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EVERYDAY IS HALLOWEEN, 2025


Groundbreaking Imagery! 1922 Swedish Horror Film 'Häxan'; See the Trailer

Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Revives a Victorian Spook Show Story

Spookiest Images of Early Photography; From creepy Victorian post-mortem portraits to Félix Nadar’s horrifying shot of the Paris Catacombs, we’re definitely never sleeping again

A Brief Compendium of Mesmerising and Macabre Memento Mori

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PORTRAIT: THE WILDLY CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHER WILLIAM MORTENSEN

William Mortensen's 20th Century Photos Are Some of The Most Beautifully Terrifying Images Ever Made

William Mortensen: The Anti-Christ of American Photography? That's What Ansel Adams Called Him


Biography: Pictorial Portrait photographer William Mortensen (1897-1965)

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Film Review: Artist Sharon Lockhart’s Beguiling Tableaus of Children in Nature; 'Windward' pulls us into an almost prelapsarian vision of childhood existence on Newfoundland’s Fogo Island: no phones, no screens, no sense of impending climate crisis

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Elyse Pignolet 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised' at Track 16

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Olafur Eliasson Big Stones

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Celebrities Off The Hook For Promoting Bored Ape NFT; Dismissed class action named several celebrities as defendants, including Justin Bieber, Paris Hilton, Madonna, Serena Williams and Steph Curry

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Take a Look at the Work of Prinston Nnanna at Koplin Del Rio, Seattle

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Empires of Dirt: Michael Heizer’s City

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Gordy Grundy: Legendary Has a New Name, Bari Weiss; Diane Keaton Was Quite an Exception; New Bi-Weekly Column via Airship Cablegram

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Kenny Schachter: Inigo Philbrick Has a New Venture, and Diddy’s $21 Million Kerry James Marshall Has a New Owner: Kenny Schachter Tells All

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Made in L.A. 2025: Take a Look with the Arts Site 'Los Angeles County Museum of Art'

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Dean Kissick: The Vulgar Image; AI is co-spawning a visual culture beyond any imagination. Will an overthrow of good taste re-vest pictures with their mysterious power? Or are we chasing our machines into pastiche hell?

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In Time for Art Basel Paris, Underrated Paris Museums That Locals Love

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Must-See London Fall Shows: Big Names, Big Galleries

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LACMA GIFTING BONANZA

LACMA Gifted Viennese Modernists

LACMA Receives Perenchio Collection + Bonus Gauguin

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ART NOIR

Financial Times: French Government Recognises ‘Failure’ Over Louvre Heist; Daylight Burglary Of Priceless Royal Jewels Triggers Review Of Security Measures At Country’s Cultural Institutions

Daring Louvre Heist Could Have Been Commissioned By A Collector, Officials Say

No Chardins? No Leonardos? We’re Lucky The Louvre Raiders Had Dreadful Taste In Art; Philistine thieves skipped the museum’s real treasures in favour of dull royal knick-knacks

New Book: “Art Fraud: 50 Fakes That Fooled the Art World”; As much as 50% of all art on the market today may be forgery

Greek Abbot of The Mega Spilaio Monastery Was Arrested On Charges of Trafficking Byzantine Icons And Other Antiquities

Art World Infamy: Inigo Philbrick – Nowhere to Run (Ep. 4); Listen as Inigo Philbrick’s fugitive chapter ends in an unlikely island hideout

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PHOTOGRAPHY

Man Ray Was So Much More Than a Photographer; From film to painting to sculpture to chess, the Surrealist was an artist-inventor, tinkering away at light and objects and having a good laugh all the while

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For Inez and Vinoodh, Photography Is Personal: ‘Every Picture We Take Is a Self-Portrait’; Celebrated photography duo is unveiling a new body of work, highly personal and shot entirely on an iPhone

Segregation, Serenades and Social Gatherings: Slice of Black Life in Texas – In Pictures; Exhibition showcasing African American photography in rural and urban areas of Texas underscores the role of the community photographer in documenting local life and culture

Surfer Todd Weaver Takes Magical Pictures of the Golden State Under the California Sun

Fantastic Work! 2025 Bowness Photography Prize 20th Year Winner Anna Higgins. Judge Anna Zahalka said: ‘The stand-out work... is a poetic evocation on the Australian landscape’

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Final Trailer 'Predator: Badlands'; Directed by Dan Trachtenberg; Starring Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi

Official Trailer 'Bugonia'; "A modern masterpiece"; Directed by esteemed Yorgos Lanthimos; Starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons

Mel Gibson’s ‘Resurrection of the Christ’ Finds New Jesus and Mary Magdalene in Jaakko Ohtonen and Mariela Garriga

‘Marty Supreme’ Brings Down the House as Surprise NYFF Screening: ‘Major, Exhilarating Filmmaking’ and Timothée Chalamet’s ‘Best Performance Yet’

Francis Ford Coppola is Actually Shooting ‘Distant Vision’ Next Month, His First Italian-Language Film; “Shot entirely live”

Satyajit Ray: a Director Always Ready For His Close-Up

Terry Gilliam Says ‘Carnival at the End of Days’ “Is Not Gonna Happen”; Featuring an impressive cast; Story of God (Jeff Bridges) deciding to wipe out humanity for destroying the planet — a “comedy,” as Gilliam dryly emphasized. The only character trying to save humanity is Satan (Johnny Depp), who realizes that without people, he’s out of a job

Video Interview: What Cameron Crowe’s ‘Almost Famous’ Years Taught Him About Life; About ; His 50-year career; Teenage writer for Rolling Stone; Bowie, Joni Mitchell to Cruise

Official Teaser 'BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions'; Director Kahlil Joseph presents a documentary essay; Visual and intellectual journey through Black history and beyond

Once Mighty Director Gore Verbinski on 10-Year Absence From Directing: “Studios Just Want Sequels and Streamers Are Shackled by Algorithms”

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Trailer 'The Birthday Party'; Directed by Miguel Ángel Jiménez; Starring Willem Dafoe, Vic Carmen Sonne, Joe Cole, Emma Suárez

Study the Fascinating History of 'Treasure Planet,' Disney Animation's Biggest Ever Flop

Film School: Our Critic Justin Tanner Recommends You See This Classic!

In 'The Oxbow Incident' directed by William Wellman, Henry Fonda and Harry Morgan get caught in the crossfire when an angry posse, out for blood, decide to play judge and jury to three men accused of a crime they didn’t commit.

The large cast includes Jane Darwell, Dana Andrews and Anthony Quinn, who all shine in supporting roles.

But it’s the relatively unknown William Eythe, as the sweet-natured son of a vicious military man, that carries the emotional heft of the film. When his martinet father snaps “I'll have no female boys bearing my name,” the look of quiet anguish on Eythe’s face resonates like a physical blow.

And keep the tissues handy for Fonda’s heartrending final monologue ~Justin Tanner

'The Oxbow Incident'

 
Official Teaser 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery'; Directed by Rian Johnson; Starring Daniel Craig, Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church

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