Like the pop-science writer Jonah Lehrer (who Cousins speaks of almost as if he were a guru), Cousins can be inspiring, his enthusiasm contagious; even if some of his details don’t seem to stand up well to scrutiny.

~ Chris -

Like the pop-science writer Jonah Lehrer (who Cousins speaks of almost as if he were a guru), Cousins can be inspiring, his enthusiasm contagious; even if some of his details don’t seem to stand up well to scrutiny.

~ Chris -

We're transported into a world of cinema; some of it is known, much of it unknown, which surely fires the imagination of any viewing cinephile.

~ Robert Munro -

We're transported into a world of cinema; some of it is known, much of it unknown, which surely fires the imagination of any viewing cinephile.

~ Robert Munro -

A fascinating portrait of a woman ahead of her time.

~ Richard Mowe -

A fascinating portrait of a woman ahead of her time.

~ Richard Mowe -

Cousins' observations are, by their very nature, particular and personal - but that is part of the joy of this sort of essay film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Cousins' observations are, by their very nature, particular and personal - but that is part of the joy of this sort of essay film.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

This is very much a film about filmmaking – not the production, not the actors and associated gossip, but the experience of constructing a film on storyboard and set, building it up shot by shot until it becomes more than it first appeared to be on the page.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is very much a film about filmmaking – not the production, not the actors and associated gossip, but the experience of constructing a film on storyboard and set, building it up shot by shot until it becomes more than it first appeared to be on the page.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In his customary style, Cousins makes a lot of points, not all of them hitting home.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In his customary style, Cousins makes a lot of points, not all of them hitting home.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Drink in the imposition of expressionism through ergonomics, gaze up, craning at shots considered anew.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Drink in the imposition of expressionism through ergonomics, gaze up, craning at shots considered anew.

~ Andrew Robertson -