Internationally acclaimed Finnish filmmaker, photographer, and video artist Eija - Liisa Ahtila is known mainly for complex multi-screen narratives that reveal the fragile inner life of her protagonists, as well as the tenuous line separating fantasy from reality. (dhc-art.org)
Thus, the day to day lives of the protagonists are of scarcely any interest, though Spielberg obviously thought he ought to try to make us care about the inevitable romance of Wade and Olivia Cooke's Samantha (or the pixie - ish Art3mis, as she becomes on planet - VR). (theartsdesk.com)
Navid Danesh's resonant and moving depiction of the impact the past has on the present lives of its protagonists is both culturally specific and universal in its reach. (awardswatch.com)