Salon

In “The Painter and the Thief,” an artist paints a portrait of the man who stole her masterpiece

Benjamin Ree’s remarkable documentary, “The Painter and the Thief,” won the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Creative Storytelling at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.
Yahoo

Review: 'The Painter and the Thief' tells a moving story of true crime and redemption

Karl-Bertil Nordland and Barbora Kysilkova in the documentary "The Painter and the Thief." (NEON) Early on in “The Painter and the Thief,” a sweepingly emotional new documentary from Norway, the title ...
Yahoo

Why ‘The Painter and the Thief’ Is Neon’s New Oscar Doc Contender

Norwegian documentary “The Painter and the Thief” picked up the Special Jury Prize for Creative Storytelling from the Sundance Film Festival in January because the movie blends fact and an unfolding ...
Decider

‘The Painter and the Thief’ on Hulu is a Fascinating Documentary About an Unlikely Friendship

Discover What’s Streaming On: The phrase “unlikely friendship” seems insufficient for the relationship at the center of The Painter and the Thief, a documentary now on Hulu about Barbora Kysilkova, a ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Review: In ‘Painter and the Thief,’ an unlikely friendship

a pair of large photorealistic works estimated to be worth 20,000 Euros — never materialize. At the trial for one — a tough-looking, tattoo-covered man — Barbora makes a request. She wants to know why ...
IndieWire

For ‘The Painter and the Thief’ Director, Portraying the Film’s Subjects Without Prejudice Was Paramount

“The film is about what we humans do in order to be seen and appreciated," said director Benjamin Ree. First conceived as a short documentary after director Benjamin Ree read about a curious case in ...
The Victoria Advocate

‘The Painter and the Thief’ Review: An art theft becomes a journey to self-development in the fascinating documentary

In 2015 two paintings were stolen from an Oslo art gallery, the work of Czech naturalist Barbora Kysilkova who had just moved to the city. Surveillance cameras captured the theft and the culprits were ...
WBUR

Documentary 'The Painter And The Thief' Delves Into The Duality Of Art

There’s a scene about a half-hour into “The Painter and the Thief” that I haven’t been able to shake since I saw Benjamin Ree’s extraordinary documentary this past January at the Sundance Film ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

‘The Painter and the Thief’ tells a moving story of true crime and redemption

Early on in “The Painter and the Thief,” a sweepingly emotional new documentary from Norway, the title characters meet for a momentous unveiling. The painter is Barbora Kysilkova. The thief — and the ...
Morning Journal

In ‘Painter and the Thief,’ an unlikely friendship

This image released by Neon shows Karl Bertil-Nordland in a scene from "The Painter and the Thief." (Barbora Kysilkova/Neon via AP) The documentary “The Painter and the Thief” has a few wrinkles to ...
News 13

Review: In 'Painter and the Thief,' an unlikely friendship

The documentary “The Painter and the Thief” has a few wrinkles to add to the old Picasso adage that great artists steal. “The Painter and the Thief,” by Norwegian filmmaker Benjamin Ree, is about a ...
Reading Eagle

‘Painter and the Thief’ features unlikely friendship (movie review)

The documentary “The Painter and the Thief” has a few wrinkles to add to the old Picasso adage that great artists steal. “The Painter and the Thief,” by Norwegian filmmaker Benjamin Ree, is about a ...