New movies out this week: Feb 15-21 New releases that hit Thai cinemas for your viewing pleasure. Bangkok Post · Feb 15, 2023
Make Me Famous review – dirt-dishing study of the glory days of the Lower East Side This touching documentary revisits the grimy Manhattan of the 70s and 80s in search of long-lost painter Edward Brezinski The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2023
'All the Beauty and the Bloodshed' chronicles Nan Goldin's career of art and activism Filmmaker Laura Poitras and Goldin discuss their Oscar-nominated documentary about efforts to remove the Sackler family name from prominent museums amid the opioid epidemic. WEKU · Feb 9, 2023
The 10 best films at Sydney WorldPride: from Madonna to Nan Goldin and a steamy cowboy movie A groundbreaking Pakistani film, coming-of-age gems and ‘the funniest, stupidest ride of your life’ are among a stellar screen program The Guardian - AU · Feb 1, 2023
Indigenous art and female artists dominate NGA for 2023 A survey of works by Anmatyerre artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye will feature next summer. The Canberra Times · Feb 1, 2023
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed director Laura Poitras: “Nan Goldin is doing great things in a dark time” The film follows the artist and activist in her campaign against the Sackler family and the opioid crisis Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2023
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed review – Nan Goldin’s gripping takedown of the Sackler pharma family Laura Poitras’s Oscar-nominated documentary chronicles the artist’s crusade against the philanthropic US billionaires fuelling of the opioid crisis The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2023
Our weekend arts and culture picks, from The Fabelmans to Happy Valley Our critics and editors share their expert cultural picks for the next few days The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2023
Our weekend arts and culture picks, from Happy Valley to Florence + The Machine Our critics and editors share their expert cultural picks for the next few days The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed review: Nan Goldin documentary will leave you emotionally wrecked The film weaves the artist’s fight with the Sackler family over the opioid crisis with her own tragic backstory Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2023
Oscars 2023: who will win? And who should win? All eyes are on this Sunday as the awards race heats up Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2023
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed review – Nan Goldin takes on big pharma Documentary follows Goldin, the artist who became addicted to OxyContin, as she confronts the wealthy art patrons who profited from its sale The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2023
How (and where) to watch Oscar-nominated films online The nominations to the 95th Academy Awards are now out The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023
How (and where) to watch the AP Top 25 Movies online Glittering rock ‘n’ roll, women warriors and kings, spellbinding multiverses and stories of friendship and family permeated 2022 cinema and the AP Top 25 Movies list The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2023
Los Angeles Times · Dec 21, 2022 Oscars 2023: 10 women directors deserving attention Shortly after the Golden Globes nominations were announced earlier this month, the advocacy group Women in Film took to social media, decrying the "shocking" omission of critically acclaimed female directors, citing Sarah Polley ("Women Talking"), Gina Prince-Bythewood ("The Woman King"), Chinonye Chukwu ("Till") and Maria Schrader ("She Said").
Chicago Tribune · Dec 20, 2022 ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ review: A nonfiction gem about photographer and activist Nan Goldin When director Laura Poitras’ documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” snagged the top prize at this year’s Venice Film Festival, in a field of qualifying titles including “Tár” and “The Banshees of Inisherin,” accusations of contrarian virtue-signaling were flung hither and yon, in some cases even by people who’d…
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WEKU · Dec 5, 2022 How one artist took on the Sacklers and shook their reputation in the art world A new documentary All The Beauty and the Bloodshed tells the story of Nan Goldin, a photographer and activist who survived opioid addiction — then challenged members of the Sackler family.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2022 Artist Nan Goldin on addiction and taking on the Sackler dynasty: ‘I wanted to tell my truth’ Her battle against the billionaires who fuelled the opioid epidemic upended the art establishment. As a film about her life is released, she talks about family tragedy and her journey to activism
The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2022 Indonesian collective at heart of antisemitism row top art world power list ruangrupa group, who curated exhibition including mural with Jewish caricatures, are first Asian artists to top list
The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2022 V&A drops financial ties with Sackler family over links with opioids London museum bows to years of pressure and removes signs bearing name of family associated with OxyContin crisis
Los Angeles Times · Sep 19, 2022 15 must-see films from the Toronto International Film Festival It was like a muscle memory, quick to come back. That feeling of hustling from theater to theater, waiting in lines and just being surrounded by other people that used to be an annual tradition as part of the Toronto International Film Festival but for many longtime attendees has been…
Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 11, 2022 Poitras Documentary Wins Top Prize at Venice Film Festival “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” Laura Poitras’s epic documentary about photographer Nan Goldin and her activism against the Sackler family and their art connections has been awarded the Golden Lion for best film at the 79th Venice International Film Festival. Poitras, the American filmmaker behind the Oscar-winning Edward Snowden…
The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2022 Venice film festival 2022 week two roundup – discomfort and joy A mood of theatricality prevailed at this year’s edition – a bleak but furiously cinematic Marilyn Monroe biopic and a forbiddingly austere French courtroom drama being the most distinctive offerings
The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2022 Artists must expose corruption, urges director of documentary on opioid crisis The story of Nan Goldin, a photographer who campaigned against the Sackler family’s Purdue Pharma, premieres at the Venice Film Festival