Cannes 2017: New movie about Jean-Luc Godard, from ‘The Artist’ director, shows auteurs can be funny too

A movie about Jean-Luc Godard? At the Cannes Film Festival? While the master himself is still around?

Michel Hazanavicius can imagine what people think. I mean, he's heard what people think.

Godard himself called it a “stupid, stupid idea.” May as well say the French New Wave was a waste of time,...