Author Ann-Sargent Wooster reviews Juan Downey's Looking Glass. Shot in London, France, New York and Spain, The Looking Glass is a multilayered essay whose visual complexity parallels its subject: the meaning of reflections, illusions and mirrors in Western art, culture and life. Downey accomplishes this in several ways: for instance, as Downey analyzes the rich iconography of the mirror in painting, including Van Eyck's Arnolfini wedding portrait, Holbein's Ambassadors, and Velasquez's Las Meninas, he reflects on the psychological tension in the relation of the artist, the subjects of the painting, and the viewer beyond. The Looking Glass is the first part of Downey's The Thinking Eye series.