Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
Cargo Films and Releasing | Release Date: February 21, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussApr 14, 2025
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse, the latest installment of the venerable PBS “American Masters” series, does a thorough job of laying out and appreciating all of the cartoonist’s significant, consistently subversive works, as well as the psychological factors that informed them. Read full review
100
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyFeb 24, 2025
Directed by Molly Bernstein and Philip Dolin, “Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse” is a remarkably cogent and compelling presentation not just of Spiegelman’s life story but also his personality and art. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonApr 11, 2025
“Disaster Is My Muse” differs from other “American Masters” programs by having a subject who is alive, well, loves his wife, Françoise (who appears frequently and to great effect), and about whom there is a more than generous amount of documentation (as in drawings) and footage. Read full review
60
The New York TimesManohla DargisFeb 20, 2025
Everyone is engaging, the art is magnificent and the whole thing pleasant, if overly cozy and hagiographic. That’s too bad. Then again — with “Maus” and his other work — Spiegelman has already produced his definitive biography. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergFeb 18, 2025
The documentary is generally engaging, and putting Spiegelman in a spotlight will always be worthwhile. But Disaster Is My Muse is in the shadow of Crumb, in the shadow of Maus and just a little bit behind the times, in various disappointing ways. Read full review
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