If most of us rummaged through our partner’s storage room to check out what old photos and videos you could dust off, I dare say the novelty would wear thin very quickly. However if you are the sound engineer Claudine Nougaret and your husband is the legendary veteran French cameraman Raymond Depardon then the years … Continue reading
Lars Ivar Lerin is reputed to be Sweden’s finest water-color artist whose work is much sort after. He is also a recovering alcoholic and drug addicted gay man who is desperate to find a life partner some days. Other days he is not sure about this, and most other things too. This rather charming documentary … Continue reading
Ushio Shinohara was a leading light in the avant garde art scene in post war Japan who in 1969 headed out to New York in 1969 to seek his (international) fame and fortune. He quickly established himself in the burgeoning artist colony in Sotho for both his art and his limitless capacity to drink. Three … Continue reading
Brooklyn native ex-punk rocker turned photographer Gregory Crewdson is something of an enigma. Over a period of some six years he produced a whole body of work called ‘Beneath The Roses’ which were large scale photographs of meticulously designed scenarios that he had set up as full-blown movie sets. In this fascinating documentary by filmmaker Ben Shapiro (‘Paul Goodman Changed … Continue reading