Renaissance
2006, R, 105 min.
Directed by Christian Volckman, Narrated by , Voices by Daniel Craig, Patrick Floersheim, Catherine McCormack, Laura Blanc, Romola Garai, Virginie Mery, Jonathan Pryce, Starring .

Not reviewed at press time. Science fiction, film noir, and revolutionary animation combine in this futuristic story set in Paris 2054. Actors’ movements were captured before creating the backgrounds, settings, and facial expressions to create a visual effect resembling chiaroscuro or comic-book frames.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.