Boarding Gate *
Olivier Assayas, 2008
France
@ Northwest Film Forum

I had hoped to pair this with Zidane, but the crowds for that were insane. They'd booked two extra screenings today, and the 9:15 had sold out before the 7:15 even opened.

This seems to be nothing more nor less than exactly what it ought to be. Well, maybe it could be a little more bracing. But then, part of the point seems to be that international blackmailing and skulduggery is perhaps less glamorous than simply exhausting and confusing.

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