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  • Summary: In his newest film, French documentarian and cinema-essayist Chris Marker reflects on French and international politics, art and culture at the start of the new millennium. In November 2001, the filmmaker became intrigued, as did many other Parisians, by the sudden appearance of alluring portraits of grinning yellow cats on buildings, Metro walls and other public surfaces. Marker's cinematic efforts to document the mysterious materializations of this charming feline throughout Paris are a recurring theme of The Case of the Grinning Cat. (First Run/Icarus Films)… Expand

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  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
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  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    91
    The Case Of The Grinning Cat is a sequel of sorts to Marker's epic three-hour 1977 documentary on the decline of the left, "A Grin Without A Cat"--though this new work is both shorter and more playful.
  2. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    80
    I can't think of a better portrait of contemporary Paris or the zeitgeist of 2001-'04 than Chris Marker's wise and whimsical 58-minute 2004 video...no one can film people in the street better than Marker or combine images with more grace and finesse.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    80
    One can never get enough of this prodigiously talented octogenarian artist and his bestiary.
  4. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    50
    The film doesn't really manage to sustain attention through its brief running time. But it is heartening to see that the filmmaker, now in his mid-80s, is as passionately engaged as ever.

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