[Joanna Hogg] makes brilliant use of shallow focus to keep you keyed in to specific details.

| Feb 21, 2020

Superbly crafted and acted on every level, The Souvenir is one of the best British films of recent years.

| Dec 9, 2019

Hogg's lighter touch discourages easy judgment. Despite this she has a knack for the kind of vignette that speaks volumes about a relationship.

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

Hogg's approach to this material is classical and literate.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 28, 2019

Hogg's work with actors has always been exceptional, but here she is at the top of her game, making each role count by maintaining that balance of closeness and separation that is her trademark.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 1, 2019

The absolute specificity of this story makes it universal too. It's the best British film for a long time.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 30, 2019

Julie unfolds slowly, as does the film, and sometimes conversations start, stutter, stall, go nowhere. But the leads are both sensational and it's not paint drying, whatever anyone may say.

| Aug 30, 2019

It is ... Hogg's way to leave us in a state of tantalising incompletion. We collapse out of The Souvenir wanting more of everything.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 30, 2019

As rousing and exhilarating as anything you'll see in a Hollywood blockbuster or high-level horror.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 29, 2019

The sense of real life rerun is vivid. Hogg keeps you in the palm of her hand as few film-makers could.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 28, 2019

The skill of the film lies in how coolly its evidence is assembled.

| Aug 28, 2019

Poetic, fascinating and enigmatic, it's a remarkable showcase for two peerless leads. Possibly the finest film of this year and there's part two to come next summer.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 28, 2019

Joanna Hogg paints a precise picture of a woman trying to develop her own artistic vision while caught in the slipstream of a toxic relationship. An understated, exquisite gem of a film.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 28, 2019

Tender and charming, but the bitter sting elevates it to greatness.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 24, 2019

A visceral, open-hearted exploration of grief and the implacability of loss. Led by extraordinary performances this may well be Hogg's best film so far.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 9, 2019

Swinton Byrne and Burke make for one of the year's most intriguing screen couples, although this is a romance based on anxiety, narcissism and opportunism rather than anything resembling genuine affection.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 6, 2019

This is not a movie that lets life simply play out as it is or was - it is instead a collection of memories, some sharp as shards but others smoothed down.

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

"The Souvenir" is an oddly alluring piece of filmmaking, rich and quiet and sneakily affecting.

| Original Score: B | May 31, 2019

The Souvenir doesn't get under your skin. It clasps your hand tightly, and when it finally lets go, you will feel its absence.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 30, 2019

"The Souvenir" reveals itself slowly, calmly, with great deliberation.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 30, 2019