Guerin brilliantly blurs the line between infatuation, voyeurism, stalking and the narcissistic beat of an eternal youth culture.

| Jun 1, 2020

Guerin draws the audience in with an intoxicating simplicity, linking together images, sounds, and music that add up to something uniquely magical.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 5, 2019

Guerín's ability to evoke such a subjective experience through uniquely cinematic qualities makes In the City of Sylvia essential viewing.

| Jun 18, 2019

The artist's notebook is ultimately identified with the film itself, and the wind that blows its pages back and forth in the last sequence may be [director José Luis] Guerín's playfully proposed alternative to classical time-driven structure.

| Oct 12, 2018

...it is "In the City of Sylvia"'s simplicity that makes it impossible to summarize, jettisoning plot for an enigmatic, open-ended cinematic tone.

| Nov 16, 2017

Sylvia is modern myth-making in a quiet register, and it's quite seductive once you give in to its playful rhythms.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 28, 2011

It's really quite beautiful and playful and mysterious, and in an unconventional way is a love letter to what seems lost but can still be recalled.

| Original Score: B+ | May 24, 2011

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| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 20, 2010

| Original Score: 0/5 | Jan 14, 2010

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 13, 2009

What would be a great idea for a 20-minute short may be a disaster as a feature film.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Mar 6, 2009

If nothing else, Mr. Guerin has neatly captured the sweet, erotic alienation of being a single man at his leisure in a foreign town, dazzled by the passing procession of local beauties.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 12, 2008

The director's near-silent tour of quaint European street scenes is even more adept at making the picturesque seem pretentious, as well as at reminding you that male-model good looks don't make antisocial behavior any less creepy.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/6 | Dec 10, 2008

Pure pleasure and pure cinema.

| Dec 9, 2008

Would be trying if not for the confidence, grace and subtlety with which Jos Luis Guern handles his deliberately open-ended material.

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 9, 2008

Guerin conducts with ultimate patience, knowing that his gentle tone will take us along rather than make us impatient.

| Jun 7, 2008

Utilizando um design de som absolutamente fantstico para recriar a percepo do heri em seus passeios pela cidade, o filme uma ode ao sexo feminino.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 16, 2008

This sensualist delight is an immaculate expression of the thrill of the hunt and the cruel damage our hearts of glass incur from an unexpected loss or missed opportunity.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 10, 2007

A young man on a mission of love follows the yearning of his heart and savors the many delights of people watching in the city.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 6, 2007

An airy, ultra-Gallic delight whose apparent weightlessness is anchored by real substance.

| Sep 17, 2007