More information is being released about an exciting new film project that focuses on the war photography of artist Lee Miller. Starring Kate Winslet and simply titled “Lee,” this film is the directorial debut of cinematographer Ellen Kuras. Conflicting reports suggest that the team is still filming in Europe while others claim the project is […]
Read more "“Lee”"You may recall a few weeks ago when I published a post featuring a selection of art historical references that influenced pop culture in 2022. Well, the film “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” debuted on Netflix on December 23rd, 2022 and has so many art historical references it gets its own blog post! If […]
Read more "Art History in Pop Culture – “Glass Onion” Edition"Exciting news for those who love art, cinema and biographies as the life of artist Hilma af Klint comes to the big screen! While there is currently no release date for the film in the U.S., those in the U.K. can watch the film when it’s released on October 28th. Written and directed by Lasse […]
Read more "“Hilma”"Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed is a Netflix documentary released in 2021. I will admit upfront that I have been hesitant to watch this film as I was worried that it would reveal some terrible or heinous crime committed by the beloved TV painter or, possibly worse, that he was a fraud who […]
Read more "“Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed”"I frequently discuss art-related documentaries on this blog, but from time to time I delve into the world of cinema to highlight films with overt art historical references or that creatively use art to enhance the storytelling process. I even created a YouTube series – How to Read a Movie – to illustrate how filmmakers […]
Read more "“Candyman” (2021)"Jean-Michel Basquiat is having a moment! You may recall that I have featured multiple posts on Jean-Michel Basquiat right here on this very blog. I reviewed two books about Basquiat: one was the catalogue for the Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation exhibition at the Boston MFA and the other was a graphic […]
Read more "Basquiat at the Movies!"The Wandering Art Historian YouTube channel has been a bit quiet since October 2020, but all that changed last month. My newest web series – How to Read a Movie – debuted in February and the response has been astounding! If that title sounds at all familiar, it’s because it is a direct callback to […]
Read more "How to Read a Movie"While I prefer the Marvel Cinematic Universe to the DCEU (DC Extended Universe), I finally got around to watching 2019’s “Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn.” Besides being the most enjoyable film of the DC franchise thus far, I was pleasantly surprised by a couple of art historical references. For […]
Read more "“Birds of Prey”"“Weathering With You” is the sophomore effort of director Makoto Shinkai that is currently taking the world of animation by storm. This film will not only appeal to fans of the Studio Ghibli films produced by the esteemed living legend Hayao Miyazaki, but to anyone who appreciates animated film-making, whether hand-drawn or computer generated. Without […]
Read more "“Weathering With You”"I missed “At Eternity’s Gate” when it was in theaters last fall, but it was just released on Blu-ray and I am completely in awe. It is a work of art. It is a film by a painter (Julian Schnabel), about a painter (Vincent van Gogh) and it is unbelievable to me that it has […]
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