The Artist (2011) ***

A pastiche of “Singin' In The Rain”, “A Star Is Born” and countless other Hollywood films about its own stardom, presented as as a black & white, silent melodrama set in the late 20's and the early 30's, as silent movie stars are gradually replaced by new all-talking, all-singing and all-dancing performers. Unlike Hazanavicius' other films (''OSS 117 Caire le nid des espions'' and ''OSS 117 Rio ne repond plus''), this is not really a parody, but rather a sincere hommage to the Hollywood cinema.