What the cumulative effect of masterfully restored newsreel may lack in action, it more than makes up for with the numbing, slow-burn sensation of being drawn under the spell of state-orchestrated mass mourning.

~ Matthew Anderson -

What the cumulative effect of masterfully restored newsreel may lack in action, it more than makes up for with the numbing, slow-burn sensation of being drawn under the spell of state-orchestrated mass mourning.

~ Matthew Anderson -

Never directly asking the question, but leaving liberté, égalité and fraternité to hang in the air between scenes and lines, Périot’s latest gives a voice to the voiceless, the disenfranchised, the forgotten.

~ Matthew Anderson -

Never directly asking the question, but leaving liberté, égalité and fraternité to hang in the air between scenes and lines, Périot’s latest gives a voice to the voiceless, the disenfranchised, the forgotten.

~ Matthew Anderson -

The Barkfors should be commended for the simplicity of their directorial choices, which elevate the emotional impact and make it easier for the viewer to relate to this very sensitive subject matter.

~ Matthew Anderson -

The Barkfors should be commended for the simplicity of their directorial choices, which elevate the emotional impact and make it easier for the viewer to relate to this very sensitive subject matter.

~ Matthew Anderson -

Introducing himself as an articulate filmmaker of real empathy, Sarnoski has equally coaxed out the finest performance seen from Cage in as long as can be remembered.

~ Matthew Anderson -

Introducing himself as an articulate filmmaker of real empathy, Sarnoski has equally coaxed out the finest performance seen from Cage in as long as can be remembered.

~ Matthew Anderson -

Kilian, responsible for the film’s strong cinematography as well as its direction, maintains, as much as possible, a reportage-style distance for the film’s first act.

~ Matthew Anderson -

Kilian, responsible for the film’s strong cinematography as well as its direction, maintains, as much as possible, a reportage-style distance for the film’s first act.

~ Matthew Anderson -

Unflinching in its horrific subject matter and challenging in its construction.

~ Matthew Anderson -

Unflinching in its horrific subject matter and challenging in its construction.

~ Matthew Anderson -

To their credit, there’s no direct interrogation or intervention from Molomot and Bemiss at any point.

~ Matthew Anderson -

To their credit, there’s no direct interrogation or intervention from Molomot and Bemiss at any point.

~ Matthew Anderson -

As ingeniously simple as it is unnerving

~ Matthew Anderson -

As ingeniously simple as it is unnerving

~ Matthew Anderson -

A stark, yet contemplative meditation on the profound hardships of exile and the migrant experience.

~ Matthew Anderson -

A stark, yet contemplative meditation on the profound hardships of exile and the migrant experience.

~ Matthew Anderson -

The simplest of pleasures bring the greatest moments of joy in Reichardt’s latest film.

~ Matthew Anderson -

The simplest of pleasures bring the greatest moments of joy in Reichardt’s latest film.

~ Matthew Anderson -

All Light, Everywhere examines the microscopic and vertiginous in equal, beguiling measure.

~ Matthew Anderson -

All Light, Everywhere examines the microscopic and vertiginous in equal, beguiling measure.

~ Matthew Anderson -