The free annual Hollywood festival gives the public a wide-ranging palette of cinematic goodness.
And aspects of the film starting with Jessica Chastains brilliant performance and the crisp pacing deserve high praise.
Its a homage to Hollywood musicals that never really gets at the heart of what makes them work.
Its time that Huppert was acknowledged in a big way for the acting treasure that she is.
Pesce doesnt offer any answers or real explanations, keeping events ambiguous and surreal.
The story never quite comes together thematically, but it certainly delivers its share of grotesquely erotic body horror.