'House of Criticism' Review: A Documentary Portrait of Married Art Critics Jerry Saltz and Roberta Smith
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Owen Gleiberman
Summary
A review of Alison Chernick's documentary "House of Criticism," which offers a pensive and touching portrait of married New York art critics Jerry Saltz and Roberta Smith. The film explores how their lives revolve entirely around art and art criticism, depicting them as blissfully dedicated egghead eccentrics whose personal and professional worlds are inseparable.
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Variety'House of Criticism' Review: A Documentary Portrait of Married Art Critics Jerry Saltz and Roberta Smithvariety.comKey quotes
· 4 pulledIf you wanted to be funny about it, you could say that Jerry Saltz and Roberta Smith, who occupy the center of the documentary 'House of Criticism,' are like characters out of a Christopher Guest movie.
Both are venerable New York art critics — but the thing is, they're married New York art critics, whose lives revolve entirely around art and art criticism and talking about art and art criticism.
They eat, breathe, sleep and dream it.
Alison Chernick's film is a pensive and touching look at Jerry Saltz and Roberta Smith (it is only, at moments, a true-life Christopher Guest movie).
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