The Love That Remains

Didn’t expect to laugh as much as I did during Hlynur Pálmason’s THE LOVE THAT REMAINS, a dramedy set in Iceland about a family navigating their complicated feelings & absurd impulses over the course of a year following their parents’ divorce. I loved Pálmason’s mise en…

Matt Neglia

There are three children, a dog, some chickens, a mother who makes her art, and a father who works on a fishing boat. Not much happens, we follow their quiet life as the parents work through a separation, but these beautifully languid moments are punctuated by brief hits of…

Thomas Flight

incredibly calming to just sink into the visuals, every frame feels so soothing to look at. watching this is a mix of emotions, somewhere between reality and surrealism, with all the metaphors mirroring the characters’ states of mind. sometimes it makes you reflect,…

frmn

That rare, special kind of movie you want to rewatch before it’s even over. Thoughtful and real and lovely.

Ella Kemp

I am very pleased. This will tickle your love for animals, appreciation of nature, and desire for Mother Nature to deliver ironic and hilarious justice to those who trespass against it. Yep, this is often a straight up comedy with wonderfully European sensibilities. It’s…

Brother Bro

guys i think we got ourselves a palme dog winner

YeleenNolwenn

This was a strange experience for me. For the first two-thirds or so of the film, I could appreciate what it was aiming for, but also felt a deep frustration and almost visceral anger at the film's fragmented structure and almost sadistically slow, plodding pace devoid of…

James

I’m surprised by how under the radar “The Love That Remains” flew. It really feels like it was hurt at Cannes by not being in competition. In any case, this is an affecting drama told with heart and humor about the separation of parents and the hurt that rift causes…

Robert Daniels

walks a fine line between sentimentality and understated (often dark) humor, which I didn't see coming from the director of Godland — like that film, it's also beautiful to look at (shot on 35mm in 1.37), especially if you like nature and/or dogs and, well, who doesn't?

Justin LaLiberty