NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU Starring: Kaitlyn Dever Director: Brian Duffield NICK I respect what director Brian Duffield has attempted with No One Will Save You , but it just didn't work for me. The atmosphere he creates and the alien design are both top notch, but the risky decision to have the film basically be devoid of dialogue had me tuning out more than in. It seems like he was going for something similar to A Quiet Place , but without the tension of that film, it just makes things feel awkward. I fully expect it to work for many others, but for me, I just wasn't able to connect with the approach. PAIGE No One Will Save You is a tense and seriously creepy alien invasion flick that gives off classic horror sci-fi vibes while also feeling very reminiscent of 2002’s Signs . The classic gray alien and UFO designs will truly give you nightmares, not to mention that Kaitlyn Dever proves once again that she is a force to be reckoned with, delivering a fierce physical and emotional performance. This film has next to no dialogue, which makes it all the more eerie, but the ending may lose some people with the very odd note it decided to leave its audience with. CALEB I’ll give No One Will Save You credit for taking some creative risks, but they don’t really pay off. The most daring element of the film is the dialogue-free script, but this has been done before and it’s been done better. Films like A Quiet Place (2018) and Don’t Breathe (2016) tread similar ground, but make the lack of dialogue an essential component of the storytelling. Here, it feels more like a gimmick that the film is forcing on itself. The unnatural storytelling, along with some mediocre visual effects, make this alien invasion feel poorly planned out. PHILL No One Will Save You might easily be one of the most visceral-sounding films ever made, especially since the characters never utter a single word. Without dialogue, the sound mixing fixes on every creepy step and snapping bone crunch, effectively maximising an immersive and unsettling tension that rarely is executed this well. It adds tremendously to the isolation of Brynn (Kaitlyn Denver) as she deals with her extraterrestrial terrors. No One Will Save You might not break the mould, but it certainly attempts to reshape it in one of the creepiest horror films of 2023.

NOUVELLE VAGUE Starring: Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch, Aubry Dullin, Adrien Rouyard, Antoine Besson, and Jodie Ruth Forest Director: Richard Linklater ADRIANO Aside from the budget, Nouvelle Vague is not that dissimilar to a fan film. The Breathless -esque cinematography is stunning, and the performances all around are pretty great. Still, thematically, director Richard Linklater seems strangely incurious about Jean-Luc Godard (Guillaume Marbeck) or the French New Wave. While you can interpret this as a fun hangout movie on the set of Breathless , the movie begins to follow a tedious pattern of Godard self-assuredly wanting to do something interesting, everyone saying it's a bad idea, and then he's right. Even as a Godard fan, I found Nouvelle Vague just pointless. KATIE Nouvelle Vague might not offer much to those not already familiar with Jean-Luc Godard’s work, but I enjoyed Richard Linklater’s homage to Godard’s filmmaking, impact, and legacy. It features absolutely gorgeous monochrome cinematography and meticulously crafted shots that took my breath away. I loved Guillaume Marbeck’s performance as Godard, portraying him as more of an enigma than a real person; perpetually wearing sunglasses, chain-smoking cigarettes, and musing on the nature of cinema. Linklater is explicit in his adoration of Goddard’s films, which makes up for a story that isn't especially gripping. Overall, Nouvelle Vague is a beautiful, breezy watch. PAIGE Director Richard Linklater’s film Nouvelle Vague certainly pays homage to French cinema with its stylishly grainy black and white visuals, jazz-infused score, and characters breaking the fourth wall by staring straight into the camera. But the thing I love about Linklater’s films is their fun hangout vibe, and while this film has the hangout vibe, it’s missing the fun. I'm not going to lie, this movie is pretty boring and feels kind of empty and pointless. As artistic as it is, the story just doesn’t hold together well enough for a feature length film. This film was reviewed by Adriano as part of Bitesize Breakdown's coverage of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.

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