Finally: here is a new filmmaker who thinks in cinema. If you've been to film festivals in the past few years, you've seen a lot of the same coming out of the shorts world: mistaking slowness for art, framing everything like Wes Anderson, and preaching through dialogue rather than exploring complex themes through character actions and plot. Not here. Llaverias is kind of like an heir to Almodovar: absurd, sly, shocking, grounded, and deeply genuine. I still can't get some…
