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Eileen Gray recognized her good fortune. The fact that she was born into a rich family, she said, allowed her to become an artist. Allowed her the time to consider and develop, at her own pace, an aesthetic well suited

It begins as a dream. A moth, incorporating its own light source, hovers over a form. A director—a hybrid “I” in a hall of mirrors—considering a body of work. A shroud—a curtain that descends and enfolds—is embedded with cameras. Once

As a corrective to a corrective, [siccer] utilizes choreographed movement, video installation, green screen, and stop-motion photography to plot paths by which Black performance can reject Western forms of classification without resolution—a state of continuous evolution and becoming.

The films of writer-director Alain Guiraudie—who exploded on the international scene with his 2013 feature Stranger by the Lake—take us to a place out of time, roughly reflecting the years of the filmmaker’s coming of age through his maturity without

In addition to the art fairs—Felix, The Other Art Fair, Frieze Los Angeles, and newcomer Post-Fair—local institutions, galleries, and alternative art spaces are presenting a wealth of special events, programs, and exhibitions.

MARIA finds the soprano Maria Callas in the last week of her life, stalking her grand Paris apartment, dressed to the nines, humoring her butler and housemaid, hoarding and abusing Mandrax. Haunted by her final public performance three years prior, she

In one of the most poignant scenes from her debut documentary A FAMILY, writer Christine Angot looks at a black and white photograph of herself as a teenager. “I remember this photo, this moment in my life. I wasn’t in

EMILIA PÉREZ is a sui generis achievement, an uncanny blend of crime thriller and full-blown musical that rarely devolves into camp. The song and dance numbers appear as integral parts of a whole rather than mere sketches. Performing original compositions

With their original story THE BALCONETTES—a blend of farce, gender-politics, and full blown gore—filmmakers Noémie Merlant and Céline Sciamma have conjured the perfect comedic horror confection for a Halloween night screening at The American French Film Festival (TAFFF).

Writer-director Subhadra Mahajan presents her feature debut SECOND CHANCE—starring Dheera Johnson—on the closing day of AFI Fest 2024. Both will be on hand for a post-screening conversation.

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