Review of The Painter and the Thief (2020) by Barry Hertz for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) — 19 May 2020
The Painter and the Thief might be the best documentary of the year, if it could be fairly called a documentary. Instead, director Benjamin Ree’s film is more a mesmerizing, and potentially transgressive, investigation into just how far the documentary form can be torn apart and put back together – and whether the audience should accept such a wild reconfiguration.
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This review of The Painter and the Thief (2020) was written by Barry Hertz and published by The Globe and Mail (Toronto) on 19 May 2020.
The Painter and the Thief has generally received very positive reviews.
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