Silva’s film minces neither words nor bodily appendages.
Tyrel viscerally cuts to the everyday heart of living in a fraught cultural mixing pot.
It broadly tackles the subject of love without, even at its least successful, stooping to the dire, barrel-scraping cultural condescension of Rio, I Love You.
The seemingly unguarded Silva discusses what makes Wiig’s sense of humor so special and why it’s hard to kill a hipster.
The film is a compelling addition to Sebastián Silva’s cinema of compassionate comeuppance.
Michael Cera discusses his newfound experience as a stage actor and Brooklynite.
There’s so much baggage involved in the kind of dilettantish games Jamie and Crystal are playing that it’s a shame that the film never fully engages with these enticing issues.
Crystal Fairy is no Fear and Loathing in the Atacama.
Old Cats is a clear-eyed, empathetic understanding of the agonies of aging.
Walks a fine line between empathetic treatment of its characters and voyeuristic freakshow gazing.
This is an intriguing film that mixes dark tones and hopeful emotions so effortlessly that it’s hard to tell them apart.
Catalina Saavedra’s performance has an unwavering intensity that serves the film well.