TRIBECA 2017 REVIEWS: Oren Jacoby’s engaging documentary SHADOWMAN doggedly profiles New York's enigmatic East Village artist, Richard Hambleton
In concert with celebrating Hambleton’s achievements, the film looks unflinchingly at the insanity and degradation which is the artist’s very messed up life. As the details unfold, we find some of the usual suspects behind self-destructive geniuses. More surprising are the nuances of this troubled man’s path, the almost pure motivations which repulsed him away from success, intermingling with the frailty of a human being succumbing to an endless parade of indulgence and personal neglect.