Leaning Into the Wind
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: March 9, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
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Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
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14
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0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldMar 15, 2018
As with “Rivers and Tides,” Leaning into the Wind is a work of art in itself; beautifully and meditatively shot (by Riedelsheimer), accompanied by a faintly mysterious score that seems to be telling us secrets. Read full review
90
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlMar 8, 2018
The film ranges more widely than its predecessor, surveying more landscapes and a greater variety of projects. But it’s still a contemplative beauty, a chance to consider and be moved by a richer sort of connectedness than our lives typically allow. Read full review
88
Boston GlobeTy BurrMar 14, 2018
As with the simpler and stronger “Rivers and Tides,” there are moments where you may want to stop the film to assure yourself you’re seeing what you’re seeing, so disordering to the senses are Goldsworthy’s re-orderings of nature. Read full review
80
The GuardianLeslie FelperinAug 14, 2018
A friend who watched this with me said that it’s the kind of film she’d like to see again when she’s dying. That pretty much nails its meditative, melancholy tone and suits the kind of work Goldsworthy does, which is all about the ephemeral and the enduring; time and the tactile qualities of the instant. Read full review
80
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergMar 8, 2018
Because time erases or alters Mr. Goldsworthy’s sculptures, movies are the ideal medium to capture them.... The surprise of Leaning Into the Wind is that it’s just as concerned with how time has changed Mr. Goldsworthy. Read full review
75
Washington PostAnn HornadayMar 14, 2018
Gorgeously photographed, and with a minimalist score by Fred Frith, Leaning Into the Wind offers viewers a welcome chance to consider the work of an artist who defies the recent commodification cult to embrace the ephemeral and the nominally “worthless.” Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaMar 9, 2018
This is one of the most relaxing experiences I have had watching a movie in a long time. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonMar 7, 2018
Leaning Into the Wind asks us to appreciate art for art’s sake, and that’s not a tough ask at all. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineChuck BowenMar 6, 2018
The film has a wandering, lonely purity. We feel as if we've been allowed to fleetingly swim through Andy Goldsworthy's psyche. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreJan 10, 2018
The objects he assembles or carves out of stone will outlive him, but it’ll only be a hint of the mind that saw beauty in the destruction, decay and rebirth that nature itself was creating all around him. Read full review
75
IndieWireDavid EhrlichApr 26, 2017
Leaning Into the Wind will inspire anyone who sees it to look for the beauty in every gust, to admire how nature constantly rearranges itself, and us along with it. Even at its most self-conflicted, this is a fascinating reminder that some art wasn’t made to be owned. Read full review
70
VarietyDennis HarveyMar 8, 2018
Riedelsheimer is well-matched to Goldsworthy’s methods and interests. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranMar 8, 2018
Even if some things have changed, spending time with an artist who's concerned, as he's said in interviews, with "the permanence of temporary objects and the temporality of permanent objects," is always worth the journey. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleSteve DavisMar 28, 2018
Iconoclastic British environmentalist and sculptor Andy Goldsworthy doesn’t experience the world in the same way the rest of us do. Using more than just the conventional five senses, he profoundly intuits his surroundings as if in a meditative trance, mentally and physically absorbing the details of his environment like a forensic scientist in the pursuit of a unique artistry that’s brought him worldwide acclaim. Read full review
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