I had not heard of The Artist until word came out that it won The New York Film Critics Circle's Best Film Award and the director for Best Director.

The Artist (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Artist is a 2011 French romance film directed by Michel Hazanavicius, starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo. The story takes place in Hollywood between 1927 and 1932 and focuses on a declining male film star and a rising actress, as silent cinema grows out of fashion and is replaced by the talkies. The film is itself a silent film and in black-and-white. Dujardin won the Best Actor Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where the film premiered.
It looks very good and interesting as it is silent...