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Molero's film is a challenging and truly contemporary work: a forceful, if imperfect, look at the shifting sands of digitally-mediated reality and the people balancing on its surface.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg
While “Videofilia” is tough to absorb in one viewing, it is hard to escape the sense that Mr. Molero has employed his relentless formal invention in service of some fairly banal moralizing about the dangers of strangers and the internet — a warning that seems late for the here and now.
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Slant Magazine by Diego Semerene
What the film embodies, unfortunately, the listlessness of its slacker characters.
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The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
Compared to other thrillers that treat webcams as a structural gimmick or visualize social media in ways that look corny even by the time credits roll, Videophilia casts a singular spell.
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Los Angeles Times by Katie Walsh
In its loose, hallucinatory narrative, we gain a sense of the nightmares caused by a loss of spirituality and physical connection. It may leave you questioning if the Mayans were right all along.