The New York Times – Film:
The Museum of Modern Art’s When the World Broke Open: Katrina and Its Afterlives takes a cinematic look at the city and its people over the past century.
Category: Museum of Modern Art
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A Charlie Chaplin Movie Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
The New York Times – Film:
The Museum of Modern Art has worked on a meticulous restoration of Chaplin’s 1918 film “Shoulder Arms,” screening on Thursday, that likely differs in every frame from what viewers have seen.
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Effectively Banned by the Regime, a Syrian Film Resurfaces
The New York Times – Film:
“Stars in Broad Daylight,” with a domineering character who strongly resembles Hafez al-Assad, had one official showing in Damascus. Now it’s been restored.
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Julianne Moore, Chloë Sevigny and Others Celebrate the Dia Beacon Museum
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
A springtime benefit and 50th anniversary celebration at Dia Beacon in New York’s Hudson Valley brought together an array of cultural figures.
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‘Man’s Castle’: Free Love, Hard Times
The New York Times – Film:
Restored to its original length and screening at the Museum of Modern Art, this 1933 movie starring Spencer Tracy feels at once surprisingly frank and disquietingly coy.
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At New Directors/New Films, the Kids Are Not All Right (Nobody Really Is)
The New York Times – Film:
This year’s edition of the festival tends toward familiar art-house fare, but there are standouts in which characters young and old grapple with childhood.
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Once You Watch an Ernie Gehr Film, You’ll Never See the World the Same Way
The New York Times – Film:
A MoMA series shows how the artist pushes the boundaries of cinema in short movies that both delight and baffle.
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Meet Joan Jonas, One of America’s Most Elusive Artists
The New York Times – T Magazine:
Joan Jonas’s maximalist, category-defying work combines video, performance, folklore, sculpture and ecology. At 87, she still has no intention of simplifying anything.
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Did This Couple Inspire Edward Albee’s ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’?
The New York Times – Film:
A newly preserved Andy Warhol film documents a combative artist couple the playwright knew. The movie is premiering in MoMA’s To Save and Project.