Director: Lucrecia Martel Stars: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Mariana Nunes It's been a decade since Lucrecia Martel stirred art house audiences with the quietly provocative The Headless Woman, but following a handful of shorts and a documentary, she returns to feature filmmaking with Zama, an absurdist sideswipe at colonialism. Daniel Giménez Cacho stars as Don Diego de … Continue reading Review: Zama
Ciro Guerra's Oscar nominated Embrace Of The Serpent acts like a constrictor on its audience; slithering into the consciousness as it begins weaving it's wily dual narrative, before tightening in its second hour until the viewer feels utterly consumed by its unsuspected force. If this somewhat laboured metaphor sounds oppressive, the truth of the experience is … Continue reading Review: Embrace Of The Serpent
