Hadewijch 2009

Stephen Holden, New York Times: Read more

Richard Brody, New Yorker: Dumont suppresses any information that could bring any of his stick-figure characters to life; he seems to be offering lessons about fanaticism, wealth, power, poverty, and politics, but is merely drawing connections by numbers. Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: Should delight Dumont's fans. For others, it will take a bit of getting used to. The effort will prove to be worthwhile. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: It's a beautiful and mysterious work with a rhythm all its own. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Dumont, as if trying to make sure nobody wants to see his movie, named it after a female Flemish poet from the 13th century, but - please read the rest of this sentence - the movie is set in modern times. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: You either go with Dumont's arrogant series of conundrums and paradoxes or - as I do - you see them as mere meaningless 'effects' with little rhyme and no reason. Read more

Justin Chang, Variety: An austere, deeply questioning examination of a devout young woman having an intense crisis of faith. Read more

Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice: With Hadewijch, [Dumont] endorses something like the Dardenne brothers' rugged, squalid secular humanism, offering the barrier-breaking embrace as vague alternative to Despair, Church, or Capital. Read more