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Even when painting is abstract, it never ceases to be concerned with decoration.

Robert Burley’s The Disappearance of Darkness, Harvey Wang’s From Darkroom to Daylight.

The feel-good portrayal of the agency in 'Argo' glosses over its role in previously overthrowing Iran's democratically elected leader.

The Sundance-to-Oscar pipeline has been great for independent film directors—at least the male ones.

Yoko’s 80th birthday is a day to celebrate her art, music and activism.

Two brilliant nominees, The Gatekeepers and 5 Broken Cameras, along with other recent documentaries, have deepened our understanding of the conflict.

The Smithsonian’s show on the Civil War and American Art expresses a deep unease about the relationship between between art and history.

MoMA’s monumental exhibition recalls the time when abstraction affected people like love or revolution.

Steven Soderbergh’s Side Effects; Lynne Sach’s Your Day Is My Night

Robert Bresson’s The Devil, Probably; Maurice Pilat’s Police; Leo McCary’s My Son John.