Crafting a way of seeing the world that is fresh and new.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 27, 2023

“Koyaanisqatsi” is one of the most eye-opening works of art created in the late 20th century.

| Mar 31, 2023

Seeing it again actually brought tears to my eyes.

| Sep 26, 2018

"Well now, that music was *very* foreboding; it made a shiver go right down my spine."

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 22, 2017

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 11, 2007

Whether or not the movie exposes a world that is manifestly out of balance, Reggio and Glass's liturgy is that rarest of art forms: an avant-garde work with purpose and substance that also succeeds as entertainment.

| Apr 6, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 5, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 18, 2004

Koyaanisqatsi is an impressive visual and listening experience.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 23, 2004

Relentlessly concerned with the surface reality of human life, Koyaanisqatsi completely misses the inner beauties and dignities of man-made civilization.

Full Review | Jul 5, 2004

'A magnificent, eye-opening experience'

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 22, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 29, 2003

Jaw dropping photography. A unique experience.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 27, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 22, 2003

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 19, 2003

Unique and fascinating; great Philip Glass score

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 21, 2003

I guarantee you've never seen anything quite like it.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 14, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 24, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 18, 2002

gets its point across through Phillip Glass' hypnotic and evocative score, cinematographer Ron Fricke's creative and provocative juxtapositions, and mystical forces

| Original Score: A | Oct 6, 2002