Rifkin’s Festival - 2020 - 7/10
Sue handles PR for a rising, acclaimed director at a film festival in San Sebastian.
Older husband, Mort, tags along because he wanted to visit Europe, and because of suspicions.
This is one for arthouse buffs, as it includes a raft of homages to Godard, Truffaut, Fellini, Bergman …
Flashbacks and dream sequences often decolor to black and white.
Most of the jokes are sly, literary based. Movie fanatics, steeped in foreign films, will appreciate more than others.
Not the finest Allen, but this is very good, and should prove irresistible for fans.