Archipelago

The Telegraph by

No other British director is making films quite like this.

Time Out London by Dave Calhoun

Archipelago confirms Hogg as a daring and mischievous artist, and a major British talent whose next move will be intriguing.

Empire by David Parkinson

Shot with grace and precision but paced with all the urgency of a Sunday afternoon stroll, Joanna Hogg's Haneke-lite study of an English middle class family is a well-crafted affair elevated by terrific moments.

Variety by Leslie Felperin

This is a beautifully distilled and literally still work that lingers in the mind long after its conclusion.

The New York Times by Manohla Dargis

In most movies, something happens; in Archipelago, many things happen, quietly yet meaningfully.

The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw

There is something exacting and audacious in it, something superbly controlled in its composition and technique. The clarity of her film-making diction is a marvel – even, or perhaps especially, when the nature of the story itself remains murkily unrevealed.

The Hollywood Reporter by Ray Bennett

Filmed in permanent twilight with a static camera and no music, it is gloomy and unrewarding with an oblique and uninformative script.

Total Film by Tom Dawson

In long, static takes, Hogg calmly exposes the gulf between polite facades and repressed resentments.