‘A. Rimbaud’ Review: Patrick Wang Returns With the Best Three-Hour, One-Man Biopic You’ll See This Year
Variety | 02.06.2026 23:03
Six decades ago, David Lean ventured to the sprawling sandstone mountains of Wadi Rum to film the world’s most interesting canvas: the human face. This credo is not dissimilar from that of Winnipeg-shot “A. Rimbaud,” the latest micro-budget feature from American indie virtuoso Patrick Wang (“A Bread Factory”), whose contained, stripped-bare, three-hour biopic of French poet Arthur Rimbaud plays like a black box “Lawrence of Arabia.” It’s wonderful and fascinating.
