The sci-fi elements of The Shred just didn’t work with the period-piece aesthetics.

| Jul 16, 2024

Glasshouse is a wondrous, glossy sci-fi fantasy, packed with provocative inquiries about the human mind, delusion, desperation, and the lengths humans will go to to keep proper order intact.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 11, 2024

Instead of using dystopia as a critique, this South African film indulges a regressive impulse – eugenics wrapped in soft-core.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 16, 2023

Egan’s Glasshouse is an interesting addition to the sci-fi genre that predicts the future of the world.

| Jul 20, 2023

‘Glasshouse’ is a cool idea weighed down by a lot of baggage that doesn’t say anything or really go anywhere. It’s a house of vibes and not much else.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 23, 2022

Egan's refusal to bend to genre conventions can be refreshing. The story veers away from science-fiction and into melodrama—a chamber room apocalypse done with grace and decency as if to say, "The ruin of humankind is no excuse for bad manners."

| Original Score: B-minus | Jul 21, 2022

Underscored by a sinister sweetness that feels rotted by the conservatory it is set in, Glasshouse proves that restraint does well for the apocalypse.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 21, 2022

A well-crafted, post-apocalyptic take on Beguiled.

| Jul 18, 2022

Glasshouse is an original idea with an original premise which may have needed a little more polishing to make things clearer.

| Jul 16, 2022

Glasshouse doesn’t bring much new to the table beyond pretty aesthetics, pretension, and sloppy internal logic. Shot at the 140-year-old Pearson Conservatory in Port Elizabeth, it wasn’t my cup of twee.

| Jul 15, 2022

Throughout, Egan... leans into the sensuality of her premise, in which a handful of lonely ladies are suddenly delivered a handsome stranger.

| Jul 15, 2022

It's the most interesting post-apocalyptic yarn in quite a while.

| Jul 15, 2022

The artifice of civilization and the fragility of memories collide in GLASSHOUSE, an atmospheric sci-fi drama whose sluggish pacing prevents it from being truly shattering.

| Jul 6, 2022

The air is poisonous, but not beyond their plastic sheeting and solarium, they grow what they need and cook what they kill and it all feels very civilized for a nightmare.

| Original Score: 3.5 | Jun 23, 2022

In dystopian worlds, there’s a fascination with the possibility of closed environments. These small bastions of normality in the face of threats from beyond appeal to us: where humanity is concerned – nothing can ever be truly hermeneutically sealed.

| Jun 19, 2022

An eye-opening debut accompanied by some excellent lead performances, Glasshouse seduces and scandalises with its unique brand of mystique.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 7, 2022

A sinister, seductive meditation on memory, desire and loss.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 31, 2022

Glasshouse forces us to confront our collective vulnerability and the reality that we might not survive as a species.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Oct 4, 2021

Initially playing out like a post-apocalyptic The Beguiled, Glasshouse quickly comes into its own with its intriguing world-building and exquisite production design.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Sep 29, 2021

In GLASSHOUSE, the only monsters are the human ones. GLASSHOUSE is sinuous, sinister, and filled with dark wonder. A film that stands quietly and moves slowly among the frenetic march of modern filmmaking.

| Sep 14, 2021