The final images of Germany after the war evoke, more than the feeling of guilt, the desire for a new Germany that moves forward, although without ever forgetting. [Full review in Spanish]

| Dec 24, 2024

A documentary about art of great plastic beauty. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 13, 2024

Although the pace can be somewhat slow, perhaps due to excess solemnity, the visual beauty and music compensate for this. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 8/10 | Sep 20, 2024

Anselm is not concerned with answering the questions the works raise, but rather invites the viewer to engage with the questions themselves. [...] exactly the kind of 3D experience we need: intelligent, challenging and heartfelt.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 19, 2024

... One of [Wenders'] most meditative films, in which archival images, new footage, and some fictional scenes are threaded to reveal the complexity of Kiefer's work. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 13, 2024

Even in 2D, the documentary consists of layers of material that offer an immersive experience of Kiefer’s history and his current life and art. You can tell, however, how much more immersive the physical space and objects would feel in 3D.

| Jul 21, 2024

Minimalist but touching portrait of a Tokyo worker who’s fashioned his own form of contentment from work and the quotidian encounters of his daily life... leaves dance, shadow falls, the features of Yakusho’s face crease with elemental delight.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jul 4, 2024

"Anselm” is (expectedly from Wenders) deeply cinematic and artistic, yet somewhat vacant from a fruitful discussion (visual or otherwise) on art and creation apart from the Godlike creation that presents.

| Original Score: 55/100 | Apr 12, 2024

The ending isn’t as impactful as one would’ve hoped, but the result Wenders gives is a pure visual and aural feast that needs to be experienced in its truest, three-dimensional form.

| Original Score: A- | Mar 5, 2024

Wenders's film cleverly eschews overt narrative or chronology and instead introduces us to Kiefer's major themes, while following the artist around his various cavernous studios.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 2, 2024

The paintings, sculptures and aforementioned studio comes to life under director Wim Wender’s 3-D gaze … and the faces of the actors re-creating Anselm’s life are as present as the inanimate objects d’arts. Review w/interview of Digital 3-D projectionist.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 2, 2024

Wim Wenders documentary Anselm...makes sublime and supple use of the finest 3D film experience I can remember.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 1, 2024

Collaborative in both spirit and methodology, "Anselm" is less an homage to an individual than an intense poetic dialogue between two visionary German artists.

| Jan 23, 2024

This is a bracing overview of an extraordinary talent whose art in various media has always provided a window into “the open wound of German history."

| Jan 22, 2024

With an innovative visual approach befitting its dynamic subject, this 3D documentary is an immersive and compelling deep-dive.

| Jan 19, 2024

Kiefer’s legacy is told through his breathtaking work, much of it depicting desolate, bombed-out landscapes.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 17, 2024

Anselm is certainly an engaging film, both for those familiar with and new to the artist. The 3D option does its job to immerse the viewed in the artist's world, helping us to feel the materiality of artistic construction.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 16, 2024

Wenders has given a gift to art lovers all over the world.

| Jan 15, 2024

It is as unique and thought-provoking as Kiefer’s own epic works.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 11, 2024

As Kiefer’s monumental art decays, “Anselm” can endure as his memorial.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 2, 2024