One for the fans. Fans of Blanchett and Kazimir Malevich's Suprematist Manifesto. Wherever they may be.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 11, 2018

... a deeply unironic and mildly gross Blanchett showreel.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 29, 2017

It's an intriguing idea, visually arresting and intellectually confrontational. It is not without problems, however.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 26, 2017

After meeting the first few characters I was gripped by an overwhelming desire to nod off. Then I saw the light.

| Nov 24, 2017

There is a hypnotic fascination to this work by artist and film-maker Julian Rosefeldt, one of the few commercial films that explores the boundaries between cinema and installation, or cinema and video art.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 22, 2017

Occasionally obscure, but bold and abrasive. Never fails to command attention.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 22, 2017

What Manifesto does achieve, seemingly, is to crash together the planes of art and life.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 22, 2017

It's a "Must she? Must we?" experience at first. But in Julian Rosefeldt's conceptualist movie, annoyingness is part of the texture. Provoke or be provoked!

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 22, 2017

There's something increasingly mesmerising about Julian Rosefeldt's translation of his own 13-screen gallery piece to cinema.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 20, 2017

There's more of an architecture inherent to the film than if it were simply a succession of staged readings by Blanchett-but those readings, and her transformations, are mesmerizing, and often very funny.

| Jul 11, 2017

You may not know much about 20th-century art manifestos, but you'll know what you like with Cate Blanchett's stunning turn as 13 wildly diverse characters who explore them in Manifesto.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 29, 2017

A kind of monotony sets in, as if we're being compelled to hear the effusions of a bright adolescent in an endlessly defiant mood.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 21, 2017

"Manifesto" isn't for everybody. But even if you're unfamiliar with Dada and couldn't care less about Fluxus, it's a treat to watch an actress at the top of her game ...

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 8, 2017

Some bits are less effective and/or more obscure, but few last long enough to wear out their welcome, thanks to writer-director Julian Rosefeldt's clever, complementary visuals and to his affectionate, interested approach - even when he's poking fun.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 2, 2017

Whatever Rosefeldt intended, "Manifesto" doesn't quite set forth a manifesto of its own. But it's a blast of fresh air.

| May 25, 2017

Despite the hit-and-miss nature of this highfalutin concept-art, "Manifesto" comes across as successfully, outrageously funny.

| May 14, 2017

Rosefeldt and a very game Blanchett spring one surprising creation on the viewer after the other. But what it all adds up to is of course up for debate.

| May 11, 2017

Ph.D.s in art theory will chuckle knowingly as everyone else eyes the exit.

| Original Score: C | May 11, 2017

The production is extraordinary considering the constraints.

| May 10, 2017

It's no longer a showcase primarily for the artist. Manifesto becomes a tribute to the actor - and to the process of acting itself.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 10, 2017