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Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) Rank 4 Reviews
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Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
In its own quiet, voluptuous way, Rivers and Tides, an unpretentiously brilliant documentary, uses the work of Scottish sculptor Andy Goldsworthy to open up the hidden drama of the natural universe. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
Denver Post (Kyle MacMillan)
Like Goldsworthy's art, it is primal, transcendent and truthful. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Denver Post (Kyle MacMillan)
Reno Gazette-Journal (Mark Robison)
A wondrous look at an artist and his work with lots of joyous surprises. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Reno Gazette-Journal (Mark Robison)
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
It's a film for those who want to see an artist unobtrusively seeking enlightenment. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
You will want someone to talk to about the film and acknowledge the marvels you saw. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Dallas Morning News (--)
Mr. Goldsworthy's work is meant to be photographed -- 'photography is the way that I talk about my sculptures,' he says -- and Mr. Riedelsheimer rises to the occasion. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Dallas Morning News (--)
San Diego Union-Tribune (--)
Riedelsheimer captures this aspect of Goldsworthy's work and holds up a many-faceted mirror to its beauty. That is what ultimately makes the film so seductive. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at San Diego Union-Tribune (--)
ReelMovieCritic.com (Shelley Cameron)
Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
Looking Closer (Jeffrey Overstreet)
Bubakar Awards (Brian Owens)
San Francisco Chronicle (Edward Guthmann)
[It's] not only a tribute to Goldsworthy's work but also a kind of animated gallery -- a showcase for a uniquely elusive art. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Edward Guthmann)
Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
We grab at beauty while simultaneously realizing it never can be possessed, a feeling brilliantly captured in this thoughtful and rewarding movie. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Reeling Reviews (Robin Clifford)
Rivers and Tides extols Andy Goldsworthy's vision of creating art from and in nature and does it with painstaking care. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Reeling Reviews (Robin Clifford)
San Francisco Chronicle (Edward Guthmann)
Enchanting documentary that also serves as an animated gallery of Goldsworthy’s uniquely ephemeral art. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Edward Guthmann)
Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
Andy Goldsworthy lives and breaths art with a genius for reflecting nature back upon itself. Riedelsheimer's stunningly beautiful document of the purity of an artist reflects his own artistry. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time is an extraordinarily spiritually literate documentary about one of the world's greatest nature artists. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
The greatest triumph of the film is Riedelsheimer's ability to offer the audience the artist's perspective. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
Nick Schager Film Project (Nick Schager)
An absorbing portrait of a unique artist’s professional and personal communion with nature. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Nick Schager Film Project (Nick Schager)
eFilmCritic.com (Elaine Perrone)
A meditation on living, and dying, art. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Elaine Perrone)
One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
A lovely, curiously inspiring appreciation of Goldsworthy's unusual artistic vision. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Watch this film. You may never look at nature indifferently again. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Goldsworthy's approach to his art speaks volumes to me ... [his] works find their value in the changing moments of their existence. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
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)
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Liam Lacey)
A beautiful, probing art documentary. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Liam Lacey)
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)
New York Post (V.A. Musetto)
Thoughtful and entertaining documentary. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at New York Post (V.A. Musetto)
Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)
A cinematic tone poem that asks viewers to reexamine their relationship with both the word 'art' and the forms that we’ve sanctioned for its exploration and expression. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Entertainment Today (Brent Simon)
eFilmCritic.com (Greg Muskewitz)
Riedelsheimer constructs staunch compositions using a photographer’s eye as good as Goldsworthy’s, of which truly focus on the art and the artist’s persistence and creativity. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Greg Muskewitz)
Detroit News (Tom Long)
The sort of film that sounds completely kooky until you see it. At which point it's still pretty kooky, but you realize just how cool kooky can still be. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
The artistry of Thomas Riedelsheimer's film perfectly compliments Goldsworthy's art. ...read the complete Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
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