Make-Out with Violence 2008

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: Filled with clear, bright images and moments of skewed genius, this delicate debut effortlessly evokes those languid summer doldrums, when even a rotting girlfriend is better than no girlfriend at all. Read more

Andrew Schenker, Village Voice: Inventive without being twee, quirky without being overly Wes Anderson, and suffused with a late-adolescent sense of longing as palpably felt as it is understated. Read more

Ronnie Scheib, Variety: The film invests in spacey horror tropes one moment, plunges into absurdist adolescent angst the next and begs questions every step of the way, but just about holds together. Read more