Rose of Nevada

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Three decades ago, the Rose of Nevada vanished at sea, along with its crew. Now, it has returned. In a remote fishing village, its reappearance is embraced as an auspicious sign, with the local citizens convinced the luck of their economically devastated community may turn, if only the ship sails again. Joining the crew is Nick (George MacKay), desperate to provide for his young family, and Liam (Callum Turner), a mysterious drifter eager to escape his past. After a successful voyage, they return to harbor, only to find that nothing is as they remember it. Shooting on a 16mm Bolex camera and constructing all the sound in post, Mark Jenkin writes, directs, edits and scores a haunting and hallucinatory time-travel mystery that further solidifies him as one of the most distinct, singular artists working in film today. Jenkin conducts a cinematic séance, conjuring a portal into another world that forces us to confront the past and our relationship to it.

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Weaving a hypnotic tapestry of bold analogue imagery, spellbinding storytelling, and mesmeric sound, Rose of Nevada reinforces Mark Jenkins as a uniquely singular directorial voice.

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Scott Tobias

The Reveal

16h

3.5/5

The borderless toggle between past and present can make the film difficult to parse, but the time conceit allows Jenkin to suggest the profound grief and loss experienced by a community on the decline.

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Brandon Yu

New York Times

1d

Using scuzzy, tactile cinematography and creaky audio, Jenkin is interested in breaking and reconstructing familiar filmic grammar — here, a utensil simply being handed over manages to create tension just waiting to burst. T

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Monica Castillo

AV Club

2d

B+

These images and the materiality of the film stock give Rose Of Nevada an out-of-this time feeling, while MacKay and Turner ground the movie in reality.

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Payton McCarty-Simas

MovieJawn

15h

Rose of Nevada charts a course through heavy weather and weary decades to dredge up an elliptical, melancholy ghost story shot through with humor as dry as his ill-fated protagonists are consistently drenched.

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Kurt Loder

Creators Syndicate

17h

An eerie, sci-fi-adjacent time-travel movie of subtle wonder, infused with a sense of otherworldly mystery.

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Alex Harrison

Screen Rant

21h

8/10

The haunted, slippery feeling of his movies is very effective when applied to a supernatural mystery, and that sense of full understanding being just out of reach becomes something pulling you further in, rather than pushing you out.

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Stephen C

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Success in 1 hour and 54 minutes. All ages admitted.

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Synopsis

Three decades ago, the Rose of Nevada vanished at sea, along with its crew. Now, it has returned. In a remote fishing village, its reappearance is embraced as an auspicious sign, with the local citizens convinced the luck of their economically devastated community may turn, if only the ship sails again. Joining the crew is Nick (George MacKay), desperate to provide for his young family, and Liam (Callum Turner), a mysterious drifter eager to escape his past. After a successful voyage, they return to harbor, only to find that nothing is as they remember it. Shooting on a 16mm Bolex camera and constructing all the sound in post, Mark Jenkin writes, directs, edits and scores a haunting and hallucinatory time-travel mystery that further solidifies him as one of the most distinct, singular artists working in film today. Jenkin conducts a cinematic séance, conjuring a portal into another world that forces us to confront the past and our relationship to it.

Director: Mark Jenkin
Producer: Denzil Monk
Screenwriter: Mark Jenkin, Mark Jenkin
Distributor: 1-2 Special
Production Co: Bosena
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 19, 2026, Limited
Runtime: 1h 54m