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Chronovisor

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While writing a monograph on historical theories of memory, Béatrice (Anne Laure Sellier), a respected academic, becomes beguiled by the allegedly true story of the Chronovisor, an occult device said to reproduce visuals from any point in history on a TV screen. Her obsession with the mysterious machine drags her from her Upper East Side apartment through the depths of New York City's hidden libraries, to the edge of a breakthrough.
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Cast & Crew

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Jack Auen

Director

Kevin Walker

Director

Anne Laure Sellier

Béatrice Courte

Nicholas Tebben

Actor

Nicole Dimbrowski Risser

Actor

Alex Kolodkin

Actor

Critics Reviews

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Wilson Chapman IndieWire 20h
A-
Although the film smartly never directly comments on it, the nature of the Chronovisor itself feels oddly prescient and applicable to our modern age, where people spend as much time on screens and recording their lives as they do actually living them. Go to Full Review Jacob Oller AV Club 2d
B+
Boldly inviting its audience to weave between the lanes of lucidity and enthrallment, this film might entice some obsessives of its own. Go to Full Review Brad Hanford Slant Magazine 4d
3.5/4
For all its lofty influences and ambition, the film never takes itself too seriously or loses its appreciation for the pleasures of fiction. Go to Full Review Stephen Saito Moveable Fest 9h
When the past can feel like quicksand in the Internet age, the film feels gripping in any number of ways. Go to Full Review Dustin Chang ScreenAnarchy 1d
Feels like some cinematic equivalent of an uncovered dusty relic that concerns the greatest story never told. ... The grainy, pixelated, borderline abstract images of figures and faces ... are ... unnerving. Go to Full Review Leonardo Goi The Film Stage 2d
It is a small wonder that Auen and Walker should succeed in turning scholarly research into the stuff of a thriller; it is a much bigger one that their erudite film should convey the discombobulating power of its ideas. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis While writing a monograph on historical theories of memory, Béatrice (Anne Laure Sellier), a respected academic, becomes beguiled by the allegedly true story of the Chronovisor, an occult device said to reproduce visuals from any point in history on a TV screen. Her obsession with the mysterious machine drags her from her Upper East Side apartment through the depths of New York City's hidden libraries, to the edge of a breakthrough.
Director
Jack Auen, Kevin Walker
Producer
Jason Zuriff
Screenwriter
Jack Auen, Kevin Walker
Distributor
Grasshopper Film
Production Co
Cosmic Salon
Genre
Fantasy, History, Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 4, 2026, Limited
Runtime
1h 39m
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