Blancanieves

El Biffo

I LOVE that they are still making black and white silent films! This one is a fairy tale set in 1920's Spain. Much better than THE ARTIST.Way better.

Ciprian Ailenei

Sure, let's ignore the fact that during the first half of the movie an under-aged girl is being followed by a stubborn cock and let's concentrate on the midget toreadors. In other words, this film is so brilliantly random, it's hard not to love it.

This is Jake Kath

If you fuck with me, I'll show you this movie and then we'll become best friends because we would've shared a beautiful experience. Wrapped up in this notion that a fairytale is more profound than 2013.

Matthew_Lucas

A new take on the classic tale of Snow White sets the story against a backdrop of Spanish bull fighting. Black and white and silent, BLANCANIEVES is a striking and beautifully filmed homage to silent film that captures the spirit of the silent era even better than the more self conscious THE ARTIST. Wholly enchanting and directed with a refreshingly old fashioned sensibility, it is a film filled with magic and charm.

OFF_FRAME

An energetic and sumptuously photographed take on the Snow White fairy tale where Snow White is a young and naturally gifted bullfighter. Creating a sense of the unfamiliar with it's 4:3 aspect ratio, no dialogue and cue cards, it manages to seduce the viewer in a surprisingly short amount of time with superb editing and a rich orchestral score. 3.5 stars

Kyle Lewis

A gorgeous aesthetic, along with a charming retelling of Snow White makes this a much superior recreation of silent cinema than The Artist.

The Future Mr. Gitts

The Artist was a good homage to the silent era, but Blancanieves fully embraces that cinema and captures its spirit, despite Berger's utilization of modern camerawork and editing. A refreshing, empowering remodel of the Snow White story (with bullfighting!). Wonderful music that deftly weaves together a traditional style silent score with Spanish rhythms. Imaginative, charming, offbeat, and unexpectedly affecting.

dionysus67

Despite the meticulous work in the domain of cinematography this does not approach in the least the grandeur of silent films. Borrowing an array of camera angles and techniques, supposedly as an homage to silent cinema, the film regresses into pastiche and even worse to postcard frames and shots. Its carnivalesque and shallow aesthetic reminds us where and when real craftmaship resides. Good intentions but very weak.