Modernity itself is what architecture is meant to reflect, only to been seen as the film's biggest irony with two characters who refuse to let themselves progress forward...it's a complete and wonderful arc, made by a wonderful architect.

| Original Score: A | Jul 2, 2024

Columbus mostly seems like a movie that doesn’t want to disturb anyone, which is counterproductive when you’ve got characters wrestling with increasingly obvious, quite serious emotional problems related to damage done by their parents.

| Jan 12, 2023

But the most potent ingredients are the two lead performances. Cho is a natural at subtlety – somber, reserved and authentic at every turn. But it’s Richardson who steps out as a true revelation.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 19, 2022

While the characters are often swallowed up by the amazing buildings, their humanity never fades in this sweet and memorable drama.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 30, 2022

Columbus just let me watch two people fumble through their lives and let me feel for them. It asks us to acknowledge the intellectual facts but make our own intuitive conclusions about what they should do, and how they and we feel.

| Feb 21, 2022

A smart script with strong performances and a unique aesthetics [Full review in Spanish]

| Aug 24, 2021

A gorgeously simple meditation on the intermingling of public and private spaces

| Jul 2, 2021

The film's most revelatory performance belongs to Haley Lu Richardson.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 5, 2020

Columbus is transcendent.

| Jul 1, 2020

One of the most auspicious directorial debuts of the last decade.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Jun 6, 2020

This is one of the year's most interesting and captivating works.

| May 13, 2020

Visually arresting and replete with contemplative moments, Columbus spotlights the eponymous Indiana town... Exquisitely rendered by cinematographer Elisha Christian, the otherwise quotidian structures of banks, libraries, and hospitals all become seen.

| Feb 7, 2020

A rarity in its ability to remain as intelligent as it is approachable, even as it defies the usual indie conventions about a sad man meeting a sad young girl, Columbus is a handsomely crafted achievement.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 10, 2019

Columbus is one of those gems that doesn't seem like anything extraordinary until you're sitting through the credits trying to absorb what you just watched.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 5, 2019

Unique characters, beautiful cinematography, and elegiac tone.

| Jul 26, 2019

How do you see the world?

| Jul 20, 2019

The rare magic of Columbus, a human drama infused with a spooky, out-of-body ethereality, lies in its confident and ingenious execution.

| May 2, 2019

[It] is a visual treat but others may find its serious, thoughtful story just as engaging.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 26, 2019

An overt art film, but with a delicate relationship drama woven through.

| Apr 11, 2019

Kogonada shows some promise, but the film is positively listless by the end, and fairly lacking in substance given the intelligentsia trappings and novel-like tone.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 26, 2019