Paris nous appartient 1961

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Jacques Rivette's troubled and troubling account of Parisians in the late 50s remains in some ways the most intellectually and philosophically mature of them as well as one of the most beautiful. Read more

Richard Brody, New Yorker: Rivette's tightly wound images turn the ornate architecture of Paris into a labyrinth of intimate entanglements and apocalyptic menace; he evokes the fearsome mysteries beneath the surface ... Read more

Trevor Johnston, Time Out: By no means this great filmmaker's best, it's still an auspicious beginning. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: All this is overblown, making it pretentious, slow-moving and fairly confused. It takes much too long to tell its over-complicated story. Read more