Rose of Nevada

Ambiguity is everything here. The time-travel premise sounds high-concept, but this is less Robert Zemeckis than Robert Bresson. You might be reminded of Back To The Future by the bamboozled protagonist looking for a way to escape a 30-years-younger version of his home town, but Jenkin is more interested in a nightmarish, woozy ambience, evoked by rhythmic sound and images and fractured editing, than a propulsive, clearly determined narrative. Ambiguity is everything here, which will either invite you to consider myriad allegorical readings — climate change, Brexit, industrial decline and the cost-of-living crisis are all hinted at — or just put you off altogether.