A tough watch... Characters are continuously in motion and behave like they should, not as they want. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Sep 27, 2022

Perhaps a bit arduous at times, but almost always fetching and fascinating. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 2, 2022

Whereas identity, time, and works of art are better understood within clearly demarcated boundaries, Assayas' film suggests that none of these concepts is permanent.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 2, 2022

A compelling meditation on women's vulnerabilities, interpersonal relationships and interdependencies, need for recognition and self-expression and so much more. The cinematic values, too, are exquisite in the extreme.

Full Review | Oct 4, 2021

There is a great deal to enjoy here, from Assayas' intelligent, insightful script, which muses on the changing nature of fame and theatrical artistry, to the whip smart dialogue.

Full Review | Oct 4, 2021

It was made for me! And it is delicious.

Full Review | Jul 6, 2021

Assayas never makes it over-the-top: the sexual tension between the two women are subtly presented, never vulgar. And the storytelling is brimming with intelligence but never feels trickery.

Full Review | Feb 21, 2021

Never has a film so successfully captured the strengths, weaknesses, fears, desires, and passions of women as Clouds of Sils Maria.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 31, 2021

Both [Kristen Stewart] and Binoche shine in the film; they're electric individually and together.

Full Review | Jan 28, 2021

Olivier Assayas has created a marvellous film here.

Full Review | Original Score: 10/10 | Aug 14, 2020

[A] fascinating, flawlessly performed drama...

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 23, 2020

Assayas never set out to contemplate the (un)reality of [the celebrity actor] world in the first place. Or did he?

Full Review | Jul 1, 2020

It has superb performances by Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 26, 2020

Sils Maria is the ultimate hangout movie. Maybe when I say hangout movie you think of Richard Linklater or Kevin Smith, but I'd take Kristen Stewart and Juliette Binoche spending quality time on a mountain over those any day. [TOP 50 FILMS OF THE DECADE]

Full Review | Dec 4, 2019

It took its time, but Clouds of Sils Maris is definitely a memorable and thought-provoking festival watch driven home by the excellent performances and chemistry between Binoche and Stewart.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 30, 2019

Assayas has built a beautiful character driven drama of depth and resonance all centered around the interactions between three women with well-developed complex rules.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 5, 2019

While Assayas is busy naval-gazing, the three actresses manage to snatch Clouds of Sils Maria away from him - keeping the focus where it ought to be in the first place.

Full Review | Jun 30, 2019

Clouds of Sils Maria pertinently discusses the nature of interpreting art, but its tedious attention to paparazzi-plagued celebrities is shallower and skews its already meandering trajectory.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 10, 2019

Clouds of Sils Maria is at its most captivating when observing the discourse between Binoche and Stewart as the pair masterfully ricochet lines off one another in a volatile ballet of remarkable linguistic dexterity.

Full Review | Apr 5, 2019

It's rare to see such a well-developed, female-centric dramas these days, so kudos to Assayas for writing/directing one that also feels authentic.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 5, 2019