Last Words

Nossiter's drama is a celebration of cinema that itself is lacking the medium's invigorating spark, and thus seems likely to enchant only the most charitable of viewers.

Nossiter has clearly not considered the implications of his narrative - such as it is - when it comes to Kal, who is ordered around and even raped by the older white characters and just keeps smiling through it all.

The most poignant thing about [Jonathan Nossiter's] plotless farewell to frames is that the precious few people who ever bother to rent it on VOD will do so alone, half-bored and acutely aware of the absent nowness that comes with seeing a film together.

Seek outLast Wordsif you have an interest in the fall and decline of humankind. It is one of the more stark and striking versions of the end of the species these eyes have born witness to.