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Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) Rank 3 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) a score of 3.2663 out of 4
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Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.32 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
Mesmerizing and curiously satisfying idyll that gradually, slyly maneuvers us into a whole new way of looking at the delicate relationship between man, art and Mother Nature. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Village Voice (Ed Halter)Village Voice (Ed Halter)
Appropriately, Riedelsheimer shoots Goldsworthy's mini-megaliths with a landscape painter's eye; set to Fred Firth's modernist score, some images verge on Kubrick territory. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Village Voice (Ed Halter)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice Magazine (Bridget Byrne)Boxoffice Magazine (Bridget Byrne)
A truly beautiful, insightful movie that captures the nature of this artist who forms art out of nature. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Bridget Byrne)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Des Moines Register (Jeffrey Bruner)Des Moines Register (Jeffrey Bruner)
It’s a plaintive, poetic and beautiful explanation of an artist at work. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Des Moines Register (Jeffrey Bruner)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
German filmmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer's breathtakingly beautiful profile of Scottish earthworks-artist Andy Goldsworthy forgoes the conventional biographical approach but captures something far more elusive. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Stephen Holden)New York Times (Stephen Holden)
As the film's images accumulate, the movie becomes a sustained and ultimately refreshing meditation on surrender to the idea of temporality. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Intoxicating and meditative by turns, helped by Fred Frith's minimalist score, this film opens a portal into a singular creative mind. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for TheMovieChicks.com (Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone)TheMovieChicks.com (Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone)
Goldsworthy is meticulous, eccentric, and very talented. Who knows? This may just inspire you to lie down in the road and make 'rain angels'. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at TheMovieChicks.com (Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Providence Journal (Michael Janusonis)Providence Journal (Michael Janusonis)
...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Providence Journal (Michael Janusonis)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)
Goldsworthy is mostly fascinating, occasionally exasperating, and so is Riedelsheimer's film. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for The Onion (A.V. Club) (Scott Tobias)The Onion (A.V. Club) (Scott Tobias)
At times, Goldsworthy's philosophy edges into fuzzy New Age-isms, but with an ever-widening gulf separating humans from their environment, his work demonstrates the enlightening pleasures of reconnecting. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Scott Tobias)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Most of Goldsworthy's work is impermanent, but Rivers and Tides captures, permanently, both the art and the artist, showing us a creative, productive life in the process of being well-lived. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for LA Weekly (David Chute)LA Weekly (David Chute)
Very few art documentaries are as deeply in tune with the spirit of their subjects, and the implications are enormous, since Goldsworthy is the rare contemporary art star whose work (what a radical notion) is actually about something. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at LA Weekly (David Chute)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (Stephen Holden)The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
As the film's images accumulate, the movie becomes a sustained and ultimately refreshing meditation on surrender to the idea of temporality. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for TV Guide (Ken Fox)TV Guide (Ken Fox)
Fred Frith's lovely and subdued score is a perfect accompaniment. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at TV Guide (Ken Fox)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.16 out of 4 stars for Apollo Guide (Derek Smith)Apollo Guide (Derek Smith)
It is impossible to be unmoved by both the beauty of artist Andy Goldsworthy’s work and his undying commitment to it. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Apollo Guide (Derek Smith)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Nitrate Online (Elias Savada)Nitrate Online (Elias Savada)
… a spellbinding study of Andy Goldsworthy, a Scottish land-sculptor who creates location-specific work using only the organic vegetation and minerals found in his "studio." ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Nitrate Online (Elias Savada)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)
A mesmerizing movie that is so incredibly tranquil and uniquely lovely that it is an artistic creation itself. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Daily News (Bob Strauss)Los Angeles Daily News (Bob Strauss)
An occasionally enthralling documentary. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Bob Strauss)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)
Watching Goldsworthy painstakingly piece together his artwork, we come to realize that his artistry lies as much in the act of creation as in the fleeting final product. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Christine Temin)Boston Globe (Christine Temin)
Even after seeing Rivers and Tides , there's still a lot we don't know about how he works. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Boston Globe (Christine Temin)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (Rob Thomas)Capital Times (Madison, WI) (Rob Thomas)
The film doesn’t just explain Goldsworthy’s vision -- it brings us closer to seeing the world through his eyes. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Capital Times (Madison, WI) (Rob Thomas)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
Rivers and Tides is subtle and meditative almost to a fault ... So it's fortunate that the film is relatively short and that its subject -- Andy Goldsworthy, a Scottish sculptor known for working with nature -- is so fascinating. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)
...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Reel.com (--)Reel.com (--)
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Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
A documentary that introduces us to an artist whose work is full of contradictions -- contradictions that spill over into the act of watching the movie. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Goldsworthy's art is magical, and the cinematography is outstanding ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
A calm and lovely film that audiences hungry for beauty will likely devour with their eyes. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Christine Temin)Boston Globe (Christine Temin)
May bring Goldsworthy's art closer than anything else to ''permanence'' in any traditional sense. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Boston Globe (Christine Temin)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Alan G. Artner)Chicago Tribune (Alan G. Artner)
I know of no documentary on a contemporary artist that conveys so much about the artist's work so lyrically and directly. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Chicago Tribune (Alan G. Artner)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
It's a beautiful, meditative piece that allows the viewer his or her own time to think and discover. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Alan G. Artner)Chicago Tribune (Alan G. Artner)
I know of no documentary on a contemporary artist that conveys so much about the artist's work so lyrically and directly. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Chicago Tribune (Alan G. Artner)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (James Auer)Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (James Auer)
A memorable account of an artist's life, achievements and sacrifices. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (James Auer)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)
A tranquil experience. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Watching this movie is like daydreaming. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
I often found myself catching my breath during Rivers and Tides , partly because of the Jengalike delicacy of Goldsworthy's work. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
A beautiful, probing art documentary. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Assumes a meditative, Zen-like quality that sends the viewer floating away, like a leaf. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
The film would be more informative if it put Goldsworthy into the broader context of modernist art movements. It's visually ravishing from start to finish, though. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Variety (Dennis Harvey)Variety (Dennis Harvey)
Takes a beautifully lensed look at the work of Scottish "landscape sculptor" Andy Goldsworthy, whose unique creations -- composed of icicles, leaves, sticks, rocks, etc. -- are often as not simply swept away by the next tide or wind gust. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Variety (Dennis Harvey)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) scores a combined 2.68 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)
The film also inspires, if unconsciously, the viewer to rethink what exactly constitutes art. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)
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