Hei yan quan 2006

Scott Tobias, AV Club: The film ends so beautifully that it's easy to forgive the dead passages that preceded it and hope it carries over into his next movie. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: The hormones here don't rage so much as unfurl over two exquisite hours. Read more

John Anderson, Newsday: I Don't Want to Sleep Alone is emotional in what it says about the need for connections, religious in what it asks about the universe. Read more

Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times: I Don't Want to Sleep Alone is a title to keep in mind while absorbing this allusive, humid mood piece. Read more

Ben Kenigsberg, Time Out: For Tsai's fans, Sleep offers many pleasures, including a heightened attention to nocturnal beauty and a gorgeous, uncharacteristic surrealism. Read more

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David Fear, Time Out: A serious return to creative form and a renewal of focus; there's a sense that every perfectly timed slow take and studied composition serves a purpose. And not a single melon gets shtupped. Read more

Jay Weissberg, Variety: Perhaps it's the new locale, but there's more of a sense of solidarity here than in Tsai's past films. Read more

J. Hoberman, Village Voice: Albeit closer to ballet than drama, this urban nocturne is one of Tsai's most beautiful and naturalistic films -- at least in terms of its rich, humid, almost viscous ambience. Read more