Probably a stretch to say that this is Malick meets Marvel, but Chloe Zhao delivers something different—a slower-paced, exposition-heavy actioner about creationism, existence and the ties that bind superheroes to their humanity.
Zhao’s naturalistic debut feature, shot largely at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, is part ethnographic, part poetic take on the communities living on the land.
This Venice Golden Lion winner is an affecting film of elemental beauty, with a performance from Frances McDormand that is as natural as its cinematography, about folks living in vans in the American West.
