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Monolith

Monolith

Horror · Mystery · Science Fiction · 2023

A desperate young journalist turns to podcasting to salvage her career, but her rush to make headlines leads her to an alien conspiracy.

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Monolith

“All you have to do is listen.”

2023 Horror · Mystery · Science Fiction 1h 34m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.1 / 10

Community rating

A desperate young journalist turns to podcasting to salvage her career, but her rush to make headlines leads her to an alien conspiracy.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Matt Vesely

Written by

Lucy Campbell

Lily Sullivan

Lily Sullivan

The Interviewer

Ling Cooper Tang

Ling Cooper Tang

Floramae (voice)

Ansuya Nathan

Ansuya Nathan

Paula (voice)

Erik Thomson

Erik Thomson

Dad (voice)

Terence Crawford

Terence Crawford

Klaus (voice)

Kate Box

Kate Box

Laura (voice)

R

Rashidi Edward

John (voice)

Court is in session

Put Monolith on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.