One of the reliable pleasures of New Directors/New Films is that at one point in this annual festival — or, if it’s a good year, five or more points — a director will light up the screen with an unexpected burst of beauty, a swoop of the camera, a moment of grace. She may not revolutionize the art, but she will make you sit up, and focus your eyes and mind. The monologue running in your head that becomes louder in unmemorable movies (I’m thirsty, what’s for dinner?, that’s a nice lamp) doesn’t stand a chance against a film like “Attenberg,” a highlight of the second week of the festival, which ends Sunday.
from "Awkward Embraces, Assured Directors"
By MANOHLA DARGIS, NYTimes, March 27, 2011
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