The Tsugua Diaries
Kimstim Films | Release Date: May 27, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
87
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangJun 6, 2022
This is a lyrical ode to the glories of summer and the collaborative joys of filmmaking, suffused with the hope that we will never be deprived of either for long. Read full review
90
The New YorkerRichard BrodyMay 27, 2022
The directors, Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes, rely on some tricky devices to tell the story of this film shoot—but those tricks, far from undercutting the emotional drama, intensify it. The result is the most accomplished and absorbing film about time spent in lockdown that I’ve seen. Read full review
90
The New York TimesBeandrea JulyMay 26, 2022
A work that possesses both the whimsy and fearlessness of a student project and the technical vibrancy of a veteran’s opus. Read full review
83
The PlaylistMark AschOct 12, 2021
The Tsugua Diaries has something of a chiasmus structure, with each half of the movie, each layer of reality, and each direction of time doubling back on and rhyming with itself. Read full review
80
VarietyGuy LodgeOct 19, 2021
Whether wholly performed or partially authentic, The Tsugua Diaries wittily evokes the volatile mood swings of lockdown — how concentrated time with the same people can yield either irritation or intensified closeness from day to day, particularly in a sticky-hot summer haze. Read full review
75
Slant MagazinePat BrownMay 25, 2022
The Tsugua Diaries is something like Memento for an age of isolation and listlessness. Read full review
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