Monolith

An industrious indie that defies its genre conventions every step of the way.

Matt Vesely’s impressive debut ably stakes out its own territory, not least in the vast distances covered by a single on-screen actor and a handful of vocal performances.

In the end, the goal was clearly to trap us in the increasingly fractured mind of a single person who increasingly believes what is beyond believable. Mission accomplished.

“Monolith” becomes harder to take seriously as the drama escalates, especially when Sullivan, finding herself in danger, charges on with an impassioned plea: “I have to continue this podcast!”

Making the most of the palatial but spookily claustrophobic setting ... Vesely and Campbell take us on a spine-chilling ride that, even if it winds up in fairly familiar territory, is never less than gripping thanks to a bravura performance by Sullivan.

Monolith seduces the audience to walk what seems to be the harder path of unsettling unease - a path that soon becomes a slippery slope into heartstopping fear.

The final sequence delivers a couple of terrifying scenes that stand out for their elegance and make Matt Vesely a director to watch... [Full review in Spanish]

Just as 2001 pondered upon humanity's place within the cosmos, this film pursues a no less elusive problem: the place of truth in the age of digital media. [Full review in Spanish]

The only actor on-screen for the entire 94-minute runtime, Sullivan impresses as a disgraced journalist looking for redemption via an eerie unexplained mystery in this psychological sci-fi film

At its best Monolith is a tight, taut time showcasing a wonderful one-woman show from Sullivan, but could’ve done with a more crackling climax.