A ghostly story that’s not exactly a ghost story, Rose of Nevada is a typically imaginative film from the director Mark Jenkin. But here he has recognizable actors and a much more pronounced narrative than in his last feature, the thoroughly enigmatic Enys Men (2022). That’s not to say the plot is straightforward. It loops back on itself more than once, and this is essentially a film of existential questions wrapped in elegant images and a haunted atmosphere.

It is also an eerie time-travel film that benefits greatly from its compelling, down-to-earth performance from George MacKay ( 1917 and The Beast ). He anchors the film in reality as Nick, a local whose fishing village in Cornwall is crumbling. He gets groceries from a food bank and the roof is leaking on his wife and

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