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The Painter and the Thief uses the unlikely bond between a criminal and his victim as the canvas for a compelling portrait of compassion and forgiveness.
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One leaves The Painter and the Thief feeling eager to see what might happen if we were kinder and less self-interested, and convinced anew of the basic connection between paint and the human heart. June 4, 2020 | Full Review…
One leaves The Painter and the Thief feeling eager to see what might happen if we were kinder and less self-interested, and convinced anew of the basic connection between paint and the human heart.
Josephine Livingstone
[A] strange, delicately made film, which manages to defy expectations about both of its subjects and the power balance between them. May 22, 2020 | Full Review…
[A] strange, delicately made film, which manages to defy expectations about both of its subjects and the power balance between them.
Alison Willmore
It's a knockout. May 22, 2020 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
It's a knockout.
Adam Graham
[T]here are moments so intimate and unguarded that you may briefly dissociate and question what you're watching - a documentary, or its carefully scripted and acted narrative counterpart. May 22, 2020 | Full Review…
[T]here are moments so intimate and unguarded that you may briefly dissociate and question what you're watching - a documentary, or its carefully scripted and acted narrative counterpart.
Justin Chang
The concept of being seen through someone else's eyes drives the best parts of The Painter and the Thief, a documentary that illuminates a great deal about the human condition even if it does kind of fizzle out in the third act. May 22, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The concept of being seen through someone else's eyes drives the best parts of The Painter and the Thief, a documentary that illuminates a great deal about the human condition even if it does kind of fizzle out in the third act.
Brian Tallerico
Ask not-or not only-what the painter does for the thief. Ask what the thief might be doing for the painter. May 22, 2020 | Full Review…
Ask not-or not only-what the painter does for the thief. Ask what the thief might be doing for the painter.
Anthony Lane
It is an intimate, sensuous study of two vulnerable people and their profound and curious connection; a stranger-than-fiction documentary that feels more like a feature film. July 6, 2020 | Rating: 89/100 | Full Review…
It is an intimate, sensuous study of two vulnerable people and their profound and curious connection; a stranger-than-fiction documentary that feels more like a feature film.
Sean Clancy
Full of surprises that subvert expectations and maybe also subvert those subverted expectations. July 5, 2020 | Full Review…
Full of surprises that subvert expectations and maybe also subvert those subverted expectations.
Christopher Campbell
A tender, small-scale story about human connection and friendship, coming at a time when we're severely lacking those tangible experiences. July 1, 2020 | Full Review…
A tender, small-scale story about human connection and friendship, coming at a time when we're severely lacking those tangible experiences.
Adam Lubitow
By researching something that intrigued him, he stumbled onto a story far more interesting than a mere art heist. June 8, 2020 | Full Review…
By researching something that intrigued him, he stumbled onto a story far more interesting than a mere art heist.
Dan Webster
Compelling. June 4, 2020 | Full Review…
Compelling.
Kristian M. Lin
It's a movie about how art can change people's lives for better and worse, altering our perspectives of ourselves and the world around us. But it's also about how such work isn't created in a vacuum. June 4, 2020 | Full Review…
It's a movie about how art can change people's lives for better and worse, altering our perspectives of ourselves and the world around us. But it's also about how such work isn't created in a vacuum.
Sean Burns
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