Review of Son of Saul (2015) by Dylan D — 26 Apr 2016

Son of Saul is a deeply, darkly serious film that's as immediately disturbing as any film before it but more emotionally rewarding than many. The film's ability to so precisely convey its story and themes by way of the performances and visuals is remarkable.

László Nemes has, in one film, proven himself a filmmaker with incredible vision and understanding of how the medium -- the imagery, the words, the performances, the manner in which it's assembled and presented on the screen and around the screen by sound -- can so precisely work together to construct one of the most important movies about the holocaust.