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Lux Æterna Reviews
...Lux Aeterna‘s slapdash 5-day assembly and experimental approach to storytelling re-centers the beautiful nightmare niche of movies whose strongest pull are the vibes they wrap you in from start to finish...unease you can’t quite grasp but...feel
| Aug 4, 2024
Although it may seem like a gimmick at times, for the most part Gaspar Noé’s Lux Æterna engages and entrances with its split-screen techniques and bad-acid trip neon stylistic tendencies.
| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 24, 2024
In true Noé fashion, Lux Æterna is a f*cking trip. Love him or hate him, there is no other director like Gaspar Noé, and any opportunity to experience his unique brand of creative insanity is a sacrament I happily receive.
| Original Score: 9/10 | Nov 2, 2022
But "transgressive" doesn't always translate to "interesting." For those thinking Noé may have turned a corner with 2018's <i>Climax, Lux Æterna</i> represents an unfortunate step back.
| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Sep 16, 2022
It’s a slow-burn buildup of human tension and interaction erupting into a denouement that is totally and singularly Noe, to both illuminating and frustrating levels.
| Aug 13, 2022
Lux Æterna is, amongst other things, a portrait of the violence and presumptions (both generally coming from men) within a film shoot. [Full review in Spanish]
| Jul 27, 2022
The boldly unconventional Lux Æterna is a satirical fever dream that unfolds in 'real time.' Underneath the rambling dialogue and chaotic scenes, Lux Æterna is a snapshot of how a movie set can reflect gender politics in society.
| Jul 10, 2022
The spontaneous “poetry” of Lux Aeterna—an extrapolation of sorts of his previous film, Climax—lives on a prosaic approach.
| Jun 26, 2022
Seems more like an experimental lark given its runtime, almost to a detriment, but Noe makes the journey just as interesting as the destination. A little like Birdman only with his penchant to provoke particularly in the endurance test of its final act.
| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 22, 2022
How can one know where performance ends and real trauma begins? Here Lux Æterna ascends (or is it descends?) into avant-garde meta-horror territory, presented with all the over-cranked sensory intensity of Noé’s Climax (2018).
| Original Score: B- | Jun 21, 2022
Lux Æterna may only appeal to a niche audience, but those open to a unique experience will be in for a wild, metafictional ride to hell.
| Jun 18, 2022
A solid, distilled example of Noé and his collaborators’ musings, ideas and unique brand of creative neon-lit chaos.
| Jun 17, 2022
Noé doesn’t really try to imitate his idols—he makes his own mistakes, then makes them again.
| Jun 9, 2022
this “dream-like movie”, shot metacinematically behind the scenes, exposes the ugliness of a set, and of society, while also finding room in its ultimate, flickering apocalypse for a peak moment of multi-hued rapture.
| Jun 6, 2022
".. it does feel like a case of style over substance. Still, there’s much to mull over in Lux Aeterna when the lights stop flickering."
| May 30, 2022
Noé may not understand God, Christianity, women, or Dreyer, but he’s clearly having lots of fun playing around with the symbols.
| May 28, 2022
The split-screen framing, overlapping conversations, and 10 minutes of brightly flashing lights (the film carries a warning to those with epilepsy to stay clear) means we don’t so much learn about the anarchy and mayhem as just live through it.
| Original Score: 2/5 | May 27, 2022
You’re not stupid if you don’t get a movie, it simply means it’s challenging, and challenging cinema can expand your horizons. That’s how I felt watching Noe’s new film Lux Aeterna. I think I got it, but it took some doing.
| May 24, 2022
It works in some ways -- there's a sensory attack to this film.
| May 21, 2022