Claire Denis’s High Life Is an Abstract Space Story

by Ned Lannamann ALCATRAZ FILMS / WILD BUNCH / ARTE FRANCE CINEMA / PANDORA PRODUKTION
This week, scientists provided the human race with its first-ever photograph of a black hole. It was a simultaneously terrifying and inspiring thing to see, and evidence of how much we still don’t know about the universe. It also served as a reminder that most of our thoughts and internalized images of outer space don’t come from scientific study—they come from movies.
Claire Denis’s Hi