Culture At Pageant’s second annual gala, experimental performance reigns supreme This year’s fundraising event for the artist-run space features footlong high heels, whipped cream-spewing bras, and live tattoos
Art Artist Julia Weist’s latest exhibition gives audiences the vantage of a private investigator Ahead of her solo presentation at NADA with Moskowitz Bayse gallery, Weist sits down with Document’s editor-in-chief to discuss surveillance data as artistic material
Art Clarissa Dalrymple and David Velasco imagine an art world built on human connection In conversation for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the curator and critic recount the friendships, politics, and small graces of New York City’s cultural legacies
Music Maya Hawke and Kim Gordon dissect the poetics of commerce The multidisciplinary artists untangle lyric metaphors and pop cultural myths for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue
Conversations Viggo Mortensen and Ron Howard see storytelling as an act of collaboration For Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the filmmakers ruminate on the transportive power of cinema, the art of interpretation, and the importance of honoring your audience by Camille Sojit Pejcha Conversations Isabelle Huppert and Bruce LaBruce capture the profound power of deviance For Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the actor and director discuss the cinematic language, fashion, and revolution in their filmographies by Whitney Mallett Above the Fold Charting a course through Wim Wenders’s filmography Document drafts a roadmap through the New German Cinema pioneer’s must-see works following remarkable critical reception of his latest film, ‘Perfect Days’ by Anabel Gullo Above the Fold In ‘The Wrong Movie,’ an apartment building and a ring light become metaphors for human connection Artist and writer Keren Cytter’s feature film debuted at the 74th Berlinale, leaving audiences wondering: did that guy really become a drone? by Maya Kotomori Above the Fold For Hugo Comte, abstraction is the highest form of flattery The renowned fashion photographer sits down with Document to discuss love, inspiration, and attitude in his debut film, ‘Purring Metal’ by Maya Kotomori Above the Fold Erin Grant celebrates her New York premiere with a night of cinematic illusions The actor and directer spotlights genre-bending shorts from New York filmmakers featuring Illuminati P.I.s, a fallen angel, and a not-so-magic rodent by Drew Zeiba Above the Fold A glimpse through Frederick Wiseman’s enduring lens Upon the release of his 44th documentary ‘Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros,’ Document curates a list of the filmmaker’s most provocative portraits by Anabel Gullo Above the Fold ‘The Iron Claw’ goes for the emotional jugular Sean Durkin’s third film renders the Von Erich wrestling family as a American tragedy by Jayne O'Dwyer Above the Fold ‘Gratuity Included’ feasts on the experimental At the film’s second screening, director and fine artist Paulina Freifeld left audiences at KGB’s theater with one cheeky question: what’s for dinner? by Maya Kotomori Above the Fold A guide to the discomfiting films of Todd Haynes Upon the release of May-December, Document curates of list of his most sumptuous, unsettling films by Jayne O'Dwyer Above the Fold Between love, hate, and richesse, ‘Saltburn’ boils over In a web of cinephilic homages, Emerald Fennell’s sophomore feature spins a half-baked tale of lust and ambition by Jayne O'Dwyer Conversations Ishmael Reed and Boots Riley on the art of cultural agitation The novelist and the filmmaker talk Oakland, Basquiat, hip-hop, and propaganda for Document’s Fall/Winter 2023 issue by Jordan Coley Above the Fold In ‘Fingernails,’ uncertainty is painful Christos Nikou’s new film imagines a not-too-distant dystopian future, where love can be certified with a one-off test by Tia Glista Conversations Barry Keoghan makes his own luck For Document’s Fall/Winter 2023 issue, the actor breaks down the art of keeping out of rhythm and seeking comfort in destiny by Charlie Teasdale Conversations Down the splinter of human injury with Sandra Hüller and Joachim Trier For Document’s Fall/Winter 2023 issue, the actor and filmmaker meet to unpack the art of anti-storytelling by Elizabeth Hsieh Above the Fold ‘Two Refusals (Would We Recognize Ourselves Unbroken?)’ excavates cultural memory Part documentary, part visual poem, Suneil Sanzgiri’s video installation at the Brooklyn Museum examines colonial resistance across India and Africa by Maximilian Tapogna At Large Martine Gutierrez deconstructs the avatar, in conversation with Zackary Drucker For Document’s Fall/Winter 2023 issue, the artist shares ‘Child Interrupted,’ a portfolio positioning the self as invention by Morgan Becker Conversations In the confessional with Jodie Foster and David Sedaris Surveying dialects, dogs, death, and dating, the actor and writer meet for the first time for Document’s Fall/Winter 2023 issue by Megan Hullander Above the Fold Tina Kukielski’s guide to the rich, varied films of ‘Art in the Twenty-First Century’ Ahead of the release of “Friends & Strangers,” Art21’s chief curator highlights some of the series’s most fascinating installments by Jayne O'Dwyer Above the Fold A comprehensive syllabus to ‘Convulsive States’ Following the exhibition’s opening at Pioneer Works, performance artist Liz Magic Laser and curator Gabriel Florenz delineate the words and sounds that shaped it by Megan Hullander Above the Fold For Romy and Charlotte Wells, joy and grief are inextricable The two meet to unravel the act of art-making, comparing the musician’s solo debut against the filmmaker’s first feature by Megan Hullander Above the Fold TIFF’s (somewhat) hidden gems Document took to the juggernaut of the film festival circuit, parsing through its most impressive under-the-radar offerings by Tia Glista Above the Fold ‘Bottoms’ flips the script on the teen sex comedy Emma Seligman’s latest film proves that amidst shifting cultural norms, raunchy flicks still have a place at the box office by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Films to hold on to summer From ‘Do The Right Thing’ to ‘Y Tu Mamá También,’ Document offers a list of films that best embody the season’s spirit by Anabel Gullo Above the Fold Lee Pace contains multitudes Hollywood’s most versatile actor joins Document to discuss the complexity of the mind, transcending traditional gender roles, and the characters he never forgot by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold ‘Barbie’ was a great movie—should that worry us? How a film commissioned by a children’s toy brand become the blockbuster of the summer, and what that means for the future of cinema by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold The modern German fairytales of Christian Petzold Following the release of ‘Afire,’ the Berlin School director joins the film’s star, Paula Beer, to consider its elaborate fantasies of work, play, and landscape by Erik Morse Above the Fold The battle for the soul of Hollywood A dystopian AI proposal raises questions about what happens to creative industries when all but the most recognizable figures are deemed disposable by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Mind the gap, #Barbenheimer Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ and Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ share a release date, and a knack for sparking terminally online debate by Maya Kotomori Above the Fold Niia and Michael Imperioli philosophize on the generosity of art For Document, the musician and the actor meet as benefactors of one another’s work, discussing the transcendence born from opening the self by Megan Hullander Above the Fold The divine gifts of ‘The Starling Girl’ Upon the streaming release of her debut film, Laurel Parmet sits down with Document to discuss the coexistence of faith and desire by Yasmeen Khan Above the Fold ‘Earth Mama’ finds tenderness in solidarity Ahead of the film’s release, Savanah Leaf joins Document to dissect her A24 feature debut and advocate for fiction’s capacity for truthful storytelling by Tia Glista Above the Fold Jordan Raoufpur is at war with the modern day The artist joins Document to muse on the standards art should be held to, and elaborate on the ways he’s prevented himself from fulfilling them by Megan Hullander Above the Fold ‘Neon Noir’ bridges cinematic cynicism with technicolor tenebrism Curated by Inge de Leeuw, Metrograph’s July film series trades the crime dramas of the genre’s past for the science-fiction of the near future by Yasmeen Khan Above the Fold The sexless fallacy of queer young adult television For Gen Z’s on-screen counterparts, moments of raw passion have been exchanged for obsession with the purity of youth—why can’t both exist at once? by Henry Chandonnet Above the Fold ‘Paris Memories’ probes the act of recollection, through its ties to community and death Alice Winocour’s latest film follows in the French tradition of psychological cinema, with trauma as the impetus for coming-together by Erik Morse Above the Fold The enduring impulse of Adam Goldberg Following his stint as a jury member at the Tribeca Film Festival, the actor joins Document to anatomize his storied career by Megan Hullander Above the Fold Transcending Cannes—at Cannes Despite its reputation as a playground for the industry’s elite, this year’s festival selection did champion a diverse intellectual spirit by Sarah Daoui Above the Fold The vulgar, campy, radical world of filmmaker Bruce LaBruce From the prop room of his upcoming feature ‘The Visitor,’ the shock connoisseur talks Pasolini, religious ecstasy, and the true ethos of experimental art by Amelia Abraham Above the Fold Remembering Kenneth Anger, an icon of queer cinematic counterculture The groundbreaking filmmaker believed movies were “evil” and likened his practice to the “casting of a spell”—the influence of which is imbued across visual culture by Camille Sojit Pejcha Conversations Cillian Murphy and Geoff Dyer evaluate the cross-medium art of observation Years ago, the actor requested the cinematic rights to the writer’s ‘Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi’—here, they revisit the proposal by Megan Hullander Conversations Myha’la Herrold pushes the on-screen envelope, redefining the antihero Resistant to the archetype, the actor is emblematic of a new generation of performers, committed to complex characters and storylines by Morgan Becker Conversations Saoirse Ronan and Grace Coddington are artists in the craft of character-building After their first meeting more than a decade ago, the actor and fashion editor come together, looking back on New York and life along the... by Maraya Fisher Conversations Pedro Almodóvar and Anthony Vaccarello are true disciples of fashion’s storied love affair with film The filmmaker and Saint Laurent Productions’s artistic director reflect on 'Strange Way of Life,' and giving new impetus to its decade-old script by Aaron Hicklin Above the Fold The slow sea odyssey of ‘Human Flowers of Flesh’ renders everything from “nothing” Thoughtful meditations are foregrounded in German filmmaker Helena Wittmann’s modern take on Claire Denis’s ‘Beau Travail’ by Greta Rainbow Above the Fold Daytripping: The top 20 nightlife scenes in cinema In her bi-weekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark lists her favorite instances of on-screen dancing, from the rave in Zion to ’60s sci-fi fantasia by McKenzie Wark Above the Fold ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ is a call-to-arms for a disillusioned world Fed up with the ineffectiveness of peaceful protest, a group of young activists decide to burn it all down for the sake of our future by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Saint Laurent spearheads ‘Strange Way of Life,’ Pedro Almodóvar’s answer to ‘Brokeback Mountain’ The short film, starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal, is set to premiere at Cannes, kickstarting the French house’s foray into the realm of cinema by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Sophie Thatcher finds salvation in storytelling The ‘Yellowjackets’ star opens up about her music career, childhood obsessions, and her desire to ‘become unrecognizable’ by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold You probably haven’t heard about the most egregious Oscars snub ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’ won Best Animated Short—the worst contender by far, backed by a celebrity-studded network by Morgan Becker
Conversations Viggo Mortensen and Ron Howard see storytelling as an act of collaboration For Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the filmmakers ruminate on the transportive power of cinema, the art of interpretation, and the importance of honoring your audience by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Conversations Isabelle Huppert and Bruce LaBruce capture the profound power of deviance For Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the actor and director discuss the cinematic language, fashion, and revolution in their filmographies by Whitney Mallett
Above the Fold Charting a course through Wim Wenders’s filmography Document drafts a roadmap through the New German Cinema pioneer’s must-see works following remarkable critical reception of his latest film, ‘Perfect Days’ by Anabel Gullo
Above the Fold In ‘The Wrong Movie,’ an apartment building and a ring light become metaphors for human connection Artist and writer Keren Cytter’s feature film debuted at the 74th Berlinale, leaving audiences wondering: did that guy really become a drone? by Maya Kotomori
Above the Fold For Hugo Comte, abstraction is the highest form of flattery The renowned fashion photographer sits down with Document to discuss love, inspiration, and attitude in his debut film, ‘Purring Metal’ by Maya Kotomori
Above the Fold Erin Grant celebrates her New York premiere with a night of cinematic illusions The actor and directer spotlights genre-bending shorts from New York filmmakers featuring Illuminati P.I.s, a fallen angel, and a not-so-magic rodent by Drew Zeiba
Above the Fold A glimpse through Frederick Wiseman’s enduring lens Upon the release of his 44th documentary ‘Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros,’ Document curates a list of the filmmaker’s most provocative portraits by Anabel Gullo
Above the Fold ‘The Iron Claw’ goes for the emotional jugular Sean Durkin’s third film renders the Von Erich wrestling family as a American tragedy by Jayne O'Dwyer
Above the Fold ‘Gratuity Included’ feasts on the experimental At the film’s second screening, director and fine artist Paulina Freifeld left audiences at KGB’s theater with one cheeky question: what’s for dinner? by Maya Kotomori
Above the Fold A guide to the discomfiting films of Todd Haynes Upon the release of May-December, Document curates of list of his most sumptuous, unsettling films by Jayne O'Dwyer
Above the Fold Between love, hate, and richesse, ‘Saltburn’ boils over In a web of cinephilic homages, Emerald Fennell’s sophomore feature spins a half-baked tale of lust and ambition by Jayne O'Dwyer
Conversations Ishmael Reed and Boots Riley on the art of cultural agitation The novelist and the filmmaker talk Oakland, Basquiat, hip-hop, and propaganda for Document’s Fall/Winter 2023 issue by Jordan Coley
Above the Fold In ‘Fingernails,’ uncertainty is painful Christos Nikou’s new film imagines a not-too-distant dystopian future, where love can be certified with a one-off test by Tia Glista
Conversations Barry Keoghan makes his own luck For Document’s Fall/Winter 2023 issue, the actor breaks down the art of keeping out of rhythm and seeking comfort in destiny by Charlie Teasdale
Conversations Down the splinter of human injury with Sandra Hüller and Joachim Trier For Document’s Fall/Winter 2023 issue, the actor and filmmaker meet to unpack the art of anti-storytelling by Elizabeth Hsieh
Above the Fold ‘Two Refusals (Would We Recognize Ourselves Unbroken?)’ excavates cultural memory Part documentary, part visual poem, Suneil Sanzgiri’s video installation at the Brooklyn Museum examines colonial resistance across India and Africa by Maximilian Tapogna
At Large Martine Gutierrez deconstructs the avatar, in conversation with Zackary Drucker For Document’s Fall/Winter 2023 issue, the artist shares ‘Child Interrupted,’ a portfolio positioning the self as invention by Morgan Becker
Conversations In the confessional with Jodie Foster and David Sedaris Surveying dialects, dogs, death, and dating, the actor and writer meet for the first time for Document’s Fall/Winter 2023 issue by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Tina Kukielski’s guide to the rich, varied films of ‘Art in the Twenty-First Century’ Ahead of the release of “Friends & Strangers,” Art21’s chief curator highlights some of the series’s most fascinating installments by Jayne O'Dwyer
Above the Fold A comprehensive syllabus to ‘Convulsive States’ Following the exhibition’s opening at Pioneer Works, performance artist Liz Magic Laser and curator Gabriel Florenz delineate the words and sounds that shaped it by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold For Romy and Charlotte Wells, joy and grief are inextricable The two meet to unravel the act of art-making, comparing the musician’s solo debut against the filmmaker’s first feature by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold TIFF’s (somewhat) hidden gems Document took to the juggernaut of the film festival circuit, parsing through its most impressive under-the-radar offerings by Tia Glista
Above the Fold ‘Bottoms’ flips the script on the teen sex comedy Emma Seligman’s latest film proves that amidst shifting cultural norms, raunchy flicks still have a place at the box office by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Films to hold on to summer From ‘Do The Right Thing’ to ‘Y Tu Mamá También,’ Document offers a list of films that best embody the season’s spirit by Anabel Gullo
Above the Fold Lee Pace contains multitudes Hollywood’s most versatile actor joins Document to discuss the complexity of the mind, transcending traditional gender roles, and the characters he never forgot by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold ‘Barbie’ was a great movie—should that worry us? How a film commissioned by a children’s toy brand become the blockbuster of the summer, and what that means for the future of cinema by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold The modern German fairytales of Christian Petzold Following the release of ‘Afire,’ the Berlin School director joins the film’s star, Paula Beer, to consider its elaborate fantasies of work, play, and landscape by Erik Morse
Above the Fold The battle for the soul of Hollywood A dystopian AI proposal raises questions about what happens to creative industries when all but the most recognizable figures are deemed disposable by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Mind the gap, #Barbenheimer Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ and Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ share a release date, and a knack for sparking terminally online debate by Maya Kotomori
Above the Fold Niia and Michael Imperioli philosophize on the generosity of art For Document, the musician and the actor meet as benefactors of one another’s work, discussing the transcendence born from opening the self by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold The divine gifts of ‘The Starling Girl’ Upon the streaming release of her debut film, Laurel Parmet sits down with Document to discuss the coexistence of faith and desire by Yasmeen Khan
Above the Fold ‘Earth Mama’ finds tenderness in solidarity Ahead of the film’s release, Savanah Leaf joins Document to dissect her A24 feature debut and advocate for fiction’s capacity for truthful storytelling by Tia Glista
Above the Fold Jordan Raoufpur is at war with the modern day The artist joins Document to muse on the standards art should be held to, and elaborate on the ways he’s prevented himself from fulfilling them by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold ‘Neon Noir’ bridges cinematic cynicism with technicolor tenebrism Curated by Inge de Leeuw, Metrograph’s July film series trades the crime dramas of the genre’s past for the science-fiction of the near future by Yasmeen Khan
Above the Fold The sexless fallacy of queer young adult television For Gen Z’s on-screen counterparts, moments of raw passion have been exchanged for obsession with the purity of youth—why can’t both exist at once? by Henry Chandonnet
Above the Fold ‘Paris Memories’ probes the act of recollection, through its ties to community and death Alice Winocour’s latest film follows in the French tradition of psychological cinema, with trauma as the impetus for coming-together by Erik Morse
Above the Fold The enduring impulse of Adam Goldberg Following his stint as a jury member at the Tribeca Film Festival, the actor joins Document to anatomize his storied career by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Transcending Cannes—at Cannes Despite its reputation as a playground for the industry’s elite, this year’s festival selection did champion a diverse intellectual spirit by Sarah Daoui
Above the Fold The vulgar, campy, radical world of filmmaker Bruce LaBruce From the prop room of his upcoming feature ‘The Visitor,’ the shock connoisseur talks Pasolini, religious ecstasy, and the true ethos of experimental art by Amelia Abraham
Above the Fold Remembering Kenneth Anger, an icon of queer cinematic counterculture The groundbreaking filmmaker believed movies were “evil” and likened his practice to the “casting of a spell”—the influence of which is imbued across visual culture by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Conversations Cillian Murphy and Geoff Dyer evaluate the cross-medium art of observation Years ago, the actor requested the cinematic rights to the writer’s ‘Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi’—here, they revisit the proposal by Megan Hullander
Conversations Myha’la Herrold pushes the on-screen envelope, redefining the antihero Resistant to the archetype, the actor is emblematic of a new generation of performers, committed to complex characters and storylines by Morgan Becker
Conversations Saoirse Ronan and Grace Coddington are artists in the craft of character-building After their first meeting more than a decade ago, the actor and fashion editor come together, looking back on New York and life along the... by Maraya Fisher
Conversations Pedro Almodóvar and Anthony Vaccarello are true disciples of fashion’s storied love affair with film The filmmaker and Saint Laurent Productions’s artistic director reflect on 'Strange Way of Life,' and giving new impetus to its decade-old script by Aaron Hicklin
Above the Fold The slow sea odyssey of ‘Human Flowers of Flesh’ renders everything from “nothing” Thoughtful meditations are foregrounded in German filmmaker Helena Wittmann’s modern take on Claire Denis’s ‘Beau Travail’ by Greta Rainbow
Above the Fold Daytripping: The top 20 nightlife scenes in cinema In her bi-weekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark lists her favorite instances of on-screen dancing, from the rave in Zion to ’60s sci-fi fantasia by McKenzie Wark
Above the Fold ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ is a call-to-arms for a disillusioned world Fed up with the ineffectiveness of peaceful protest, a group of young activists decide to burn it all down for the sake of our future by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Saint Laurent spearheads ‘Strange Way of Life,’ Pedro Almodóvar’s answer to ‘Brokeback Mountain’ The short film, starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal, is set to premiere at Cannes, kickstarting the French house’s foray into the realm of cinema by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Sophie Thatcher finds salvation in storytelling The ‘Yellowjackets’ star opens up about her music career, childhood obsessions, and her desire to ‘become unrecognizable’ by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold You probably haven’t heard about the most egregious Oscars snub ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’ won Best Animated Short—the worst contender by far, backed by a celebrity-studded network by Morgan Becker