They'll make you scream. Reception. And then, if you're really lucky, they'll make you do both. The main lesson this movie is trying to teach is the fact that an artist's work should be respected more because of … "Velvet Buzzsaw" is a horror movie that conveys its story to viewers in a satire-style. Velvet Buzzsaw, which stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a make-or-break art critic, Rene Russo as a former punk queen turned dealer, Toni Collette as a buyer and John Malkovich as … Read full review With most of the characters being pretenious, I was overwhelmed with the use of metaphores and foreshadowing, it became expected throughout the film but doesn't hold enough significance. Review: Dan Gilroy’s ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ savages the art world Rene Russo and Jake Gyllenhaal in the movie “Velvet Buzzsaw.” (Claudette Barius / Netflix) See Waxahatchee, Kevin Morby Perform Together on 'CBS This Morning', Watch Peter Gabriel Re-Record ‘Biko’ With Artists From Around the World, Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, Krist Novoselic Sometimes Get Together and Jam as Nirvana, Skipping Grocery Stores Amid Covid Concerns, People Turn to These Meal Delivery Kits for Dinner, ‘Framing Britney Spears:’ How to Watch the New Britney Spears Documentary on Hulu for Free. The superintendent orders the paintings in the geezer’s flat to be trashed. It feels like “Velvet Buzzsaw” needed another pass on every level. What the Hell Is Going On in Sia’s ‘Music’? Sonny Bunch-February 1, 2019 4:55 AM. Russo is dynamite, as is Toni Collette as Gretchen, a museum curator turned art advisor (translation: it pays way more). It was released by Netflix on February 1, 2019. Velvet Buzzsaw is unabashedly supernatural in its horror, with mixed results. Maybe. We want to hear from you! ... Velvet Buzzsaw is a messy movie, and not just in the sense that Gilroy ends up painting a room with blood at one point. Much of “Velvet Buzzsaw” rises or falls on whether or not the art Josephina finds would believably incite the buying frenzy and fandom that it does, so it’s essential that we believably buy that she’s captivated by the art. You can still feel diabolical potential inching its way onto Gilroy’s canvas. But Velvet Buzzsaw will definitely make you look at art in a different way the next time your spouse forces you to go to the opening. Where Is The Outrage? Jake Gyllenhaal is in gloriously showy mode as art critic Morf Vandewalt, a writer who can literally make or break an artist’s career with his buzz-generating reviews. It starts when Josephina comes home to find her upstairs neighbor deceased in the hallway. He is also a writer for Vulture, The Playlist, The New York Times, and Rolling Stone, and the President of the Chicago Film Critics Association. Almost all of the deaths in “Velvet Buzzsaw” involve characters being absorbed by their art, almost as if Gilroy is saying you can’t be an outsider to true art for very long without getting sucked into it. The following is a spoiler-free review for Velvet Buzzsaw.. Writer-director Dan Gilroy (of Nightcrawler and Roman J. Israel, Esq. This review was filed from the Sundance Film Festival on January 28th, 2019. They’re haunting pieces of work and the movie could have collapsed if they were not. Director Dan Gilroy's parody of the American art market settles for cheap scares and stereotypes. There are striking enough visuals throughout “Velvet Buzzsaw,” and a nice streak of black humor threaded through the entire piece, to keep viewers engaged at least superficially. It’s no surprise that hardly anyone is alive by the time the film ends. Velvet Buzzsaw is a satirical thriller set in the contemporary art world scene of Los Angeles where big money artists and mega-collectors pay a … Review by Pop Culture Reviews ★★★ Velvet Buzzsaw showcases the best type of satire, not merely a send up of excess but a commentary that so cleverly apes the minutiae of a particular community that it is immediately obvious that the entire endeavor comes from a place of insider knowledge and not an outsider’s contempt. © Copyright 2021 Rolling Stone, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. You May Also Like ‘Bird Box’ is Bird-Brained. Review: 'Velvet Buzzsaw' is a cheap horror set in the high-flying art world The thinking behind 'Velvet Buzzsaw' is wildly original, but it's in effective as a vehicle for horror. She learns that her neighbor was a troubled artist, and he was trying to destroy his life's work when he died. Almost like a slasher movie director giving us snippets of character for the eventual victims arriving to the remote cabin in the woods, Gilroy populates an ensemble with quirky characters like installment technician Bryson (Billy Magnussen), gallery manager Gretchen (Toni Collette), grown-repetitive artist Piers (John Malkovich), hot-young-agent Jon Dondon (Tom Sturridge), hot-young-artist Damrish (Daveed Diggs), and new assistant Coco (Natalia Dyer). What made these people who they are? But he’ll have the avenging ghost of Dease to answer to, not to mention audiences who expected so much more from the talent at hand. Or declaring, "Critique is so limiting and emotionally draining." She probably should have taken that as an omen. Morf is a malignant lily of the field in the art world. The problems start when one starts digging below the surface. The art-world ghost story, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, is about to launch on Netflix. Velvet Buzzsaw is at its best when it's satirizing the art scene in all its excess (one of the best movies about this is the hard-to-find indie, (Untitled), which is highly recommended). Even Coco (Natalia Dyer), a seemingly innocent young receptionist, is soon caught in the web. This concludes my review of the Velvet Buzzsaw movie. He is a kingmaker in a circle of art profiteers that includes agent Rhodora Haze (Rene Russo) and her assistant Josephina (Zawe Ashton). Sonny Bunch-February 1, 2019 4:55 AM. By Fran Schechter. Velvet Buzzsaw is at its best when it's satirizing the art scene in all its excess (one of the best movies about this is the hard-to-find indie, (Untitled), which is highly recommended). Set in the very art world, Morf Vanderwalt ( Jake Gyllenhaal ) is an art critic who has becomes bored and jaded at what he does. In 2014’s Nightcrawler, still a career high for both, Gyllenhaal played a toxic TV news cameraman eager to feed the public the carnage it craves. Film Review: ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ It's hardly great art, but Dan Gilroy's Netflix-bound horror satire packs an undeniably trashy appeal as it skewers the snobbish world of galleries. “Velvet Buzzsaw” is a unique horror film visually in that it doesn’t employ the typical dark color pattern or low lighting typical in the genre. It starts when Josephina finds a dead neighbor, Ventril Dease, in the hall of her apartment building. Sadly, yes, with gore as the cherry on top. Gilroy shows his weakest hand with the scare stuff. The title of the movie indicates this itself ; velvet is normally linked to an artist's work. Instead, Josephina unleashes the art into the world, and all of the aforementioned characters (except maybe Coco) want a piece of the inevitable profit. And Daveed Diggs plays Damrish, an up-and-comer determined not to make the same mistakes as Piers. , both excellent films) has convincingly crafted a whole world, a whole vernacular. You know how a painting can look totally different depending on the angle from which you're viewing it? Send us a tip using our anonymous form. With the great Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood) shooting these scenes and lighting the vibrant costumes from designers Trish Summerville and Isis Mussenden, Velvet Buzzsaw is never less than a feast for the eyes even when it reduces the plot to B-level butchery. With a roster including Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo and Toni Collette, director Dan Gilroy’s thriller has tons of promise — until the violence breaks out, Rene Russo and Jake Gyllenhaal in 'Velvet Buzzsaw.'. It turns out Dease’s work is — in the words of Morf — “visionary, mesmeric.” There’s gold to be plundered from the late recluse, who may have also been a serial killer who painted with the blood of his victims. It feels strangely ironic to review a dumpster fire of a movie that made fun of critiquing anything by showing an art agent mistaking some trash bags for an art installation. Full Review | Original Score: C+ Joey Keogh Wicked Horror. Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 61% based on 185 reviews, and an average rating of 6.1/10. Maybe that’s the point. Horror movies. In theaters for a week before being served up to Netflix subscribers (it’s a new world, folks…), Dan Gilroy’s satire of the Los Angeles art scene gets off to a deliciously depraved start. The design of the film always kept me engaged, impressed by the visual choices from the paintings to the production design to the costumes to the kill scenes. Take Jake Gyllenhaal in Velvet Buzzsaw, ... Or working on a review, naked, a laptop artfully covering his privates. For real. It turns out that the tepid scares are a velvet buzzkill that leaves all these tantalizing characters in search of something to play. Want more Rolling Stone? ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ Review Killer art. Having broken up with a dude, a personal trainer who’s been selling advance peeks at his reviews, Morf takes up with Josephina (Zawe Ashton), whose almond skin turns him on and who works for Rhodora Haze (Rene Russo), a power gallery owner whose knows Morf’s reviews can make her richer than she already is. Review: Netflix’s Velvet Buzzsaw misses the art world’s true horrors. October 1, 2019. Brian Tallerico is the Editor of RogerEbert.com, and also covers television, film, Blu-ray, and video games. The main lesson this movie is trying to teach is the fact that an artist's work should be respected more because of … It was shot by the great Robert Elswit (robbed of an Oscar nod for his work on Gilroy’s “Nightcrawler”) and his work elevates the piece overall. But she sees something in the violent canvases and takes them home. It’s a wildly inconsistent film, sometimes disappointingly clunky and as superficial as the world it’s mocking, but it’s also an ambitious piece of work with unforgettable imagery and an ace ensemble. This review comes from the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. 9, in which the attendees of an art show … What’s missing is the potent provocation that Gilroy seemed to be developing at the start. Velvet Buzzsaw is a bonbon spiked with wit and malice, inviting us to join a nest of hyper-articulate, morally hollow vipers as they destroy each other with cruelly hilarious abandon. Velvet Buzzsaw had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2019. As writer and director, Gilroy misguidedly turns his lampoon of the greedy elite who bugger art in the name of commerce into a clunky horror show. By Michael Kalafatis (Stoke-on-Trent) “A bad review is better than sinking into the great glut of anonymity.” Velvet Buzzsaw begins with Morf Vanderwalt (Jake Gyllenhaal) a contemporary art critic attending an art exhibition with his friend and agent Josephina (Zawe Ashton). "Velvet Buzzsaw" is a horror movie that conveys its story to viewers in a satire-style. What fun, until it isn’t anymore. That’s when the bodies start piling up — some burned, some hacked up, some possessed. Velvet Buzzsaw First Reviews: Dan Gilroy's Horror-Satire Kills at Sundance Early reviews say the Nightcrawler director's reunion with star Jake Gyllenhaal is a uniquely bizarre ride full of campy, gory thrills and big performances. For starters, Gilroy and Gyllenhaal bring out the best in each other. Or maybe, after watching the cautionary tale Morf the cynical critic, I’m just scared something will happen to me if I’m too mean. Velvet Buzzsaw is now available to watch on Netflix.. “I used to be punk,” she tells Morf. There is nothing wrong with Gilroy letting these eccentrics reveal themselves in a distorted funhouse mirror. Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 61% based on 185 reviews, and an average rating of 6.1/10. Will it make his film more saleable? They'll make you laugh. Passers-by mistake the old man’s corpse for an art installation (good one). He toils not and neither does he spin, but damn he can end a career with his acid-dipped reviews. Velvet Buzzsaw is also similar to an episode of the darkly humorous British anthology show Inside No. My mind couldn't stop thinking throughout its 113 minute runtime; only to make sure if I'm really getting all what is going on, or the plot is so profound and smart that I'm only seeing the surface of it. Strong Ideas, Loosely Held: Director Josh Greenbaum on Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, The Ripple Effect: Daniel Kaluuya and Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. on Judas and the Black Messiah. It was released by Netflix on February 1, 2019. Velvet Buzzsaw had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2019. Full Review | Original Score: C+ Joey Keogh Wicked Horror. It is a bright, vividly colored slice of gore, a pop art riff on “ Final Destination ” with bright red flames, blood, and paint. Russo, who is Gilroy’s wife and a major force in Nightcrawler, shows an elegant façade that can’t hide Rhodora’s instinct for the jugular. It’s a crowded cast of beautiful people about to have their superficial lives destroyed. Gilroy bloodies up his A-list actors — led by a smashing Jake Gyllenhaal as a sniping critic — the minute they compromise their integrity for profit. Reviews Review: ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ Probably Won’t Scare the Horror Fans, But It May Terrify the Art World. Velvet Buzzsaw, which arrives soon on Netflix, debuted this weekend at Sundance to mostly favorable reviews, which celebrate the camp performances and … Writer-director Dan Gilroy (of Nightcrawler and Roman J. Israel, Esq., both excellent films) has convincingly crafted a whole world, a whole vernacular. Velvet Buzzsaw isn't an objectively bad film by any stretch, it just feels held back. First introduced at Art Basel in Miami, a Garden of Eden for art connoisseurs, these serpents hiss, slither and strike with venomous glee. And he does so in what could be called a satire-horror hybrid, playfully poking his art world players for the first half and then unleashing actual violence on them in the second. The same thing is going to happen with “Velvet Buzzsaw,” and I think that’s exactly how Dan Gilroy wants it. A swanning Gyllenhaal, peering at paintings behind his chic glasses, plays Morf as effete, as confused by art as he is by his sexuality. Review: Velvet Buzzsaw is good. Velvet Buzzsaw is a 2019 horror movie about an art gallery that discovers an artist whose work has dire consequences for those that own his work. It is a surprise that Gilroy would center his entire film on such a shopworn theme. Velvet Buzzsaw is thought-provoking, but not in a good way. When there’s money to be made? Velvet Buzzsaw is a satirical thriller set in the contemporary art world scene of Los Angeles where big money artists and mega-collectors pay a … John Malkovich scores as Piers, an artist lost in the money trap. 2 February 2019 | by jeffreycarephotography – See all my reviews The idea in the film is fantastic but didn't seem to dive deep enough into the story and lacks impact. Velvet Buzzsaw is a bonbon spiked with wit and malice, inviting us to join a nest of hyper-articulate, morally hollow vipers as they destroy each other with cruelly hilarious abandon. Netflix's 'Velvet Buzzsaw' is either a send-up of the art world or an R-rated Scooby Doo episode, and we're honestly not sure which. The script feels clunky at times, uncertain of its targets and willing to go off on tangents that the movie really doesn’t need—there’s a scene between Piers and Dondon that does nothing for the film other than to show John Malkovich can drop a free throw. Velvet Buzzsaw isn't an objectively bad film by any stretch, it just feels held back. “Velvet Buzzsaw” is a unique horror film visually in that it doesn’t employ the typical dark color pattern or low lighting typical in the genre. Sign up for our newsletter. One just wishes it never got so close. It’s an ambitious movie, so a difficult one to manage in terms of structure, but this flick lurches and stops sometimes right when you want it to be building up momentum. What’s missing is the potent provocation that Gilroy seemed to be developing at the start. “Now I’m a purveyor of good taste.” Ouch. Throughout much of the art-world spoof “Velvet Buzzsaw” it feels like writer-director Dan Gilroy is taking easy shots at fat targets. The dialogue sounded very Reception. My mind couldn't stop thinking throughout its 113 minute runtime; only to make sure if I'm really getting all what is going on, or the plot is so profound and smart that I'm only seeing the surface of it. Velvet Buzzsaw is as cheesy and on-the-nose as the above sentence sounds and there is … ‘Tenet’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Knockout Arrives Right on Time, ‘Bill & Ted Face the Music’ Review: Third Time’s a Most Excellent Charm, ‘Personal History of David Copperfield’ Review: Dickens, Served with a Side of Absurdity. Art is dangerous and those who profit from it are risking their lives in Dan Gilroy’s bloody art-world satire “Velvet Buzzsaw.” Gilroy targets all the players who feed the machine of high-priced art—the pretentious artists, the gallery owners, the agents, the clients, and especially the critics—making the case that the more we commodify art that comes from passionate, even dark places, the more we risk suffering as a consequence. Is that all there is? ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ Review Killer art. Instead, they get Velvet Buzzsaw (the name of Rhodora’s old punk band), which buries their singularities in horror tropes. Velvet Buzzsaw is thought-provoking, but not in a good way. Gilroy sacrifices character development and a ripe cast to reinvent himself as old-school Roger Corman. December 28, 2018. She peeks into his apartment and finds dozens of gorgeous paintings—and the design of the art is truly fantastic. As someone who sees hundreds of movies a year, and covers hundreds of hours of television, I value originality, and “Velvet Buzzsaw” is certainly unlike anything else you’re going to see this year on Netflix or any other streaming service. Are you kidding? Velvet Buzzsaw is never less than a feast for the eyes even when it reduces the plot to B-level butchery. As critic Morf Vanderwalt (priceless name) in Velvet Buzzsaw, Gyllenhaal is something worse. And so maybe I’m more forgiving of it than people who aren’t subjected to so much predictable mundanity would be. Scenes where paintings come alive and attack those who seek to … Money is good for business but bad for the soul. And then people start dying. There were possibilities in Velvet Buzzsaw. It is a bright, vividly colored slice of gore, a pop art riff on “Final Destination” with bright red flames, blood, and paint. But Dease left strict instructions that his work must be destroyed, never commodified or commercialized. Velvet Buzzsaw is on the surface a satire about the silliness of the contemporary art world, but that realm is pretty much beyond the reach of parody. 'Velvet Buzzsaw' Review: A … And I kept hoping for it to coalesce into a statement about art that was deeper than “take it seriously.” There are also some weird, choppy edits, and tonal jumps. The title of the movie indicates this itself ; velvet is normally linked to an artist's work. [This is a repost of my review from the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. It sometimes even approaches “failed experiment” status, but a strong acting choice or design element just brings it back from that precipice a few times. It’s a disheartening trade-off.
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