It's riveting in composition and soundtrack. Turn it on and you won't be able to look away.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 27, 2020

I can't fault the film on a technical level and I can appreciate the years of work that went into it. But it's manipulative and condescending, a series of striking visuals appropriated and arranged into a film that's not half as deep as it thinks it is.

| Feb 26, 2019

Each painstakingly shot sequence and beautifully rendered frame speaks volumes -- presenting a fascinating riddle of humanist metaphors and allegories.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 2, 2019

Once the meditative flow of phenomenal photography takes hold, the virtuosity of the film emerges.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 28, 2013

A truly individual, dedicated concept that pulls through by seamlessly flowing in perfect harmonic construction.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 5, 2013

| Original Score: A | Jan 22, 2013

| Original Score: B | Jan 22, 2013

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 22, 2013

Mesmerising, impressionistic movie in which time-lapse photography...is intended to ignite thoughts about the meaning of life, society, technology, God, ecology and robots.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 26, 2012

Beauty and brutality in nature and in humanity are juxtaposed with visual artistry that is a result of both the images themselves and how they are edited together

| Dec 16, 2012

Magical, spiritual, meditative and calming, Samsara is everything we could ask for - a wondrous, informative and inquisitive work of art.

| Dec 16, 2012

Fricke has made a panoramic film that captures the interconnected world, particularly in developing nations, in all its beauty and ugliness. We're meant to bear witness, to see and to become aware that what we do in America is being seen as well.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 14, 2012

As a viewer, you are cast adrift in a sea of visual wonder, some of which looks like it was filmed on another planet.

| Original Score: B | Nov 22, 2012

This visually spectacular travelogue captures memorable images from every corner. The end result is not just a gorgeous picture show, but also a thought-provoking rumination on our complicated relationship with our home planet.

| Nov 16, 2012

It's filled with religious and worldly images that encourage us to reflect on them and interpret them according to our own experiences.

| Original Score: B | Nov 9, 2012

Fantasia, with dead chickens.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 5, 2012

Ron Fricke tops Baraka

| Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 20, 2012

[The film] presents a stunning series of visuals showing the planet's cyclical journey from nature through civilization and back.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 12, 2012

Crams all of the supersized format's extra resolution into a standard image that's so pristine it often feels like 3-D.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 11, 2012

One doesn't have to be a Buddhist to perceive themes of circularity and renewal in Samsara, but it takes that level of patience to suffer its frequent low points with silence and good humour.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Oct 5, 2012