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Olivier Assayas's clever and beguiling HBO miniseries responds to the state of cinema in the age of streaming.
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Olivier Assayas's clever and beguiling HBO miniseries responds to the state of cinema in the age of streaming.
The Oscar-winner stars as a velvet-catsuited villainess in this series about a film about a series of films – but while it may be headspinningly meta, it is also fun, witty and a total visual treat
Irma Vep isn't just a series remake of Olivier Assayas' 1996 movie but is also full of recurring themes, ideas & images from his other films.
In remaking his 1996 film 'Irma Vep' for HBO, Olivier Assayas not only confronted the end of his marriage to Maggie Cheung. He consulted her on it.
If you’ve been paying attention to the press coverage of the trendy new HBO series Irma Vep, you’ve undoubtedly encountered references to its purported “meta” qualities.