Sister Midnight

If you want to see a talented director putting together pieces of a vision — however unclear — and an actress with the courage to leap with him into the unknown, “Sister Midnight” is worth your time.

One of those films that deserves to be seen without knowing much about it, because of its unhinged and eventually violent twists, but always supported by a surprisingly colorful aesthetic. [Full review in Spanish

It’s a go-girl quest that could’ve been depicted in many mainstream ways, but Sister Midnight forces it to stay undetectable.

Sister Midnight is for those who like their pleasures a bit off-kilter : I was happy to lean into its blackly funny charms.

Karan Kandhari’s “Sister Midnight,” about a restless young housewife’s urban malaise, easily holds your attention for long stretches when seemingly little happens, but everything feels charged.

Such depth makes Sister Midnight that much more fascinating and, ultimately, that much more heartbreaking.

Karan Kandhari's erratic but fascinating debut feature navigates the absurdist path of an arranged marriage.

As it concludes, it’s impossible to not admire the storm that is Karan Kandhari’s Sister Midnight – even if it leaves behind a whole lot of wreckage in its wake. Such beautiful wreckage.

It is a film that doesn’t believe in payoffs as a narrative rule, rather one that revels in its frenetic, at times, jarring disjointed quality. Ideas are held together less and embraced more for their vibes.

[The] tonal whiplash... is ultimately more baffling than it is satisfying. But flights of fancy are to be expected within a dream, and... one is reasonably inclined to just drift away with [Sister Midnight].