From its rigorous and deliberately distancing structural gambit to its restless stylistic experimentations, Thirty Two Short Films proves that biopics needn’t color within the lines to effectively portray their subjects.

Instead of a laborious bio-pic, we get a sly, quick-witted meditation on a character always likely to elude our grasp.

If only more filmmakers would take the fragmented, kaleidoscopic approach of Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, which captures the essence of the famed pianist (and radio broadcaster) by honoring his unruliness.

...Feore has you pulling for Gould even at his most self-centered.