<em>High Life</em> Is a Tender Story of Existential Terror
Claire Denis’s new sci-fi film, starring Robert Pattinson, is a nebulous and sometimes gory tale of love being stretched to its limits.
“At 99 percent of the speed of light, the entire sky converged before our eyes,” intones Monte (played by Robert Pattinson), one of the lonely sailors aboard a mysterious starship, early on in Claire Denis’s new film, “The sensation of moving backwards even though we’re moving forwards, getting further from what’s getting nearer. Sometimes I just can’t stand it.” He’s one of several prisoners huddled aboard a brick-shaped vessel, zooming toward a black hole to carry
