Diablo Cody remains mother, but while this has her signature blend of stylized, almost uniformly hilarious one liners and rich character depth, its plotting is not as taut as it should be, and first timer Zelda Williams isn’t quite up to the task of capturing the tone or visual dynamism necessary to pull this off. Kathryn Newton mostly slays but the movie often hangs her out to dry. Liza Soberano, you have my attention. Rating: 6.7/10

Sooo charming. I do wish this screenplay were a) more focused, and b) even sillier, but Torres shows immense promise as a filmmaker and guides Swinton to probably her best performance in a decade? (Give or take a Suspiria) Rating: 7.9/10

Escalante’s command of the craft is omnipresent straight out of the gate here. Yes, thematically this is well worn territory, but its rhythms and character dynamics are idiosyncratic and richly textured. Rating: 8.4/10

The tedious minutiae of the everyday gradually gives way to the boundless, extracorporeal realm of the soul. Sensual, and not just in the sexual sense: this is a film you can smell, taste, and feel. There’s also a palpable sense that Weerasethakul is setting out to establish the audiovisual language of a new Thai cinema here, taking extra care to document its winding roads, indigenous vegetation, the distinct buzzing of native insects, and luxuriating in them. Rating: 9.4/10