Mini-Review: Candid episodes from villagers in Italy, linked together by a gentle symbolism through the theme of each passing season and a sense of nostalgia in a seemingly autobiograhical gesture from its director. The vast majority of them are amusing, some touching, and while the movies misses a centerpiece is always entertaining and usually beautiful to watch.
Mini-Review: Sober modern noir with character piece stylings; spoils its poised realism with some flashy and dubious violence, but shows an impressive style that also carries some substance of its own.
Mini-Review: Fantasy tinged dramedy with a juvenile case of Paris crush; characters, setting and ideas are rarely more than sketchy puns and its congratulatory and dreamy tendencies tend to be grating. But should prove light and fun if you bypass thought.
Mini-Review: Caustic dramedy in the usual cynical yet sentimental Wilder fashion; its willingness to border on caricature can be offputting but as assumed it's an expertly written and directed piece of craft.
Mini-Review: Mildly accomplished surreal concoction of the Buñuel flair, with the expected disregard for joy, purpose or logic.