Review of Populaire (2012) by Michael O'sullivan for Washington Post — 11 Sep 2013

Populaire is a mostly delightful and entirely unironic throwback to the kind of film they stopped making about 50 years ago.

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This review of Populaire (2012) was written by Michael O'sullivan and published by Washington Post on 11 Sep 2013.

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