My Golden YearsApril 8, 2016

Adolescent love in all its ardor is the ostensible subject of Arnaud Desplechin’s “My Golden Days,” but its real subject is moviemaking itself. The film is an arty grab bag of lifts and homages drawn from French films, most pointedly director François Truffaut’s. It’s the kind of movie that probably appeals best to film critics, who can congratulate each other for spotting all the “in” references