L'intrus 2005

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: While it may take a few viewings to sort the details out, much about L'Intrus lingers, shimmering quietly in the memory. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: Denis composes a majestic dream book of shots and sequences. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Never has Denis demanded so much from audiences as with this shimmering enigma, at once intimate and epic, but it's worth the effort and then some. Read more

L.A. Weekly: Denis' film -- which may be her most intricately constructed and intensely beautiful to date -- is one that transcends words and stories, a movie to be felt rather than rationalized. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Characteristically impressionistic, French director Claire Denis' latest meditation is simultaneously baffling and beautiful, and definitely not for everyone. Read more

Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: The Intruder ... is exhilarating and exhausting, the kind of picture you don't bounce back from immediately. Read more

G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle: An interior epic with epic exteriors, a film with very little dialogue, where the pictures (photographed by the great Agnes Godard), actors and the juxtaposition of both tell the story. Read more

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Jay Weissberg, Variety: A beautiful, complex work that challenges viewers to mentally sift interior and exterior journeys. Read more

Dennis Lim, Village Voice: This mysterious object may be Denis's most gorgeous film (which is saying something), but more than that, it's a fearless filmmaker's boldest experiment yet, a direct line from her unconscious to yours. Read more