{
  "id": 19020048,
  "title": "‘Avedon’ Review: Ron Howard’s Thrilling Documentary About Richard Avedon, the Great Photographer Who Turned Head-On Portraits Into an Art Form",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/avedon-review-ron-howards-thrilling-documentary-about-richard-avedon",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-08T21:02:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/reviews/avedon-review-ron-howard-richard-avedon-1236942472/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Variety's review of Ron Howard's documentary \"Avedon\" praises the film as a fantastic work of cinema, describing it as the best documentary he has ever seen from the director. The reviewer highlights the film's supple and artful editing, commending the technique so highly that it should be studied in filmmaking classes. The documentary features hundreds of images shot by Richard Avedon, which are presented in a nearly musical manner, helping to convey the larger narrative of Avedon's impact on the world of photography and how he transformed the way we perceive the world through head-on portraits.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}