It's a guilty-pleasure romp of a documentary, filmed at last year's Cannes film festival, all about the gorgeous, deadly and heartbreaking business of cinema itself.
Spirited, highly amusing and endearingly shambolic.
80
Total FilmJames Mottram
Total FilmJames Mottram
Maverick director James Toback (Fingers) and Alec Baldwin front this frequently hilarious insider doc.
80
Time Out LondonDave Calhoun
Time Out LondonDave Calhoun
Baldwin and Toback make a snappy comic duo, and half of their talks with a line-up of luminaries focus on the art of filmmaking rather than the business.
75
The PlaylistKevin Jagernauth
The PlaylistKevin Jagernauth
The insider look at the industry is appealing, and Seduced And Abandoned is enjoyable but lightweight, and if anything, reaffirms that art doesn't come easy.
60
Empire
Empire
Jollied up with some fun anecdotes from Hollywood's great and good, this is entertaining, if hardly hugely revelatory stuff.