Film: "The Art of Making It," BlackStar Film Festival

Film & Documentary

August 5, 2022 • View in browser

The Flawed Allegory of Nope

Is watching Jordan Peele’s latest film nothing more than an exercise in decoding his message? | Jasmine Liu

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ROOTED IN STORYTELLING

Documentaries About Remembrance and Cultural Celebration in the 2022 BlackStar Film Festival

This year’s program celebrates the resilience and joy in worldwide struggles against erasure and confinement. | Bedatri D. Choudhury

What It Takes for Immigrant Daughters to Make It in America

Isabel Castro’s Mija follows two daughters of immigrants breaking into the music business. | Dan Schindel

THE COSTS OF "MAKING IT"

The Art of Making It Is a Film for Those Who Haven’t Been Paying Attention

The documentary has impressive access to contemporary art world figures, but comes up with no good solutions for the many problems it discusses. | Dan Schindel

Docuseries Explores the Sick and Twisted Relationship Between Leslie Wexner and Jeffrey Epstein

Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons on Hulu depicts an association between an insecure Ohio billionaire and a sleek New York sexual predator. | Elaine Velie

AI & ANIMATION

The First Feature Documentary Made Entirely in Virtual Reality

We Met in Virtual Reality raises the bar for VR filmmaking, and has an optimistic vision for the potential of the metaverse. | Dan Schindel

An Experimental AI Film Director Calls it Quits

For years, Eye Filmmuseum’s Jan Bot has turned film fragments into digital experimental shorts. Now, with the project ending, those shorts will be archived via NFT. | Ben R. Nicholson

Television’s Best Action Cartoon Is Back

Directed by virtuous animator Genndy Tartakovsky, Primal is a continuously inventive and exciting adventure through a prehistoric fantasy world. | Dan Schindel