Hypnotic.

A beautiful, probing art documentary.

When it's at its most self-aware, Rivers and Tides precociously tweaks the pessimist's view of art as an exercise in futility.

Most of Goldsworthy's work is impermanent, but Rivers and Tides captures, permanently, both the art and the artist, showing us a creative, productive life in the process of being well-lived.

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The film doesn’t just explain Goldsworthy’s vision -- it brings us closer to seeing the world through his eyes.

Rivers and Tides is subtle and meditative almost to a fault ... So it's fortunate that the film is relatively short and that its subject -- Andy Goldsworthy, a Scottish sculptor known for working with nature -- is so fascinating.

A documentary that introduces us to an artist whose work is full of contradictions -- contradictions that spill over into the act of watching the movie.

You will want someone to talk to about the film and acknowledge the marvels you saw.

The artistry of Thomas Riedelsheimer's film perfectly compliments Goldsworthy's art.