Puts a thin coat of varnish on some well worn Hollywood cliches, though the direction is as stolid as an artless concrete structure. Says absolutely nothing new or interesting about architecture, the struggle between creative genius and concessions of capital, the immigrant experience, or Holocaust survivors. Let alone the marginal black characters. Lots of pundits have been raving about the low budget, and it's impressive but a footnote at best. The 70mm VistaVision is also ludicrously over-hyped: anyone expecting Lawrence…