A24
The English language debut of iconic French director Claire Denis is thematically dense and transgressive, designed to provoke intense debate.
Hot Summer Nights’ story is not adequately interesting to justify the legendary tone, and it winds up feeling anodyne when it should feel explosive.
A Prayer Before Dawn boasts a fantastic central performance from Joe Cole, but unfortunately, wastes an astonishing true story in favour of genre cliches.
Just like his earlier short, Hereditary feels like nothing more than a provocation, updating the parental anxieties of Rosemary’s Baby for the modern era — and adding no substantial allegory that makes it feel any deeper than this.