Velvet Buzzsaw
“All Art Is Dangerous”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 67, rated by 1 admin.
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The art market discovers a dead painter whose work takes exploitation personally. A spectacularly self-involved ensemble drifts from gallery politics into supernatural punishment. The satire can be shallow, but the extravagant manners and elaborate deaths offer plenty for a group to argue about.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 7.5/10
- Plot
- 8/10
- Effects
- 3.5/10
- Dialogue
- 7.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 7/10
“The collection has developed a very aggressive resale policy.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 67
Synopsis and movie facts
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.
- Released
- 2019
- Directed by
- Dan Gilroy
- Running time
- 112 min
Starring
- Jake Gyllenhaal as Morf Vandewalt
- Rene Russo as Rhodora Haze
- Zawe Ashton as Josephina
- Tom Sturridge as Jon Dondon
- Toni Collette as Gretchen
- Natalia Dyer as Coco
- Daveed Diggs as Damrish
- Billy Magnussen as Bryson
Research behind this pick
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- Film reference · themoviedb.org
TMDB identity and credits retrieved on 2026-11-10: Velvet Buzzsaw (2019), directed by Dan Gilroy. The importer rechecks identity, poster, synopsis, release date, runtime, genres and cast against live metadata.
- Review · indiewire.com
IndieWire describes garish art-world satire and goofy, giallo-like deaths while finding the film too shallow and uneven to fulfil its potential. Full review text consulted on 2026-11-10.
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