An excerpt:
“No matter how much of the unconscious, or of the subconscious, is injected into the movie’s images and sound, nothing here is aestheticized. This is not a “dreamy” film. Its moments of disconnect from “ordinary” reality, as when a character holds up a hand to show a long set of fresh and spiky-looking sutures on her wrist, are meant to provoke — specifically, in a way that’s anticapitalist and feminist. Even at a terse 76 minutes, “Queen of Diamonds” is not an easy film. But it’s an essential one.” – Glenn Kenny of the NYT