Transit (2018)

"A refugee portrait that piles contrivance upon contrivance to somehow land at a place of piercing emotional acuity."

"By turns intimate and expansive, "Transit" is a thrilling, at times harrowing labyrinth of a movie."

"If only it weren't such a cryptic and heavy slog."

"Evoking Casablanca, this tragic romance is gorgeous to look at and often thrilling, its central gimmick of telling a historical story in the modern day paying off surprisingly well."

""Transit" touchingly illuminates the close bonds that can form within migrant communities, even as it refuses to harbour any illusions about how easily those bonds can be broken."

"Lucidly traces the specter of fascism (never extinguished, always waiting to exhale), and how unreal it feels for it to cast its shadow across Europe once more."

"As the film slowly puts its formalistic and thematic cards on the table, it becomes clear that its storytelling technique is really just a reflection of its core themes."