Squaring the Circle. The Story of Hipgnosis – film premiere in New York

by redaktion / Sunday, 11 June 2023 / Published in General, Photography

Color photo of 2 people at the shore of the Hawaiian sea, trying to sit a sheep down on a cheselong in the waves rolling onto the beach. Photo: Hipgnosis, Aubrey Powell

Huge media response to U.S. theatrical release of Anton Corbijn’s Hipgnosis documentary

After screenings at the Telluride and Sundance film festivals last year and earlier this year, Anton Corbijn’s documentary about the world’s leading album cover design studio Hipgnosis hit U.S. theaters this week. Premiering at the New York Film Forum on June 7 in the presence of director Anton Corbijn and Hipgnosis co-founder Aubrey Powell, the film has been met with great media coverage. The film is present everywhere on the net, is appreciated in numerous reviews. Here is just a small selection.

Remember when rock album art was legendary? ‘Squaring the Circle’ celebrates the form

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times

Squaring the Circle: Superb, Starry Doc Chronicles the Album Covers that Made Rock History. Squaring the Circle is a gripping true story told with towering visual panache.
Kim Hughes, Original-Cin

‘Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)’ Review: Indelible Images by Design. Anton Corbijn’s documentary shares anecdotes from the British design studio that devised some of the most famous album covers
Mark Yam, The New York Times

MARVELOUSLY ENTERTAINING. SPARKLING. An immensely pleasing cinematic exploration of some of rock’s cherished album covers…The age when such images held firm positions in the culture may be over, but Mr. Corbijn’s film has given it a glorious and stirring elegy.
Kyle Smith, Wall Street Journal

Corbijn has an obsessive eye, and it suits the detail-crazy methods of Powell and Thorgerson.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker