in his […]
Read MoreGeorgia O’Keeffe, by Fotini Tsioles
The 2010 drama film Georgia O’Keeffe conveys a story about a young, 20-year-old American artist and the dramatic development of her relationship with a New York photographer, Alfred Stieglitz. Although this over dramatized turbulent relationship ends up overshadowing the physical art and the historical side of the film, it provides a message of tough love […]
Read MoreCutie and the Boxer, by Canyon Stone
Art is viewed in many aspects; whether at museums, studios, photographs, or even movies. Throughout the film Cutie and the Boxer, we as an audience can see and understand specific pieces of artwork and how they are created. Ushio and Noriko Shinohara are two artists that live and work in New York City. Ushio does […]
Read MorePollock, by Ayden Silverling
The movie Pollock, directed by Ed Harris and released in 2000, was an emotional movie that I feel showed the life of an artist in an accurate way. The ups and downs of the movie were captivating for the audience to watch and it also had its fair share of drama as well. The drama […]
Read MoreCutie and the Boxer, by Lauren Oeth
Cutie and the Boxer is a documentary-style film that tells the tumultuous love story of two artists through the examination of their artwork. The couple’s 40-year-old relationship is captivating and creates an energy of curiosity that satisfies the audience throughout the entire film. The couple’s complex relationship unfolds through the artwork of Noriko in her […]
Read MoreCutie and the Boxer, by Justin Norman
The film that I will be reviewing is a documentary on Netflix called Cutie and The Boxer. This documentary was a very interesting one as it follows the lives of two elderly artists from Japan. The two Japanese artists are Ushio and Noriko Shinohara. They are now living in Brooklyn, New York trying to stay […]
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