Critique
Critique is the regular Eye column by Rick Poynor.
An outlandish everyman
These short films throw new light on the eccentric collaboration between 1960s film-maker / designer…
Look south
In the first of a new series of Photo Critiques, Rick Poynor examines The Latin American Photobook by…
The woman who took on the Wolf Man
Sława Harasymowicz’s first foray into graphic novels illuminates a Freudian case history with thrilling…
Graphic and grotesque
Hidden Treasure, in its reflection of our bodies in all their pathos and horror, has a morbid but…
Regeneration X
Laura Oldfield Ford’s grainy Savage Messiah brings new urgency to an updated punk aesthetic. Critique by…
Scarcity and silence: Amc2 Journal
An image-led journal marries the serendipitous collisions of image-sharing sites with the physicality of…
The list goes on
Umberto Eco’s book The Infinity of Lists is erudite, informative and beautifully crafted: a contemporary…
Love’s labour’s lost
The Guardian has given up on its clear and elegant film rental site, redirecting its users to the clunky…
Dark Magus
Designer John Coulthart’s daily blog on the fantastical is erudite, prescient and admirably…
Commitment to content
Criterion’s DVD covers show that seduction by packaging remains a fiendishly irresistible (and…