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The Best of The Reeler

Not My Type

by Paddy Johnson on May 1, 2014
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Helvetica the documentary explores untold story behind ubiquitous typeface

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Meme of the Crop

by Paddy Johnson on December 27, 2013
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Blend of Web culture and centuries-old art movement is the year’s best show so far.

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Horrors at The Kitchen!

by Paddy Johnson on December 26, 2013
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Jankowski’s latest revives collaborative spirit — with a mixed bag of monsters and killers

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The Little DiVA That Couldn’t

by Paddy Johnson on December 24, 2013
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The best videos in Miami’s art fairs were from New York — but where were all the buyers?

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Animator Green Hollers in NYC

by Paddy Johnson and Matthew Leifheit on December 23, 2013
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Excellent short-film triptych explores the paradox of life, death and experience.

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The Painted Whale

by Paddy Johnson and Matthew Leifheit on December 13, 2013
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A closer look at the animation of Jacco Olivier at Marianne Boesky Gallery, which included a 43-foot animation of a painted whale.

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His Brand is Memory

by Paddy Johnson and Matthew Leifheit on December 12, 2013
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Guy Maddin talks about Brand Upon the Brain! and the cinema of remembrance.

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What’s Wrong With This Picture?

by Paddy Johnson and Matthew Leifheit on December 11, 2013
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Amir Bar-Lev’s My Kid Could Paint That, a documentary about young Marla’s rise and fall from art-world fame represents my worst nightmare as an art critic.

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The $50 Million Question

by Paddy Johnson and Matthew Leifheit on December 10, 2013
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The documentary Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock? takes on the case of an accidental art collector versus the art-world elite.

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