Film
John Maguire on film: All of Us Strangers is a beautifully absorbing experience
Wonderfully acted and emotionally absorbing supernatural story of grief, homosexuality, parenthood and enduring love
In his three earlier features, Weekend, 45 Years, and Lean On Pete, British filmmaker Andrew Haigh’s focus was on telling us his stories rather than showing them to us.
These talkative, literal films focused on character, incident and location in stories that required firm foundations on which to stand.
His outstanding new film, the profoundly moving and formally daring All of Us Strangers, reverses that technique by immersing us in a supernatural story of grief, ...
