Frida Kahlo’s story has been told and retold. A new doc captures the voice of the Mexican painter

Frida Kahlo is getting the documentary treatment again, this time from director Carla Gutiérrez. Since then, she has been depicted in feature films by Mexican actors Ofelia Medina and Salma Hayek, as well as in documentaries — most recently in director Louise Lockwood’s three-part series “Becoming Frida Kahlo.” She is also the subject of countless murals and other art. All of this means that Peruvian-born director Carla Gutiérrez’s new documentary, “Frida,” which landed this week on Prime Video, is entering a crowded field. But if you want something deeper, I recommend turning to Lockwood’s docuseries “Becoming Frida Kahlo,” which aired on PBS last fall. In a statement to KQED, Salonen said he was leaving because “I do not share the same goals for the future of the institution as the Board of Governors.” Joshua Kosman, classical music critic at the San Francisco Chronicle, theorizes that the COVID-19 pandemic put a dent in Salonen’s plans for the orchestra — turning what should have been a time of reinvention into one of survival — and he nods to the conductor’s tensions with the board.