Review: Matamortes finds a cosmic war in the struggles of our world
I love when I come across a movie that challenges me. Not necessarily meaning that the film is hard to watch/get through/understand (though I think it's good to tackle such things at times, too), but I'm thinking more of a movie that feels like it's engaging with cinematic language in a different way. Maybe it hails from a different background discipline, or is experimental in some ways. A movie that you have to kind of realign yourself in order to be able to meet it where it's at, which is always my goal when I'm watching something. I want to try to grasp what the filmmaker is going for, and to try to gauge my enjoyment/engagement in relation to those aims. Matamortes came on my radar when I was looking at the lineup for Animafest Zagreb, which takes place in the Croatian capital in June. Their competition slate is incredible, and included multiple titles I hadn't heard of, including Maramortes . I got in touch with one of the film's producers, who gave me...
