Sundance Film Festival Review: David and Nathan Zellner’s ‘Damsel’
โA tremendously fun movie, โDamselโ reinvigorates the Western aesthetic even as it defies many of the genreโs story conventions.โ
โA tremendously fun movie, โDamselโ reinvigorates the Western aesthetic even as it defies many of the genreโs story conventions.โ
โโPiercingโ plays out Reed and Jackieโs tryst as a sadomasochistic Punch and Judy routine, with the flare-ups of violence equally funny and horrifying.โ
A Series by Dylan Moses Griffin
A Column by Q.V. Hough (Vaguebande #2)
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