Every cliche that sang out of tune at the concert of dreams is here

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Every cliche that sang out of tune at the concert of dreams is here

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It’s a wonderfully subversive act...but on its own merits (which I’m sure is how Panahi would want it to be judged) it seemed to me overlong, repetitive and self-indulgent.

~ Jeff Robson -

It’s a wonderfully subversive act...but on its own merits (which I’m sure is how Panahi would want it to be judged) it seemed to me overlong, repetitive and self-indulgent.

~ Jeff Robson -

The film is dark. Its message of disconnection has layers of sub plots, barely hinted at yet still damaging

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film is dark. Its message of disconnection has layers of sub plots, barely hinted at yet still damaging

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Perhaps because of the improvisation - although surely they must have rehearsed like crazy - even when the plot threatens to become contrived, the characters remain true to themselves.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Perhaps because of the improvisation - although surely they must have rehearsed like crazy - even when the plot threatens to become contrived, the characters remain true to themselves.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

We are in Calvino territory, seeking out the invisible all around us.

~ Jennie Kermode -

We are in Calvino territory, seeking out the invisible all around us.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Saskia Diesing's rapid fire photography captures the pace of Nena's quickly shifting world but isn't afraid to linger when the moment calls for it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Saskia Diesing's rapid fire photography captures the pace of Nena's quickly shifting world but isn't afraid to linger when the moment calls for it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Eisenstein is embodied by the fabulous Elmer Bäck, who gallops at the role in the way Liberace might have plunged into a haberdashers.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Eisenstein is embodied by the fabulous Elmer Bäck, who gallops at the role in the way Liberace might have plunged into a haberdashers.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A sensitively handled female coming-of-age tale.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

A sensitively handled female coming-of-age tale.

~ Rebecca Naughten -

The film, co-written with Hélène Zimmer, functions like exquisite lacework with new patterns emerging at every turn.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The film, co-written with Hélène Zimmer, functions like exquisite lacework with new patterns emerging at every turn.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

This is toxic masculinity masquerading as boredom, with Wenders' refusal to give it emotional adornment only adding to the sense of existential strangeness of the whole affair.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is toxic masculinity masquerading as boredom, with Wenders' refusal to give it emotional adornment only adding to the sense of existential strangeness of the whole affair.

~ Amber Wilkinson -