Tuner

Tuner’s next star is its sound design. Not since Whiplash has a film made audiences so aware of every note, key or click. Whether it’s a piano performance or Niki hearing each increasingly deafening turn of a safe dial, Roher makes sound feel tactile and always dialled up. The film plays many scenes from Niki’s point of view, with every raised voice or pin-drop pulling us deeper into his world. It not only creates some genuinely nerve-crunching tension, but makes us feel Niki’s disorientation and sensitivity in a way that brings us even closer to him.