Dark River excels in the areas where Barnard has already proven herself adept: she draws stellar performances from her cast across the board, and creates a vibrant naturalism without sacrificing tone or style.

| Nov 8, 2023

Clio Barnard gives us a glimpse into the hard life of sheep farmers in Yorkshire through the eyes of a woman who returns home.

| Nov 23, 2021

Barnard's style is raw authenticity, and at times the characters' thick Yorkshire accents can be difficult to understand - but much of Dark River's haunting tale is told visually and the film's cinematography is superb.

| Nov 23, 2021

Clio Barnard has succeeded in using this unique natural setting to describe our most basic instincts.

| Nov 23, 2021

Ruth Wilson is startlingly good in Dark River.

| Nov 23, 2021

Ruth Wilson is absolutely extraordinary in Dark River: the quiet, anguished seething of her Alice is a devastating commentary in itself on the legacy that violent, abusive men - in this case, Alice's father - leave in their wake.

| Nov 23, 2021

For Alice, taming the land means overcoming her demons and, in the hands of Barnard and Wilson, her battle is ultimately as rewarding as it is devastating.

| Nov 23, 2021

Barnard is a director who strives for authenticity, and she succeeds beautifully with Dark River.

| Nov 23, 2021

It's that level of exquisite poetry that elevates the movie and lifts Clio Barnard into the world in which she belongs - the absolute best of British.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 14, 2020

Wilson does some heavy psychological lifting on top of some grimy sheep shearing; it's a labor-intensive performance that yields a real harvest by the film's close.

| Apr 20, 2019

With strong performances throughout, Dark River is only let down by it's ending, which rounds off an otherwise achingly beautiful film.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 8, 2019

We are rewarded with sophisticated direction from one of the greatest (if not the greatest) living British filmmakers. Dark River is a tense two-hander that builds tension to the breaking point.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 16, 2019

It is great to see Wilson, after years of acclaimed work on stage and 온라인카지노추천 (notably in Luther and The Affair), show off her blazing talent on the big screen as well.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 5, 2019

Barnard's main problem is that she makes everything so earnestly subservient to the shallow, singular conceit of her narrative.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 31, 2018

Dark River is a gripping tale of two siblings trying to find each other.

| Oct 31, 2018

Clio Barnard is one of the UK's brightest and most interesting directors and writers.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 27, 2018

Wilson is pitch-perfect as the wounded but strong-willed Alice, her expressive features subtly conveying a lifetime of inner conflict, all the more impressive in a restrained first act that relies on minimal dialogue.

| Original Score: 3.25/5 | Aug 27, 2018

Satisfying but bleak arthouse drama about sibling resentment on a Yorkshire sheep farm.

| Original Score: B | Aug 27, 2018

While [director Clio] Barnard has been unlucky with timing... the performances from Wilson (Luther) and Stanley (Game of Thrones, Love, Lies and Hope) make it well worth a look.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 23, 2018

The kind of movie that mistakes rumbling storm clouds and restless sheep for plot development.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 29, 2018