The general subject is how the contemporary art market came to be so lucrative, and Kahn gets answers — this may be an entry-level primer that’s absolutely a standard-format HBO doc, but I knew none of this, so the answers were fascinating.

| Jan 5, 2023

[Director Nathaniel Kahn] marshals a lively parade of its players.

| Mar 3, 2020

This movie may not be able to make full sense of the trends, but it's a great peek into how the gamblers operate.

| Feb 10, 2020

[The Price of Everything] is as pure an expression of the haves-and-have-nots as any you'll see on screen this year.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 3, 2019

The bottom line is this film may entertain viewers who either appreciate or are interested in modern art, even as it leaves them feeling cynical toward the art market.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 25, 2019

Like its subject matter, bright, bold, loud and attractive.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 13, 2019

[The Price of Everything] succeeds in being educational and entertaining as well as profoundly disturbing.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 8, 2019

Director Nathaniel Kahn approaches the subject from an open, genuinely curious, rather than sneeringly critical, place.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 6, 2019

It's rare to get such a frank and authoritative view of the market and its flaws. Kahn has returned from his trip down the rabbit hole with a clear-eyed and enthralling picture of what he found there.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 6, 2019

This is a smart and absorbing film. Very recommended.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 6, 2019

This is an interesting expose into the world of art and art collecting and how obscene it can all get.

| Original Score: B | Feb 26, 2019

The Price of Everything develops no particular argument, posits no solutions, uncovers no scandals. It isn't a polemic, it's a portrait, and in its mix of the grotesque and the earnest, a pragmatic and recognizable one.

| Jan 25, 2019

As collector Stefan Edlis comments ... the folks who collect art 'know the price of everything and the value of nothing.'

| Jan 22, 2019

The Price of Everything certainly doesn't hold back in its skewering of a contemporary art world defined far more by financial gain and status seeking than a genuine love of beauty.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 28, 2018

From auctioneers to historians and buyers, the breadth of people whom Kahn interviews is incredible.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Dec 22, 2018

Kahn presents all sides of the subject in such a fascinating and concise manner that his documentary is as educational as it is entertaining.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 29, 2018

The overwhelming money versus value question is exhausting and after a while we wonder what it says about the players.

| Nov 26, 2018

Kahn has certainly exposed the horrors of the art market here - I wouldn't buy a used car from the smug Cappellazzo - but he gives art itself pretty short shrift.

| Nov 25, 2018

[A] lively, wide-ranging documentary by Nathaniel Kahn that seeks to understand the link between fine art and finance.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 23, 2018

A documentary for people who like Monet, money or both.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 19, 2018