Velvet Buzzsaw

About Velvet Buzzsaw

Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of art.

Dan Gilroy's Velvet Buzzsaw is a 2019 horror mystery film. Released in February 2019, it runs 112 minutes.

The film is filed under social satire, art thief, art dealer, and consumerism.

Rene Russo stars as Rhodora Haze, Jake Gyllenhaal as Morf Vandewalt, Zawe Ashton as Josephina, and Tom Sturridge as Jon Dondon. The screenplay is by Dan Gilroy. Produced by Jennifer Fox Productions. It streams on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads in the United States.

Idiocracy, The Bling Ring, and Repo Man make useful companions to Velvet Buzzsaw, all filed under commercialism and dark comedy. TMDB voters put it at 5.4 out of 10 across 2,047 votes and it carries a R rating.