“…emphasizes space and distance in a way that’s undeniably immersive.”

“…manages a way around the Laurie conundrum.”

“…a quiet, intimate ghost story, in which there may not, in fact, be a ghost.”

“…benefits from surprising, almost surreal moments.”

“…has an ugly honesty you’ll rarely find outside of the films of John Cassavetes.”

“…tries to reconcile what is heard and experienced in church with what is seen and felt when Sunday service is over.”

“…a mesmerizing mood piece about personal alienation and national dislocation.”

“…a wake for a genre—Scorsese’s personal type of guilt-soaked, blood-spattered, Catholic gangster films in particular.”

“A stately, handsome World War II drama…”

“…one of Almodovar’s least exuberant productions – and one of his best.”