

Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of art.
Acting
Gyllenhaal's unhinged art critic is peak unserious cinema
Production
The actual paintings slap harder than most real contemporary art
Writing
Dialogue so pretentious it loops back around to genius

Director
Dan Gilroy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The actual paintings were created by real artists, then destroyed on camera—a meta-commentary the film literally enacted.
Gilroy's follow-up to Nightcrawler was immediately divisive; critics hated the camp while audiences slowly crowned it cult status.
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