Artists do not need science to tell them what they feel in their bones, and film is a powerful tool to illustrate the ephemeral memories one stores in the body.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Aug 8, 2022

Memories, whether human or technological, have their limits. But in sharing them, as “Memory Box” movingly demonstrates, we can discover them anew.

Full Review | Aug 4, 2022

Teenage girls are taken seriously in Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige's lively coming-of-age drama.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 23, 2022

The marriage of abstract existential themes, immersive, tactile images and dual timelines is always impressive but only occasionally moving.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 21, 2022

There are so many textures at play here - a real sense of cinematic alchemy.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 20, 2022

It's a film that deals in the ephemeral and contains the same compassion, curiosity and joyful invention found in Varda's body of work.

Full Review | Jan 20, 2022

The film switches back and forth between time periods adroitly in a way that always moves the story forward, while the outstanding performances from the whole ensemble, especially the watchful Vauthier and the fierce Issa, anchor the film.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 18, 2022

Memory Box brings buried memories back to life in its tale of New Wave teen dreams (and nightmares) in wartime Beirut in a fresh, poignant and deeply personal way.

Full Review | Mar 2, 2021

Becomes an intoxicating cocktail of recollections while also addressing how different generations process the touchstone triggers of memory.

Full Review | Mar 2, 2021

This affecting drama tackles intergenerational trauma while espousing the value of preserving the past for future generations.

Full Review | Mar 2, 2021

A warm, dense tale about women.

Full Review | Mar 2, 2021