Honor Swinton Byrne

Tom Burke

Tilda Swinton

Richard Ayoade

Ariane Labed

Jaygann Ayeh

Jack McMullen

Chyna Terrelonge Vaughan

Tosin Cole

Hannah Ashby Ward

Frankie Wilson

James Spencer Ashworth

Janet Etuk

Alice McMillan

Jake Phillips Head

Barbara Peirson

Lydia Fox

James Dodds

El Pilkington

Neil Young

Dick Fontaine

Steve Gough

Crispin Buxton

Grace Snell

Siobhan Harper Ryan

Leighton Spence

Lee Martin

Nicholas Gollop

Leonardo Bozzo

Carla Ornstein

Jaz Dalrymple

Peter Hall

Estelle Long

James Barrett

Roscoe Gibson-Denney

Eleanor Goff

Ben Hecking

Pedro Moura

Calhan Mundy

Keifer Nyron Taylor

Tom Rout

Fabrizio Matteini

Jack W. Gregory

Richard Tree

Dave Bishop

Emily Stubbs

Gisela Evert

Paul House

Nicola Chisholm

Rebecca Crang

Alan Andrade

Stuart Johnson

Mike G.B. Macleod

Peter Tainty

Ruben Aguirre Barba

Ilona Cheshire

Howard Peryer

Nick Gordon Smith

Mark Forsythe

Aleksandra Stojanovic

Vladan Nedeljkov

Luke Cairns

Colin McGregor

Vladimir Kerkez

Darren Johnson

Hattie Gent

Luke Moran-Morris

Andrew Hamilton

Samir Fočo

Jovan Ajder

Paula Hey

Joanna Hogg

Andrew Starke

Helle le Fevre

Emma Tillinger Koskoff

Martin Scorsese

Rose Garnett

David Raedeker

Luke Schiller

Lesley Stewart

Lizzie Francke

Matthew Winter

Charles-Jean Boucher

Stéphane Collonge

Mimi Winsor

Toby Hosking

Rebecca Gillies

Nicola Dove

Jack Sauverin

Robyn Forsythe

Olivia Scott-Webb

Sara Doughty

Paolo Guglielmotti

The Souvenir Collection

Romance

Drama

The Souvenir

BBC Film

JWH Films

Sikelia Productions

United Kingdom

United States of America

English

drug addiction

filmmaking

semi autobiographical

woman director

1980s

film school

mother daughter relationship

toxic relationship

SWITCH.

Even in the writing of this review, I continue to toss ‘The Souvenir’ around in my mind. I left the cinema disappointed and frustrated by it, wishing it had let me in more instead of simply presenting itself to me, but a friend had told me that it is a film that grows on you. I think they may have been right. The more I interrogate Joanna Hogg’s film, just as Joanna Hogg interrogates her own life, the more fascinating questions and provocations I find. Right now, I like the film more than love it, but I said the same a year ago about Chang-dong Lee’s <a href=“/article/review-burning-one-of-the-best-films-of-the-decade“>‘Burning’</a>, and on my second viewing realised that was actually a masterpiece. I’m not sure the same will happen with ‘The Souvenir’, but I wouldn’t be surprised if, when you ask me my thoughts on it in a year, my answer may be different from what it is now. Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of ‘The Souvenir' is that Hogg always intended for it to be a two-part film, with Part II currently filming. Maybe it’s just that we haven’t seen where else she intends to go, what is next in Julie’s development as an artist, how tragedy will shape her as an artist and as a human being. In that sense, despite its flaws, ‘The Souvenir’ may be one of the most interesting provocations in independent cinema in the last few years. The more I think about it, the more I’m keen to try it again, and the more I’m keen to see where Julie’s story goes next.
- Daniel Lammin

Read Daniel's full article...
https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-the-souvenir-a-flawed-but-fascinating-act-of-autobiography

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I am not quite sure what Joanna Hogg was trying to achieve here. The depressing inevitability of the film's conclusion left by little jeopardy with the plot. The performances were fine, but nothing more - and the manipulative toxicity of Anthony's (Tom Burke) behaviour towards Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne) isn't developed anywhere near enough. The film does look good, though!

LIVING ROOM Q&As: The Souvenir with Joanna Hogg, Honor Swinton Byrne and Tom Burke

In Cinemas & On Demand 30 August

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Joanna Hogg, Honor Swinton Byrne & Tilda Swinton on The Souvenir

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The Souvenir( 2019)

The past never stays in focus.

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Written by ddotleugim on Sat May 25 2019

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