New in Theaters: ‘The Salt of the Earth’

One of Sebastio Salgado’s iconic photographs in ‘The Salt of the Earth’ (Sony Pictures Classics)

Given a brief Academy Awards run late last year, Wim Wenders’ magisterialdocumentary about photographer Sebastio Salgado is finally getting a proper theatrical release this week.

My review is atFilm Journal International:

“A photographer,” Wim Wenders intones at the start of his elegantly respectful documentary on Sebastião Salgado, “is literally somebody painting with light.” This definition soun...