Chris Gallagherโs feature-length film essay Time Being is an elegant and thought-provoking investigation of the nature and experience of time, and its filmic representation. 88 one-minute shots or shot-sequences counterpoint a spoken commentary that probes and questions the subject from many different angles โ psychological, philosophical, mechanical, cosmological, artistic. Equally, Gallagher combines aspects of different cinemas โ documentary, structural, poetic, narrative, and personal โ skillfully interweaving all the elements into a complex yet coherent and surprisingly moving statement on the human condition. The most brilliant film on its subject Iโve ever seen, Time Being is cool and non-academic yet deeply engaged, and beautifully shot. An educational film in the best sense. โTony Reif