Streaming: homage to Claire Denis

If you liked the much-acclaimed High Life, it’s well worth dipping into this French auteur’s compelling back catalogueAs a film critic, I tend to stay away from sweeping “best ever” superlatives, but I make an exception for French director Claire Denis.

Calling her the greatest working film-maker, as I often do, is not only something I’ve believed for many years, but invariably serves to annoy fanboys on the internet incensed that one arbitrary critic hasn’t handed the honour to Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan or another man of their choosing.Not that it’s a terribly unusual opinion to hold these days.

This is a good year for fans of Denis and her dreamy, distinctive brand of visceral sensualism, with a fresh wave of adoring appreciations greeting the recent release of her warped, ravishing, sexual sci-fi odyssey High Life.

The BFI, meanwhile, is holding a big-screen

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