The Green Knight

Fittingly for a story that is often opaque, the action plays out in muddy light or at arm's length: this is a movie to be squinted at as much as watched.

A tale told mainly via startling visuals requires an actor with a singularly expressive face, and Patel rises to the challenge. He strips away knightly courage to reveal the fear lurking behind every so-called 'hero'.

What a strange and peculiarly powerful film this is.

What ultimately puts The Green Knight beyond the pale, for me, is the posthumanism of Lady Bertilak's monologue and how her speech helps to shape and determine the meaning of the ending in what I can only consider a nihilistic direction.

An unabashedly complex art film that is never watered down or affected by the fear of of box office failure. Simply stunning.

A visual feast that lingers long after the end credits.

Brilliantly composed in modern form, Lowery has made a tight sweeping epic wherein every frame could be hung upon a wall as decoration, where the poetry of the tale is made flesh, and the resonance of the message transcends time and space.

Weird but a fascinating fantasy trip.

It's a fascinating and jarring experience from beginning to end and everything about it from the cinematography to the score is special.

The filmmakers hope that their extreme style and slow-moving camera will distract from the fact that their college essay has a mediocre thesis.