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Olivier Assayas

A collection of 4 posts
Personal Shopper (2017)
Film Review

Personal Shopper (2017)

Just as Olivier Assayas's new film Personal Shopper keeps shapeshifting from horror movie to socio-economic commentary to erotic thriller to paranormal murder mystery... so this review keeps shifting as I write it. I haven't published my comments until now because I couldn't figure out
30 Apr 2017 8 min read
On Movies & Media

First Take: Salt of the Earth, Clouds of Sils Maria, Predestination

I've seen three memorable movies in the last three weeks. Two of them come from world-renowned directors, and one of them is as crazy and strange as time-travel stories get.
04 May 2015 5 min read
Olivier Assayas

Summer Hours (2008)

This review was originally published at Image. * Olivier Assayas’ beautiful new movie Summer Hours begins as three successful, well-educated siblings reunite in the backyard of the rural French house where they grew up. They’re celebrating their mother’s birthday with a leisurely party on her beautiful property. And yet
11 May 2010 2 min read
Olivier Assayas

In the Olympics of Stupid Movie Ideas, America Keeps Winning Gold.

So, the filmmaker Olivier Assayas makes a beautiful, poetic film called Summer Hours, which ends up among the handful of movies most celebrated by critics in 2009. It's hard to find any fault with it. It explores a broad array of subjects - art history, nostalgia, globalism, family
17 Feb 2010 2 min read
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