'Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful': Film Review
A fascinating read on the career of an artist whose always-controversial work may look even more problematic to youngsters encountering it here for the first time, Gero von Boehm's Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful both delights in its hero's troublemaking side and urges viewers to look beyond his pictures' surface sexual politics. Benefiting from ample interview footage shot before the fashion photographer's 2004 death, the doc offers a warm and approachable take on Newton's cold, aggressive aesthetic.