Made to inspire young artists to break the rules, the fizzy ‘Nouvelle Vague’ shows how it’s done

As a young cineaste, Linklater once said he loved “anything by Godard.” It’s hard to imagine that “Slacker,” a ...

‘Auction’ Review: The Art World’s Gilded Hustle

This shrewd and diverting French drama takes as its inspiration the rediscovery of a long-lost Egon Schiele masterwork.
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As long as there are movies about Nazis, there will be movies about the art they looted

Pascal Bonitzer's 'Auction,' which concerns the provenance of an Egon Schiele painting, joins movies like 'The Train' and ...
PBS

Edward Hopper and the movies

Edward Hopper is often considered part the Ashcan School, an artistic movement founded by Robert Henri – one of Hopper’s instructors at the New York School of Art and Design. The Ashcan artists ...
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'The Studio' explains how good artists make bad movies

Would you be surprised to hear that the very good and very funny Seth Rogen-led film-industry satire The Studio has a lot in common with The Wire? We'll come back to that. A 10-episode series for ...