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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Boxoffice MagazineBarbara GoslawskiBoxoffice MagazineBarbara GoslawskiFiennes' technique is extraordinary in its simplicity, balancing a literal prowl throughout his immense sculptural environs with a respectful observational distance.
- 80SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirIf you're willing to take this voyage with Fiennes into the psychic landscape and working life of one of the world's greatest contemporary artists, it's a trip you'll never forget.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoA daunting work that will please movie lovers willing to invest their time and intellect. Now I look forward to Fiennes' next project, a feature about Grace Jones.
- 67The A.V. ClubThe A.V. ClubThere's something admirable to this austerity and the way it insists viewers start by engaging with Kiefer's large-scale constructions, wordless explorations of which bookend the film.
- 60EmpireDavid ParkinsonEmpireDavid ParkinsonAn intriguing and compelling documentary that provides insight into Kiefer's artwork.
- 60The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisThe camera movements are graceful, almost ethereal, yet the objects themselves - with their impastos of organic and inorganic materials, their metaphoric resonances, historical allusions and intimations of war - feel unmistakably weighty.
- 60Village VoiceMelissa AndersonVillage VoiceMelissa AndersonIn equal parts mesmerizing and disorienting, Over Your Cities (the title comes from the biblical story of Lilith) plunges viewers into the earth, wind, and fire of Kiefer's massive-scale projects.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfBreathtaking imagery competes with a scary lack of human interest in this hypnotic, potentially alienating documentary.
- 60NPRScott TobiasNPRScott TobiasA documentary that focuses rigorously on process and atmosphere at the expense of context and engagement.
- 50Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneThe extreme largesse of Anselm Kiefer's project, his radical certainties and devotion, all call for a more intrusive probing.