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Laura Poitras

Dec 15

Best Movies 2022: 15 Films Defined By Reflection, Regret, Friendship, and Optimism

From documentaries to a new kind of spectacle cinema, Oliver Jones looks at what links the year’s most resounding cinema.
By Oliver Jones
Sep 21

Top Picks at New York Film Festival 2022

The 60th NYFF is around the corner. Observer Entertainment Editor Joe Levy and Arts Editor Erin Taylor picked out their top choices for NYFF 2022.
By Erin Taylor
May 15

Critique of Inequality Is Aimed in All Directions at the 2019 Whitney Biennial

The artists of the 2019 Whitney Biennial overwhelmingly articulate a desire for a more just society—but often from a safe vantage point with little personally at stake.
By Paddy Johnson
Tribeca Film Festival Schindler's List Scarface
Mar 19

Tribeca: ‘Schindler’s List’ and ‘Scarface’ Set for 2018 Reunion

By Brandon Katz
Julian Assange in Risk.
May 5

‘Risk’ is Muddled, Complicated Peek Into Julian Assange’s Toxic Narcissism  

By Oliver Jones
A figure painting class at the NYAA.
May 16

10 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before May 20

By Ryan Steadman
NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 05: Emergency workers converge at the scene of a collapsed crane in a roadway in lower Manhattan Friday morning on February 5, 2016 in New York City. The accident killed at least one person and seriously injured two according to the New York City Fire Department. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Feb 5

Afternoon Bulletin: Manhattan Crane Collapse, Officers Shot in the Bronx and More

By Felipe De La Hoz
British archaeologist T.E. Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia, wearing his famous robes and jambiya dagger. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Feb 5

UK Bars Export of Lawrence of Arabia Robes, London Tattoo Culture on View—and More

By Alanna Martinez
A visitor to Laura Poitras' "Astro Noise" at the Whitney Museum. (New York Observer)
Feb 4

Filmmaker Laura Poitras Brings Classified Documents to Art Museum Walls

By Alanna Martinez
Artist Ai Weiwei and activist Jacob Applebaum shreadding NSA documents. (Image: Film still courtesy Praxis Films)
Jun 9

Director of Oscar-Winning Snowden Documentary Debuts New Film Starring Ai Weiwei

By Alanna Martinez
Ms. Poitras. (Courtesy poptech.org)
Oct 1

New Museum’s Lauren Cornell Talks to Filmmaker Laura Poitras, Who Helped Break Snowden Story

By M.H. Miller
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