Los Angeles Times by Joshua Rothkopf

A miraculously subtle piece of work.

The New Yorker by Justin Chang

One of the year’s great movies, in any form, style, or language.

Wall Street Journal by Zachary Barnes

What makes Ms. Kapadia so clearly an artist is her ability to let a scene breathe, to be patient but not ponderous, suffusing the film with atmosphere and unarticulated feeling.

The New York Times by Manohla Dargis

One of the pleasures of Kapadia’s filmmaking is that she’s inviting you to discover her characters on their terms, which means embracing the inner and outer rhythms of their lives.

The Associated Press by Lindsey Bahr

The film is a reminder of the transcendent power of cinema, even, and perhaps especially, when not all that much is happening.

The Telegraph by Tim Robey

Poignantly lyrical as a city symphony, it branches out for a sequel, when the characters abscond to the coast to figure out what to do: at once a respite and a reckoning, ghostly and mysterious.

BBC by Nicholas Barber

It is universal and emotional enough to hypnotise anyone who has been alone in a city, or been spellbound by a film on the subject.

Variety by Jessica Kiang

Just two features into her young career, Kapadia has established her rare talent for finding passages of exquisite poetry within the banal blank verse of everyday Indian life.

IndieWire by Sophie Monks Kaufman

The beats of All We Imagine as Light are calibrated with hypnotic grace creating a rhythm that induces pure pleasure.

The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw

There is a freshness and emotional clarity in Payal Kapadia’s Cannes competition selection, an enriching humanity and gentleness which coexist with fervent, languorous eroticism and finally something epiphanic in the later scenes and mysterious final moments.