The Stranger

This tortured documentary about a toddler making abstract paintings provides a kind of sequel to Pollock. Instead of a fiery crash at the end, little Marla and her parents suffer that uniquely modern death: media humiliation. The father is caught on a 60 Minutes hidden camera telling his daughter what to paint. The dealer is revealed to be a hater of abstract painting who is using Marla as a way into the art world. But the mother and the filmmaker, Amir Bar-Lev, emerge as the truly tortured characters and the film's queasy moral center. (See Movie Times for details.) by Jen Graves

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