Throughout, the film’s characters exhibit little life outside of their moments of tragedy and symbolic connections.
One of the British New Wave’s gentler efforts receives a commendable Blu-ray release featuringan instructive commentary track.
As a suspense film, it’s so sluggishly structured that it borders on the avant-garde.
Haigh’s haunting film receives a flawless transfer and a helpful lot of production-oriented supplements from Criterion.
It’s the summative effect of the story’s modest exchanges that lends the film its profound sense of loss.
45 Years is basically a showcase for Haigh’s finely tuned screenplay and the performances of its two leads.
Bille August’s film is a protracted, soporific trip into Portuguese history that would like to be a romantic thriller.
Anyone who’s worked with senior citizens will tell you how vital music is to them, but Quartet fails to capture that vitality.
The whole shebang is just a prolonged setup for a bear fight.
The film is a delicate celebration of life and its many mysteries that earns its tears.