La Maison de la Radio

Name: La Maison de la Radio
Genre: Documentary
Released: September 4, 2013
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 56

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: September 4, 2013 | Not Rated

Summary: La Maison de la Radio is a vibrant portrait of Radio France, that nation's equivalent of NPR or the BBC. Directed by Nicolas Philibert (To Be and To Have), a master of the documentary genre, La Maison shows the day-to-day of a beloved cultural institution, as radio hosts, producers and journalists produce a vast array of shows. [Kino Lorber]

Director: Nicolas Philibert

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 99 min

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Boyd van Hoeij

Sep 4, 2013

Two minor problems in the closing reels hold the film back from instant-classic status. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

Sep 4, 2013

The film is a textured portrait of human beings and the jobs they do, offering scant commentary but much to chew on, not to mention plenty of laughs -- no small feat in a movie dedicated to something as dry sounding as “public radio.” Read full review

Noel Murray

Sep 4, 2013

Philibert allows even those who’ve never heard a second of Radio France to experience what the network is like, on both sides of the speakers. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Sep 4, 2013

As Mr. Philibert continues to pop in and out of different studios, in and out of the building, flitting from one face to the other, it feels as if he were searching for a story that never emerges. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Sep 4, 2013

Aside from the Tour De France segments (the only scenes in the movie to be shot entirely handheld), La Maison lacks the warmth that’s characterized Philibert’s best work. Eventually, the film begins to resemble a cross between a radio station’s webcast and a security-camera feed. Read full review

Eric Hynes

Sep 4, 2013

Given only hints of personalities and the thinnest strands of stories, we’re left with a hum of tinny snippets instead of anything that resembles the glorious noise of people putting on show after show after show. Read full review

Kalvin Henely

Sep 4, 2013

Whether or not you consider this a banal topic, it's plain to see that the puttering documentary doesn't achieve magnificence. Read full review

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