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D'Ambrose conjures a vast imaginary world of intellectual intrigue in tiny, antic touches, which provide the context for a febrile drama of youthful ambition and frustration. August 20, 2018 | Full Review…
D'Ambrose conjures a vast imaginary world of intellectual intrigue in tiny, antic touches, which provide the context for a febrile drama of youthful ambition and frustration.
Richard Brody
If Mr. D'Ambrose doesn't quite earn his pretensions, it's refreshing to see a filmmaker thinking so far outside the box. August 17, 2018 | Full Review…
If Mr. D'Ambrose doesn't quite earn his pretensions, it's refreshing to see a filmmaker thinking so far outside the box.
Ben Kenigsberg
Notes on an Appearance relays a narrative teeming with incident - death, disappearance - through an elusive yet methodical style. August 14, 2018 | Full Review…
Notes on an Appearance relays a narrative teeming with incident - death, disappearance - through an elusive yet methodical style.
Danny King
Outwardly the film comes off as a fussy exercise, holding emotion as well as spectacle at bay. Within the academic approach, however, is a desire for purity which has its apocalyptic side. July 27, 2018 | Full Review…
Outwardly the film comes off as a fussy exercise, holding emotion as well as spectacle at bay. Within the academic approach, however, is a desire for purity which has its apocalyptic side.
Jake Wilson
This tale of a young man who goes missing in Brooklyn has some intriguing moments and a unique visual style, but it proves far too elliptical to be of much more than academic interest. April 5, 2018 | Full Review…
This tale of a young man who goes missing in Brooklyn has some intriguing moments and a unique visual style, but it proves far too elliptical to be of much more than academic interest.
Frank Scheck
A strange, concise and intelligent film. [Full Review in Spanish] November 6, 2019 | Full Review…
A strange, concise and intelligent film. [Full Review in Spanish]
Alonso Díaz de la Vega
D'Ambrose is clearly a filmmaker to watch, whose ideas and musings, much like Bresson's, are inexorably tied to film form in such a way that finds emotional truth through stylistic distance June 3, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
D'Ambrose is clearly a filmmaker to watch, whose ideas and musings, much like Bresson's, are inexorably tied to film form in such a way that finds emotional truth through stylistic distance
Matthew Lucas
We're in deep, art house territory, but not without a sense of humor. January 10, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
We're in deep, art house territory, but not without a sense of humor.
Jordan Hoffman
Despite [its] flaws, Notes on an Appearance illustrates a confident director who leans heavily on his own idiosyncratic style, something that can't be faulted too much. October 23, 2018 | Full Review…
Despite [its] flaws, Notes on an Appearance illustrates a confident director who leans heavily on his own idiosyncratic style, something that can't be faulted too much.
Christian Gallichio
"Notes on an Appearance" feels constructed like a maze with no exit. October 17, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
"Notes on an Appearance" feels constructed like a maze with no exit.
Rob Thomas
Zero-budget experimental minimalist thriller. October 12, 2018 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Zero-budget experimental minimalist thriller.
Dennis Schwartz
A small, curiously enticing movie with the aspect of a game about it, a deceptively simple looking game with only a few moving pieces, though you'll have to muddle through without the instruction book August 17, 2018 | Full Review…
A small, curiously enticing movie with the aspect of a game about it, a deceptively simple looking game with only a few moving pieces, though you'll have to muddle through without the instruction book
Nick Pinkerton
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