`Maya Dardel` succumbs to the pretentiousness it aims to subvert
(LA Times MLB)

The best thing about `Maya Dardel,` a prickly character study posing as a provocation, is the chance to see Lena Olin dig into the title role. A formidable intellectual who, for amusement, chews up and spits out perceived lightweights, Maya growls and taunts, disdains and dismisses, and Olin could...