this engrossing documentary plays like a great detective story. Plenty of unexpected twists and turns; Briskly directed by Andreas Koefoed, "The Lost Leonardo" offers a captivating peek inside a world most of us will never see up close
it's a fascinating film which provides an insight into how the art world operates; Using interviews with experts, agents, restorers, historians and more, we're taken on an almost unbelievable journey which has as many twists and turns as a thriller
it is an engrossing film with many moving parts and personalities. It tells a tale that continues to unfold beyond the end credits -- where ultimately the truth might just lie in the eyes of the beholder
Andreas Koefoed talks to the believers, the skeptics, the restorers and the go-betweens and the result is a suspenseful look into unseemly behind-the-scenes machinations
"The Lost Leonardo" is the first art-world documentary I've seen that captures what art becomes once it goes through the looking glass of greed: not just a commodity, but a way of transferring and manipulating power
"The Lost Leonardo" is an art documentary that plays like a thriller; thanks to its brisk, thriller-like pace, which keeps momentum going and cuts through potentially heady material
by Mike McGranaghan [Aisle Seat ]
by Chris Barsanti [Slant Magazine ]
