Memoria

...lulls you into its rhythms, gives you the sparse outlines of an intellectual framework, then hits you with the full weight of accumulated lyricism that must be pure cinema.

“Memoria” is a sensory experience, but it takes a performer like Swinton to amplify Joe’s technique.

...a beautiful and mysterious movie, slow cinema that decelerates your heartbeat.

... a hypnotic, unquantifiable, occasionally inpenetrable sonic odyssey from a unique cinematic voice.

...defined by long static shots of characters basking within quiet spaces or having gentle conversations; it achieves such a mesmeric lull that sometimes it becomes a shock just to see the camera eventually cut to something else.

...Weerasethakul leaves us trembling on the edge of uncertainty, providing just enough terra firma to keep the viewer engaged while leading them deeper into the realms of the unknown.