An exploration of an unknown artist’s work, Finding Vivian Maier is a gripping documentary about one person’s journey to uncover the truth about a 20th century photographer. Written and directed by John Maloof, this film ventures deep into one woman’s past and the almost compulsive need she had to photograph the world around her. The […]
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 MoreFur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, by Talia Slater
The movie Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus by Benjamin Williams isn’t your typical art history movie. To be honest it isn’t a typical movie in general that you would think to watch on your own. What caught my attention? As I watched the trailer, it reminded me of a mystery movie that just […]
Read MoreFur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, by Benjamin Williams
This movie was not something that I would usually watch on my own, but when I viewed a little trailer about the movie it sparked my interest a bit. It took a while for the movie to gain some traction into the main storyline. This was a downside to the movie because things were happening […]
Read MoreFur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, by Tyler Whitney
I watched the movie Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, and it has many flaws as a movie itself. The biggest complaint for this movie is the pace is drastically slow and the characters have very little life. The first 42 minutes of the movie are borderline irrelevant and could be cut down to […]
Read MoreFur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, by Elizabeth Lieberman
The 2006 film Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus is perhaps one of the most unique cinematic renditions of an artist’s life in existence. Heavily criticized and rejected by her own children, Amy and Doon Arbus, the film takes a metaphorical approach to the life and influences of Diane Arbus. Anyone seeking a biographical analysis […]
Read MoreFinding Vivian Maier, by Rachel Shelley
In winter of 2007, John Maloof stumbled across a box of negatives at an auction, and was told they belonged to Vivian Maier. After realizing how stunning her photographs were, Maloof spent his time trying to discover who this woman was. The movie took the form of interviewing numerous people who encountered Vivian Maier. At […]
Read MoreFinding Vivian Maier, by Michael DeLeo
In the documentary titled, “Finding Vivian Maier”, the mystery of a nanny, now turned national icon through photography and art, is tracked step by step in order to gain an understanding of just who she had been. Amazingly, she kept her work as secretive as possible while alive and would not have been brought under […]
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