This small independent movie, written and directed by Karyn Kusama, is an attempt at roughhouse feminist populism.

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Unfortunately, the director, Karyn Kusama, concentrates more on sending messages of feminine empowerment than on conjuring metaphysical moods.

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The result a grid of cubbyholes filled with art books and collectibles, like a polka dot paperweight by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama.

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To that Ms. Kusama has added the controversial element of gender-blind matchups.

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As a director, Kusama blocks everything out too cleanly, making one point at a time rather than weaving the elements of the atmosphere together.

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Rather than pump up the combat in the testosterone-fueled tradition of movies like "Raging Bull, " Ms. Kusama understates it, holds everything to human scale without pulling any punches.

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James Turrell's light installations toy with your sense of space and dimension, and Yayoi Kusama makes your reflection part of the art when you step inside her mirror-clad, polka dot mannequin room.

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Amongst the shows he has recently released in Chelsea are Yayoi Kusama (way before her Louis Vuitton partnership), Claude Monet, Richard Serra, Damien Hirst, Richard Prince, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and currently, the Brooklyn native, Jean-Michel Basquiat!

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Mr. Ching said Sotheby's gallery will aim to educate Chinese buyers on Western art by first introducing them to Asian artists who already enjoy an international following, like Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, as well as 19th-century French painters such as Claude Monet, whose Impressionist landscapes are immediately recognizable to collectors everywhere, Mr. Ching said.

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