Stalker

"[A] masterpiece (...) His mise en scene is mesmerizing, and the final scene is breathtaking. Not an easy film, but almost certainly a great one." 

"A somber futuristic fantasy from the Soviet Union, attempts to build an apocalyptic vision out of the most impoverished materials imaginable. (...) 'Stalker' offers the eye so little that it might well have made a better novel, or short story, than a nearly three-hour-long film." 

"In aggregate, however, what these various artifacts, objects, and narrative events do ultimately capture is something akin to the essence of what man is made of (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" 

"The film has a hypnotic pull, drawing the viewer deeper and deeper into its enigmatic adventure by crafting a world all its own." 

"Tarkovsky realizes the allegorical tale with an overwhelming density of visual detail; the riot and clash of textures (...) form a frenzied vocabulary and lend the film the torrential inner force of Dostoyevskian rhetoric." 

"It’s a film that challenges us to be bored, while refusing to be boring. And it’s a film that reveals more and more of itself on subsequent viewings, inviting obsession, and rewarding and punishing it in equal measure." 

"A pertinent exploration of emotion’s power in the face of desolation (...) It offers visual splendor, as well as mysteries, portents and miracles."