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FILM

A person in a gray winter jacket stands outdoors on a road in a snowy mountain village, with buildings, bare trees, and snow-covered hills in the background.
"Never mind that more and more of these movies look and feel like TV shows"
Three side-by-side photos show a person in casual outfits: posing for a mirror selfie indoors beside a dog, embracing another person on a city sidewalk, and taking an outdoor selfie while holding up a peace sign. Faces are blurred.
“Sofia’s crime is not her betrayal of the documentarian’s fiduciary duty to biographical explication but the tasteful neutering of Marc’s histrionic import”
Two women in gray suiting and dark sunglasses exit a black helicopter
"How can I compare this film to its predecessor when I can’t remember a single outfit that anyone wore?"
Fakir Musafar, The Collar, Self Portrait, 1962, gelatin silver print, 14 x 11".  Courtesy of the Fakir Musafar Estate.
On A Body to Live In, Fakir Musafar's documentary about a body-modification pioneer
A dimly lit room with pink lighting, a floor lamp, a small vintage TV on a dresser, a tiled floor, and a window revealing a building exterior.
At the Variety Arts Theater, video art rubs shoulders with early cinema
A figure with long white hair stands on a decorative balcony, wearing a dark blue outfit, framed by an arched window with ornate patterns.
Gothic romance and the dark appeal of a vampire lover
A group of people in 19th century attire stand on stone steps, with some wearing white dresses and others dressed in red and black, including flowing fabric.
On Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of Frankenstein
Stillz, Barrio Triste, 2025, color, sound, 88 minutes.
Nonfiction shines at the 82nd Venice Film Festival
Still from And Just Like That . . . [Three people stand in an art gallery with a polished floor, viewing colorful wall art, including a vibrant wave painting and a stylized portrait.]
On portrayals of the art world on-screen
The photo shows a grassy field with tall wildflowers in the foreground and a wooden soccer goal frame in the background, surrounded by overgrown vegetation.
Emotional range prevails at the 78th Locarno Film Festival
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