"Two documentaries about trailblazing artists who were both dead before forty open in New York this week," begins Melissa Anderson in the Voice. "Fassbinder: To Love Without Demands is informed by director Christian Braad Thomsen's friendship with the New German Cinema godhead, while Marcie Begleiter's Eva Hesse surveys the life of the paradigmatic post-Minimalist sculptor largely through giving voice to Hesse's diary entries." We're collecting reviews. More goings on: A new restoration of Eagle Pennell's Last Night at the Alamo, talking with Lizzie Borden about Born in Flames—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 4/28/2016
- Keyframe
"Two documentaries about trailblazing artists who were both dead before forty open in New York this week," begins Melissa Anderson in the Voice. "Fassbinder: To Love Without Demands is informed by director Christian Braad Thomsen's friendship with the New German Cinema godhead, while Marcie Begleiter's Eva Hesse surveys the life of the paradigmatic post-Minimalist sculptor largely through giving voice to Hesse's diary entries." We're collecting reviews. More goings on: A new restoration of Eagle Pennell's Last Night at the Alamo, talking with Lizzie Borden about Born in Flames—and more. » - David Hudson...
- 4/28/2016
- Fandor: Keyframe
Read More: Zeitgeist Films Acquires Tom Sachs' and Van Neistat's 'A Space Program' Zeitgeist Films has acquired distribution rights to "Eva Hesse," a documentary that focuses on the life of the titular star. The film marks the debut of director Marcie Begleiter and is produced by Karen S. Shapiro ("Beat the Drum") and Michael P. Aust ("Pommes essen"). Eva Hesse was a German-born American artist who quickly rose to fame in the New York art scene thanks to 20-group shows and a cover article for "ArtForum" magazine. She died at the age of 34 that same year from a brain tumor. The documentary also covers Hesse's life as a Jew in 1930's Hamburg, her narrow escape to New York and her transformation into a pioneer in sculpting. Zeitgeist Co-Presidents Nancy Gerstman and Emily Russo released the following statement in regards to the acquisition: "[We] have been following this...
- 1/8/2016
- by Kristen Santer
- Indiewire
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