Jon Stewart Distills "Rosewater"
on Thursday, November 13, 2014
Can a movie about prison torture begin with sensuous flower petals and romantic poetry? Jon Stewart gives it a go inRosewater, his dramatization of the 118-day imprisonment that journalist Maziar Bahari endured for his coverage of the 2009 Iranian ...
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"Samba & Jazz": Filmmaker Jefferson Mello Serenades Rio & New Orleans
on Tuesday, October 7, 2014
The documentary Samba & Jazz is a vibey affair. Stressing harmonies between Rio de Janeiro and New Orleans, Jefferson Mello's tale of two rhythms is also a tale of two cities. It's their shared pulse that makes American jazz and Brazilian samba ...
Cinematographer Renato Falcão Grows Animated over Blue Sky Studios
on Monday, October 6, 2014
If you're among the global moviegoers who helped bring 3-D adventure comedies Rio and Rio 2 nearly a billion dollars at the box office, you've beheld some of the latest CGI magic coming out of Blue Sky Studios. Both of these animated works feature ...
"Unstill Life": Gabrielle Selz Portrays Coming of Age in the World of Art
on Tuesday, September 23, 2014
"Art was their tea leaves, their road map and their destination," Gabrielle Selz says of her parents in Unstill Life: A Daughter's Memoir of Art and Love in the Age of Abstraction. Given that her father is Peter Selz, who served as chief curator of ...
Curator Mason Klein on the Secret Ingredients of "Helena Rubinstein: Beauty Is Power"
on Thursday, September 18, 2014
"Beauty is Power," a slogan lifted from the 1904 launch of Helena Rubinstein's Crème Valaze product line, is a tidy packaging of the late cosmetics magnate and collector's philosophy. It also informs the title of The Jewish Museum's upcoming ...
