The Souvenir Collection

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

Howard Peryer

Nick Gordon Smith

Emily Stubbs

Dave Bishop

Gisela Evert

Stuart Johnson

Rebecca Crang

Mark Forsythe

Paul House

Peter Tainty

Colin McGregor

Vladimir Kerkez

Aleksandra Stojanovic

Vladan Nedeljkov

Ilona Cheshire

Nicola Chisholm

Alan Andrade

Mike G.B. Macleod

Luke Cairns

Darren Johnson

Hattie Gent

Luke Moran-Morris

Andrew Hamilton

Ruben Aguirre Barba

Jovan Ajder

Paula Hey

Samir Fočo

Joanna Hogg

David Raedeker

Rose Garnett

Luke Schiller

Emma Tillinger Koskoff

Lesley Stewart

Martin Scorsese

Helle le Fevre

Andrew Starke

Lizzie Francke

Olivia Scott-Webb

Nicola Dove

Mimi Winsor

Sara Doughty

Rebecca Gillies

Jack Sauverin

Paolo Guglielmotti

Charles-Jean Boucher

Toby Hosking

Robyn Forsythe

Stéphane Collonge

Matthew Winter

Dean Wares

Romance

Drama

The Souvenir

BBC Film

JWH Films

Sikelia Productions

United Kingdom

United States of America

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

CinemaSerf

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!

English

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

In Cinemas & On Demand 30 August

Official Clip

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

Official Trailer