All We Imagine As Light

"Few films have ever so beautifully captured the lonesome romance of Mumbai after dark."

"It is both dreamlike and like waking up from a dream. This is a glorious film."

"Worth every minute of your time."

"A rich tale of love and loss in the big city."

"Payal Kapadia has created an exceptional document of a city and its people."

"Treads with the greatest care as it allows delicately drawn characters to tease out traumas they barely themselves acknowledge."

"Hardly a shot lacks ambient magic, like the bunting agitated by a sea breeze."

"Delicately felt and sensuously textured."

"It already stands as an early majestic masterwork, told with incredible control and uncommon force of will."

"Unveils its intimate relationships without ever feeling small or idiomatic."

"A reminder of the transcendent power of cinema, even, and perhaps especially, when not all that much is happening."

"A miraculously subtle piece of work."

"Like a sneak attack on your soul."

"Kapadia’s latest film finds a refreshing tenderness and subtlety in this story of burgeoning love."

"Extraordinary."

"This is sublime work, with poetry and prose in unerring balance, thanks to writer-director Payal Kapadia."

"A film that feels like a long exhale, the moment of unburdening after a tight embrace. It’s beautiful."

"A modern and melancholy portrait of Mumbai life."

"A memorable and compassionate slice-of-life drama."

"Small in its movements and thoughtful in its observations... quietly resonant."

"Kapadia’s powerful drama marks the emergence of a new filmmaking voice."