Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya’s Very Big Shot remains skeptical about the transformative power of cinema, since it operates by the whims and capital of a select few.
Sergio Castellitto’s film quickly turns out to be more interested in reveling in the secrets of its storyline than in its sentiments.
Some of the films in competition attempted to remind the cushioned critics of reality.
The film suggests a game played by a seasoned director to entertain himself between features.
Though not among Jacques Rivette great films, Around a Small Mountain shares a lot of qualities with the director’s best work.
Marco Bellochio’s Wedding Director is consistently pleasant from first to last.
Andrew Adamson puts far less energy into moral dilemmas than into an unfunny talking mouse lamely reminiscent of the Shrek director’s Puss in Boots.
In Paris Je T’aime, 18 renowned directors contribute star-studded vignettes about amour, each set in a different Parisian neighborhood.
The film’s schematic attempt to present two political extremes as equally repugnant and exclusionary is depressingly feeble.
The film’s view of human behavior is as offensive as it is preposterously simpleminded.
The film’s intelligence is provocative and playful.
Va Savoir finds Jacques Rivette in familiar terrain.