Unimaginably stylish and charming to the point of seduction, The Artist is a rare thing – a modern day black-and-white silent movie – and all the more adorable for it.
A sensation in Cannes, The Artist is in essence a love letter to the early days of cinema. But, as much as the storyline, it’s the performances and the way the film is crafted that make it so absorbing.
The story focuses on the relationship and changing fortunes of a handsome star of silent films, whose career wanes with the coming of sound, and a dazzling young actress, whose popularity skyrockets with the advent of sound.
Meticulously created with intertitles and a superb score The Artist has great fun with silent film conventions just as it rigorously adheres to them. Starring Jean Dujardin (who won the best actor prize in Cannes for his role) and the delightful Bérénice Bejo, with James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller and John Goodman, The Artist is sure to inspire and delight audiences
A lovingly shot, beautifully realized love letter to cinema history. PATCH
It’s a lot like falling in love. You can’t really express what it is you feel, but you feel it so powerfully, you can’t ever imagine not feeling it. MOVIE CITY NEWS
