"It’s fundamentally nostalgia, yet it manages to elevate itself above just being a trendy retro-novelty (god knows, we’ve had enough of those). It understands the methods of the medium and exploits them into creating a moving piece of consummate storytelling. It’s too good at this in fact, so much so that you’ll wonder why movies need to speak at all. Even this one."
Contrary to an assertion prominent in its mammoth publicity machine, The Artist is not a silent film.
From Cinelinx:
Judson & Collin are here to contradict everything they said about the Oscars last week as they examine the legacy of The Artist and discuss Charlie Chaplin's City Lights and how it gave the silent film industry a small boom before the talkies took complete control of Hollywood. They also briefly discuss HBO's Girls and give a shoutout to the gentlemen of the Atlantic Screen Connection.
WOW247: "It’s a sad day for cinema lovers, as Uggie the dog from Oscar-winning movie The Artist has died aged 13."
You hear a lot of good things about this movie but that still doesn't mean anything to me. I don't see anything about it that I like when I see the previews.