Patricio Guzmán's film follows its cinematic neighbors through its meditation on the political violence so prevalent in Latin American countries. His does so in a way that neither affirms the abrasive call-to-action of Solanas and Getino's Third Cinema nor pulls away from ambiguous political messaging as in the European, and later, LA art cinemas. What Guzman thinks the film conveys seems to be of lesser importance than in its personal interpretations by the spectator, with an eye for those of…
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La Llorona 2019
La Llorona is a pseudo-entry into the field of horror that has come to be known as post-horror, as templated by films such as The Babadook and Hereditary. The use of a slow, psychological thematic, paired with a larger art-cinema style, has mutated the horror scene and found its way into various contemporary horror films. La Llorona is no different from its predecessors in its cinematic nature, but muddles the generic convention of grief. As generally used as a plot…
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