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Queen at Sea

Drama

Directed by Lance Hammer

As advanced dementia erodes an older woman's ability to communicate her inner life, her husband and daughter struggle to act in her best interests, navigating love and the fragile boundaries between care, protection and autonomy. From TMDB

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Queen at Sea is a 2026 drama film, directed by Lance Hammer, starring Juliette Binoche, Tom Courtenay and Anna Calder-Marshall.

  • 40 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon
  • posts span Feb 15, 2026 to Nov 5, 2026

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  • Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2026

    "It takes a special movie to pinpoint the human at the center of erratic changes in mood, recognition, and thought, and the reverberations of their decline. Queen at Sea is that kind of exceptional film." -- @812filmreviews.com www.rogerebert.com/reviews/quee... @ebertvoices.bsky.social

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  • Robin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 6, 2026

    Goodness, QUEEN AT SEA (Lance Hammer, 2026) is good. The kind of British film that feels like a French film. Deeply emotional, I assume some people have been put off by its subject matter: Alzheimer’s. But more than anything it’s about love. Tom Courtenay, and Anna Calder-Marshall are remarkable.

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  • Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2026

    Juliette Binoche, seen here teasing me because I said her new film, "Queen at Sea," was wonderful but that I didn't know if I could ever watch it again. ("Oh, so you don't like to feel?")

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  • DMovies @dmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 17, 2026

    "More than a film about dementia. This is a movie you will never forget. For more reasons than one." British drama Queen at Sea blows Berlinale viewers away: dmovies.org/2026/02/17/q...

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  • DMovies @dmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 22, 2026

    "This is more than a film about dementia. This is a movie you will never forget. For more reasons than one" British drama Queen at Sea, by Lance Hammer, wins Silver Bear Jury Prize and Best Supporting performances (the dazzling Anna Calder-Marshall and Tom Courtenay): dmovies.org/2026/02/17/q...

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  • Bilge Ebiri @bilgeebiri.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 18, 2026

    One of the best films at Berlin this year is the incredibly well-acted, deeply moving QUEEN AT SEA, the new film from Lance Hammer, whose last feature was 2008's indie phenomenon BALLAST (nearly two decades ago). That said, it's... not an easy watch. www.vulture.com/article/quee...

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  • DMovies @dmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 25, 2026

    "More than a film about dementia. This is a movie you will never forget. For more reasons than one" Read the review of Queen at Sea, our top pick this year at the Berlinale (and it comes from Britain!): dmovies.org/2026/02/17/q...

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  • Sight and Sound magazine @sightsoundmag.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 4, 2026

    “It’s a brave decision to hinge a film on the topic of sex and consent among elderly people. It’s a testament to the unflinchingly committed performances of the central trio that Queen at Sea never feels designed to shock” Rachel Pronger reviews from #Berlinale2026 www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

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  • Siddhant Adlakha @siddhantadlakha.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 17, 2026

    ‘Queen at Sea’ Review: Juliette Binoche and Tom Courtenay Lead a Gentle, Shattering Drama About Dementia and Autonomy #Berlinale2026 variety.com/2026/film/ne...

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  • Kat Hildreth X(Twitter!)@kh_hildreth @kasiunia.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 18, 2026

    Queen at Sea review – crushingly sad dementia drama offers a startling portrait of intimacy www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe... @bertrom.bsky.social @hollanddaaze.bsky.social @jenniferperie.bsky.social @robklippel.bsky.social @bbjran8.bsky.social @george-1788pow.bsky.social

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  • Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 2, 2026

    Had the loveliest chat with Doctor Zhivago and The Dresser star Tom Courtenay about his astonishing career across stage and screen, including his new movie, Queen at Sea, which debuted at Berlinale and now plays @melbfilmfest.bsky.social bit.ly/4yQddzY

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  • Sarah Manvel @cairdiul.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 24, 2026

    QUEEN AT SEA 📽️ is a screaming nightmare of a film, genuinely one of the most disturbing and obscene things I've ever seen. What Tom Courtenay and Anna Calder-Marshall do here is so brave as to be almost beyond words movieswetextedabout.com/queen-at-sea...

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  • The Film Stage @thefilmstage.comBluesky · Aug 28, 2026

    Juliette Binoche and Tom Courtenay lead Lance Hammer's first film in nearly two decades with the first trailer for #QueenatSea. Watch ahead of an October release:

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  • Alfred Soto @sotoalfred.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 2, 2026

    QUEEN AT SEA, a graphic and harrowing depiction of old age and desire, screened at Miami Film Festival GEMS yesterday. My review of this film co-starring Juliette Binoche + Tom Courtenay. wp.me/pzXeC-lSy

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  • Bri (she/they) @palguy87.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    Here's what i'm seeing for film fest: Ground Floor Queen At Sea Too Many Beasts (maybe, it starts at 10:45 PM and i am old) Everytime (hopefully!) Ugly Cry (hopefully!) The Cycle (maybe, i start a new job the day after this screening and it'd be my 3rd of the day) La Gradiva Written on the Wind 35

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  • Kat Hildreth X(Twitter!)@kh_hildreth @kasiunia.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 18, 2026

    Queen at Sea review – crushingly sad dementia drama offers a startling portrait of intimacy www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe... @bertrom.bsky.social @hollanddaaze.bsky.social @robklippel.bsky.social @george-1788pow.bsky.social @robynne-limoges.bsky.social @maraa1981.bsky.social

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  • Jaime Novembernickname Christley @rohmersimpson.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 5, 2026

    having read the premise (including, I guess you'd say spoilers?? idk) of QUEEN AT SEA, I decided it was a big "nope nope nope", but Dan @sallitt.bsky.social rating it thusly gives me courage. Director Lance Hammer's first film since BALLAST (2008), a quietly amazing post-Katrina drama film.

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  • Tom @domingo.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    This evening: 🍿 @storyhouselive.bsky.social 📽️ Queen At Sea ▶️ youtu.be/UVyH8QYENxI?... 📰 www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe... Startlingly realistic - brilliantly performed

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  • Hayley Centimetres @jasmineandthyme.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 20, 2026

    QUEEN AT SEA: Really not sure how I feel about this. Can’t fault the performances, depiction of how shit dementia is and non-options for elder care are not wrong. But starting out so nuanced then slowly winding up into the cinematic equivalent of a sledgehammer feels like the film betraying itself

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  • Sarah Manvel @cairdiul.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 21, 2026

    Juliette Binoche is giving a talk after a special screening of QUEEN AT SEA at Curzon Mayfair next month, but considering I am still juddering from seeing the film in February I am not sure I can recommend it. And yet you should see it

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  • InTheirOwnLeague.com @intheirownleague.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2026

    Berlin Film Festival 2026 Review: Queen at Sea intheirownleague.com/2026/02/27/b... -The big winner at the #berlinfilmfestival this year so head over to the League and read all about it! #juliettebinoche #silverbearawards #berlinale #womeninfilm

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  • verovu.bsky.social @verovu.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 22, 2026

    Verovu covers more than news. This week in Music & Film — Juliette Binoche in "Queen at Sea." A dementia drama that asks one of cinema's most uncomfortable questions: what happens to consent when memory disappears? 12 sources. No easy answers. verovu.com/culture/214/ #film #cinema #journalism

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  • The Film Stage @thefilmstage.comBluesky · Feb 18, 2026

    In his first film in nearly two decades, Lance Hammer sets Tom Courtenay and Juliette Binoche with a thorny moral dilemma. Read our Berlinale review of #QueenatSea by @roryseanoc.bsky.social:

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  • The Film Stage @thefilmstage.comBluesky · Oct 28, 2026

    "When we see older people having sex, it gives us a too-close-to-the-bone awareness of our own mortality." #QueenatSea director Lance Hammer talks with @danieleagan.bsky.social about returning after two decades:

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  • AMovieGuy.com @amovieguy.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2026

    Big moment for AMovieGuy.com! I had the pleasure and privilege to interview Oscar Award winner Juliette Binoche. We talk about her phenomenal new film Queen at Sea and much more about her illustrious career. It will be on AMG this Friday! @greenwichent.bsky.social @42west.bsky.social

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  • Film Comment Magazine @filmcomment.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 27, 2026

    "The drama fearlessly addresses a theme that many of us will have to confront eventually, but that few of us really want to think about," wrote Jonathan Romney about "Queen at Sea" out of its Berlinale premiere earlier this year.

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  • Lily and Generoso (plasticgrapes) @plasticgrapes.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 27, 2026

    Just up on @ink19.bsky.social is our piece on Queen at Sea! Awarded Silver Bears @berlinfilmfestival.bsky.social for the Jury Prize and a shared Best Supporting Performance, the film marks Lance Hammer’s impressive return to directing since his lauded 2008 feature Ballast! @greenwichent.bsky.social

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  • Jack Martin @jackwmartin.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 21, 2026

    Check out my review for last week's dour British drama QUEEN AT SEA, which is still showing in UK cinemas! @film.curzon.com filmfeeder.co.uk/film-reviews...

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  • Film Feeder @filmfeeder.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 21, 2026

    "Works better as an actor’s showcase than a whole feature" Click the link to read our ⭐⭐⭐ review for the dour British drama Queen at Sea, out now in cinemas! @film.curzon.com filmfeeder.co.uk/film-reviews...

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  • David Drayton @daviddrayton.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2026

    Queen at Sea : Film introduction with Juliette Binoche in conversation with Danny Leigh at  @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social 🫶🏾🎤🎬

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  • Stephen A Russell @stephenarussell.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 6, 2026

    First caught at Berlinale and now playing @sydfilmfest.bsky.social, the astonishing Sandra Hüller-led Rose remains my joint favourite film of the year so far (alongside the Binoche-led Queen at Sea, also at SFF) bit.ly/43e6HVn

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  • Cinéorama @cineramafilm.comBluesky · Feb 21, 2026

    Queen at Sea (Berlinale) review - Hammer's film is an intimate, haunting and powerful exploration of the complexities of consent. Read More 👇

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  • Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 18, 2026

    #QueenAtSea #Film #Review – crushingly sad #dementia drama offers a startling portrait of intimacy #LanceHammer’s comeback is unbearable in its tragic candour and essential in its moral questioning #BerlinFilmFestival www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

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  • Talkhouse @talkhouse.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 3, 2026

    This week on Nobody's Ever Asked Me That, legendary French actress Juliette Binoche, whose new film Queen at Sea is now in theaters, goes deep on art, death, the universe and more. Listen wherever you download your favorite podcasts. nobodyseveraskedmethat.substack.com/p/nobodys-ev...

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  • The Film Stage @thefilmstage.comBluesky · Oct 29, 2026

    As comeback films go, they don’t come much thornier than Lance Hammer's Queen at Sea. Read @roryseanoc.bsky.social's review as the film opens in theaters:

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  • Lily and Generoso (plasticgrapes) @plasticgrapes.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2026

    Rest in peace, Péter Medák 💙 His death is a strange coincidence for us, as just yesterday we reviewed Queen at Sea, which stars Sir Tom Courtenay, and we were discussing Tom's performance in Medák's powerful 90s film about the horrific Derek Bentley incident, Let Him Have It.

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  • Slant @slantmagazine.comBluesky · Oct 28, 2026

    Lance Hammer's brilliant QUEEN AT SEA is an unvarnished look at a family rendered dysfunctional by the inevitability of death. The film opens this Friday in New York at the Angelika.

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  • Loud and Clear Reviews @loudandclearrvs.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2026

    Lance Hammer’s first film in 18 years sees a woman’s advanced dementia heavily affect her family, leading to rich emotional depths for the viewer. Read Will's review of the Tom Courtenay and Juliette Binoche-starring QUEEN AT SEA, out Friday! #QueenAtSea loudandclearreviews.com/queen-at-sea...

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  • IndieWire [Unofficial] @[email protected]Mastodon · Oct 26, 2026

    ‘Queen at Sea’ Review: Juliette Binoche Guides Director Lance Hammer Back to Screens with a Searing Film About Dementia and Consent https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/queen-at-sea-review-juliette-binoche-1235178993/

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  • Black Unity Over Disagreement (he/him) @audubonballroom.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 25, 2026

    ***TRIGGER WARNING: Sexual assault*** . . . . . . . . . . . Queen at Sea released in 2026 starts with a man raping his elderly wife with dementia www.imdb.com/title/tt2754... #film

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  • Bri (she/they) @palguy87.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    Now seated for QUEEN AT SEA which is very exciting as I never thought I’d get to see another lance hammer film

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  • stephen-farber.bsky.social @stephen-farber.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    Reel Talk Monday, Oct. 19: QUEEN AT SEA, major award winner at Berlin Film Festival, stars two top European stars, Oscar winner Juliette Binoche and Oscar nominee Tom Courtenay in a family drama that resonates with every adult. Guest speaker: writer-director Lance Hammer. 7PM, Royal.

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  • Eye For Film @eyeforfilm.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    "Lance Hammer’s Queen At Sea confronts its subject unsentimentally head on with no holds barred" www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/queen... #Filmsky

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  • The Reviews Hub @thereviewshub.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 22, 2026

    #FILM #INTERVIEW Lance Hammer, Anna Calder-Marshall and Tom Courtenay discuss new film Queen at Sea, previewed at Edinburgh International Film Festival thereviewshub.com/edinburgh-in...

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  • Indietractor @indietractor.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 17, 2026

    Film watching diary - 17/09/26 QUEEN AT SEA (2026)

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  • Dr Hanife Schulte @hbschulte.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 17, 2026

    Juliette Binoche’s new movie, Queen at Sea, and she herself are in London. 🎊

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  • Neil @judgemenot69.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2026

    ‘If you can’t understand what sex is, it’s irrelevant if you seem to be enjoying it’: how Queen at Sea upended the dementia drama www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...

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  • Media News @media-news.at.thenote.appBluesky · Apr 30, 2026

    Florence Hunt, Isla Fisher and Colin Firth to Star in Lorna Tucker’s Feature Directorial Debut ‘Bare,’ Filming Underway in London (EXCLUSIVE) Fast-rising British star Florence Hunt (“Queen at Sea,” “Bridgerton”) is set to lead the cast of “Bare,” the feature directorial debut of write… #media #news

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  • storytellert.bsky.social @storytellert.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 22, 2026

    76th Berlin International Film Festival Award winners full list. Yellow Letters, Salvation and Queen At Sea get top awards. #Berlinale2026 movie-on.blogspot.com/2026/02/76th...

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  • Loud and Clear Reviews @loudandclearrvs.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 21, 2026

    The Silver Bear (Jury Prize) goes to another favorite of ours, QUEEN AT SEA, which also earns Anna Calder-Marshall & Tom Courtenay Best Supporting Performance awards! @willstot94.bsky.social's review 👇 #Berlinale #Berlinale2026 #QueenAtSea loudandclearreviews.com/queen-at-sea...

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  • Variety [Unofficial] @[email protected]Mastodon · Feb 17, 2026

    ‘Queen at Sea’ Review: Juliette Binoche and Tom Courtenay Lead a Gentle, Shattering Drama About Dementia and Autonomy https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://variety.com/2026/film/news/queen-at-sea-review-1236665412/

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  • storytellert.bsky.social @storytellert.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 15, 2026

    Queen at Sea directed by Lance Hammer #Berlinale2026 Competition - info, film clip and poster storytellertrailers.blogspot.com/2026/02/quee...

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