High Life (2018)

HIGH LIFE  (2018)  ¢ ¢ ¢
    D: Claire Denis
    Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, André Benjamin,
    Mia Goth, Agnata Buzek, Lars Edinger, Claire Tan,
    Ewan Mitchell, Gloria Obianyo, Jessie Ross
A sci-fi art film about a spaceship and its crew of convicts on a mission that has something to do with exploring black holes and something - the part Dr. Juliette Binoche is obsessed with - to do with reproduction. I'm not sure how much the science in this holds up - I'd be the wrong person to ask about that - but it's thoughtful and deliberate, a space opera that's more concerned with emotions and ideas than pyrotechnics. It risks being ridiculous when it's trying to be profound - masturbation plays a key role in the plot - and the resolution is mystifying. Whatever you think might be going on there at the end, who knows, you could be right. Pattinson's main costar for a lot of it is a baby, and their scenes together are some of the best in the movie.