“Parsons proves to be an expert manipulator of space with the camera.”
“… can only be described as botanical: slow, serene, sensuous.”
“… demonstrates how the past always seems to elude us, no matter what tools we bring to bear on it.”
“… a ‘let them eat cake’ distraction for the multiplex crowd.”
“Scorsese pulls out a handful of stylistic flourishes…”
“… captures existence amiss.”
“… a thriller in which the space itself is the bad guy.”
“Kurosawa nudged Japan both politically and aesthetically into a new era.”
“… a blending of guerrilla documentary, expert fakery, improv, and idiocy.”
“… takes its time getting interesting.”
