Marwencol NYT Critics' Pick

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Mark Hogancamp, the subject of the documentary “Marwencol,” sets up a scene with dolls in his backyard. More Photos »
Model Town as Safe Haven
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
Published: October 7, 2010

Four years in the making, “Marwencol” emerges as a number of things: an absorbing portrait of an outsider artist; a fascinating journey from near-death to active life; a meditation on the brain’s ability to forge new pathways when old ones have been destroyed. Woven together by Jeff Malmberg — if not seamlessly, then with illuminating patience — these disparate strands honor an individual as unique as the miniature universe on which he depends. More