Writer/director Lucrecia Martel walks in familiar territory for many women, who as adolescent girls have experienced sexual advances from older men. What is unfamiliar is the unusual twist in her tale, which strays from the stories most women tell. For in Martel's second film La Niña Santa ("The Holy Girl"), it is the child who becomes the predator, not the man.5/13/2005
Film Review: La Niña Santa ("The Holy Girl")
By Patricia Lamkin
Writer/director Lucrecia Martel walks in familiar territory for many women, who as adolescent girls have experienced sexual advances from older men. What is unfamiliar is the unusual twist in her tale, which strays from the stories most women tell. For in Martel's second film La Niña Santa ("The Holy Girl"), it is the child who becomes the predator, not the man.
Writer/director Lucrecia Martel walks in familiar territory for many women, who as adolescent girls have experienced sexual advances from older men. What is unfamiliar is the unusual twist in her tale, which strays from the stories most women tell. For in Martel's second film La Niña Santa ("The Holy Girl"), it is the child who becomes the predator, not the man.
5/07/2005
Film Review: Undertow
By Patricia Lamkin
David Gordon Green's UNDERTOW is a poetic, atmospheric thriller with touches of the surreal. After escaping his haunted past and settling deep in rustic Georgia, a widower, John (Durmot Mulroney) carves out a simple life with his sons Chris (Jamie Bell) and Tim (Devon Alan).
David Gordon Green's UNDERTOW is a poetic, atmospheric thriller with touches of the surreal. After escaping his haunted past and settling deep in rustic Georgia, a widower, John (Durmot Mulroney) carves out a simple life with his sons Chris (Jamie Bell) and Tim (Devon Alan).
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