Day Night Day Night 2006

David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture: I'm frankly flummoxed about what Day Night Day Night adds up to, but its 'You Are There' allure is potent. Read more

Richard M. Porton, Chicago Reader: Unfortunately this portrait of a young woman on the eve of her first terrorist foray -- a bombing of Times Square -- replaces the knee-jerk patriotic bluster of Hollywood films with its own postmodern cliches. Read more

Noel Murray, AV Club: Efforts to universalize this story by avoiding specifics ends up making Day Night Day Night broad and blank, reducing the lead character to one more generic nutcase for us to fear and pity. And isn't the anonymity of bombers precisely the problem? Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: This is a movie that's better left unexplained, since part of what is so breathtaking is Loktev's strength as a storyteller and Williams's expressiveness as an actor. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: A stunt masquerading as a statement. Read more

John Anderson, Newsday: [Director] Loktev provokes in her audience an involuntary shudder, because we realize that whether an act is madness or inspiration really depends on what side you're on. Read more

Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: Inspired by an actual event in her native Russia, current New Yorker Julia Loktev's Day Night Day Night offers a chillingly effective look at the ease with which a suicide bomber could wreak havoc on U.S. soil -- specifically in Times Square. Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: Too much information would only get in the way and lessen this compelling film's evocation of dread. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: All in all, it's a creepy subject for a movie -- especially when there is no payoff at the end. Read more

Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times: Loktev creates a minimalist study of unfathomable faith. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Overly reliant on a weak lead performance, it drags so much that you're left almost wanting the bomb to go off. Read more

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: Day Night Day Night brings plenty of shakycam immediacy and a cute face to what seems to be zero point of view. Read more

Justin Chang, Variety: By turns frustrating and impressive in its austerity. Read more

J. Hoberman, Village Voice: Terror is existential in this highly intelligent, somewhat sadistic, totally fascinating movie. Read more