...this is a meticulous, fascinating film about a great artist whose work lends itself to cinema...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 13, 2021

Demonstrating that Escher deserves much greater appreciation, both from within the art world and in the wider mathematical community.

| Aug 13, 2021

The fact that Escher's art is tightly self-contained needn't have been a reason for the film to confine itself. Even so, what we're given is a rich bundle of words and images.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 12, 2021

The film proceeds on the undiscussed assumption that he was a great artist. It's impossible not to be a fan.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 11, 2021

A mellow journey of logical ponderings made amazing by the subject's illogical pretzel art.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Mar 12, 2021

Lutz isn't very concerned with Escher's life. It's concerned with his work and if it counts as art or not

| Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 4, 2021

The film covers Escher's entire career, from early "realistic" works through his branching out into more mathematical and surreal art, always in woodcuts, lithographs, or drawings rather than paintings.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Feb 12, 2021

It's a horribly hammy performance that has the effect of making it seem someone thought M.C. Escher required humorous condescension in order to be palatable...not a huge Escher fan, but this inexplicable choice actually left me offended on his behalf...

| Feb 12, 2021

At heart, this quirky, inventive hybrid of documentary and monologue is dedicated to the exploration of what we don't know about one of the best-known artists in the world.

| Feb 10, 2021

A rare feature that takes the trouble not just to understand its subject and communicate his significance, but find ways to actually show us, visually, how his style evolved, and the principles behind that evolution.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 10, 2021

"M.C Escher: Journey to Infinity" tells us just enough of what we want to know about M.C. Escher's life, but it's essentially a presentation of his art; it's like an art book that comes to life.

| Feb 9, 2021

How can an artist be simultaneously so loved, so admired, and so recognized while also garnering so little of a reputation?

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 9, 2021

This narration, spoken with Cleese-worthy buoyancy and a touch of comic pomposity by Stephen Fry, is one of the movie's best assets; it's the perfect seasoning to the feast of Escher's images.

| Feb 8, 2021

... effectively breaks down the artistic process while using animation to illuminate the precise nature of Escher's mind-bending, transfixing work for devotees and newcomers alike.

| Feb 7, 2021

A revelation for fans of Escher and newbies, alike.

| Feb 6, 2021

Journey to Infinity prompts us to contemplate: our world is not binary, it is infinite. And so perhaps, are we.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 6, 2021

It's a welcome trip for those fascinated by his iconic, mind-bending depictions of illusions, evolutions and eternal cycles.

| Feb 5, 2021

One of the best documentaries thus far in terms of exploring an artist's creative process.

| Original Score: B | Feb 5, 2021

Whether anyone else, including Escher, would have done a more engaging job is debatable, but this movie, directed by Robin Lutz, offers an only intermittently satisfying look at his interests and methods.

| Feb 4, 2021

It's hard to imagine not falling under its mesmerizing spell with the same wonder that one would gaze on an Escher print and feel their mind slowly becoming part of the pattern depicted.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Feb 4, 2021