
Variety
An act of cinephilic homage that transcends pastiche to become its own uniquely sensuous cinematic object.
Full reviewSidse Babett Knudsen (TV’s Borgen) leads this erotic drama from the director of Berberian Sound Studio as a woman with a keen interest in moths, butterflies, and testing the sexual limits of her lover.
"Much like the rare caterpillar-butterfly of its title, Peter Strickland shifts The Duke of Burgundy from a classic melodrama into a perverse, lesbian, sadomasochistic experience, and all done with an artist’s eye for mood and detail. Both the gothic scenery and haunting score envelop the senses and manipulate the viewer into a feeling of frenzy. Elevated by powerful and sensual performances by the two female leads, Strickland’s strange film achieves a unique beauty and profundity that rests between David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr. and Luis Buñuel’s Belle De Jour." (Hamptons International Film Festival)
LessAn act of cinephilic homage that transcends pastiche to become its own uniquely sensuous cinematic object.
Full reviewIt won’t be for everyone, but Burgundy is rich, dark and could well lead to intoxication.
Full reviewThe Duke of Burgundy is hair-raisingly kinky stuff, although only after a while do we realise the film itself is engaged in role-play with its audience...
Full reviewIt's a considerable work of art, and one that touches on a rarely discussed side of human sexuality completely free of judgement.
Full reviewIf you’re willing to enter its world, it’s an immensely rewarding, amusing, wise, melancholy and involving experience.
Full reviewThe Duke of Burgundy is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV and Academy On Demand and AroVision.
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