Parade 1974

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Jacques Tati's last film -- his least-known work, shot mostly on videotape for Swedish television -- is seldom shown, but it's a far greater achievement than most accounts would lead you to expect. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Jacques Tati's Parade is such a slight and simple film that its subject almost seems to be self-effacing. Read more

Time Out: It can't aspire to the meticulous mise en scene of his big screen work; and one feels saddened that this great director should have found no other outlet for his genius. Read more