Cinévardaphoto
Release Date: February 16, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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100
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Three short documentaries about photography made by one of France's finest directors. Read full review
88
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
A masterful collection of cinematic essays. Read full review
80
VarietyLisa Nesselson
Varda renders the political personal and the personal universal. Read full review
80
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
A work of great charm and bold aesthetic impurity, Agnès Varda's Cinévardaphoto is a suite of documentary shorts. Read full review
80
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
The unutterably charming Cinévardaphoto brings together three short works by the filmmaker Agnès Varda, one shot in digital video, the others on celluloid. Read full review
80
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Varda's photography is a pure joy, but rereleasing this film four decades later, absent any commentary on the ironic distance between then and now, is a typically challenging gesture. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
What lights Cinèvardaphoto is Varda's ageless ability to merge her spirit with that of the images she shows us. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
A welcome introduction to yet another facet of an artist who continues to beguile well into her seventies. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Although Cinevardaphoto is hardly a major work, it does represent the latest (and earlier) chapters in the career of a fascinating filmmaker. Read full review
60
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Someone as attuned as Varda to the quality of an image should know that a flat, disposable medium like video makes images harder to internalize. Read full review
50
New York PostRussell Scott Smith
Sitting through three totally unrelated documentaries in a row -- with all that puzzling (subtitled) dialogue and those long (enigmatic) silences? That's a migraine waiting to happen. Read full review
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