Laura Paredes – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

TRENQUE LAUQUEN – Review by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

April 10, 2023April 15, 2023 Alexandra Heller-Nicholas argentinian films, Laura Citarella, Laura Paredes, luxbox, Trenque Lauquen

Two men, Rafael and Ezequiel, are searching for a woman. Her disappearance is low-key; not requiring police involvement, she appears to have left by her own choice, yet the men are left bewildered and drive around the Trenque Lauquen region just outside of Buenos Aires chasing up lead after thin lead. An unmissable cinema event, Trenque Lauquen is an extraordinarily confident film that speaks to our desire for solvable mysteries in a world full of people that are far more complex than simple deciphering permits.

Festivals

NYFF 2022’s Unfamiliar Faces: Where are they now? – Margaret Barton-Fumo reports

November 17, 2022July 25, 2023 Margaret Barton-Fumo a24, Aftersun, charlotte wells, Corsage, Descendant, ifc, Laura Citarella, Laura Paredes, Margaret Brown, Marie Kreutzer, netflix, nyff, NYFF 2022, Trenque Lauquen, Vicky Krieps

A lot of big titles screened at the NYFF this year, many of which were directed by esteemed women filmmakers, including festival darlings Claire Denis, Kelly Reichardt and Joanna Hogg. Also of note were new films by Sarah Polley and Maria Schneider. Several women directors snuck in under the radar with films that largely challenged the status quo. Most of them were first-time directors or unfamiliar faces, infusing fresh blood into a somewhat tired festival circuit. We should be on the lookout for such women who enrich our filmgoing experience, introducing us to new methods of filmmaking. But where do these films go after the festival screening? The answer is not always clear-cut.