ALPS

Both a companion piece to and in many ways a reversal of "Dogtooth," it builds on that film's surreally terse style and notions of communication and identity without diluting its singularity or concentration. Full Review

Like "Dogtooth," Alps works by systematically unsettling our sense of what is normal and habitual in human interactions. Full Review

Puzzling and provocative, Alps has a lingering power and an effect that is thrillingly difficult to define. Full Review

Alps, in spite of its title, is a very flat film, from the shallow focus photography, to the actors' monotone delivery. Full Review

The climax errs on the side of the overwrought and overdetermined, like an earnest adolescent's first attempt at a short story. And yet Papoulia's extraordinary performance lingers, as does the film's provocative existential fog. Full Review