The Artist (2011)

Talkies are in and a silent film star finds himself on the way out, just when he spots a talented starlet.

Michel Hazanavicius continues his project of making parodies and pastiches of film genres from the past.

This time round, the director strikes gold because The Artist transcends the story it tells and becomes a tribute to an era of filmmaking that the world has passed by.

Read my full review at Fridae, first published on 21 December 2011.