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EEFF 2013: ‘Leones’ is a mystifying spiritual trek, led by a curious camera

Leones Directed by Jazmín López Argentina/France/Netherlands, 2012 An assured debut feature from Argentinian director Jazmin Lopez, Leones free-floats between complementary realms of the natural and supernatural. The entire movement, comprised of very few long, tracking shots within 80 minutes, chugs through the barely navigable forest of an unknown location, as six teenagers make their way …

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‘My Own Private Idaho’ a sleepy, melancholic trip to nowhere

My Own Private Idaho Written by Gus Van Sant Directed by Gus Van Sant USA, 1991 Though he has made his share of more conventional dramas like Good Will Hunting and Milk, and received Oscar nominations by doing so, Gus Van Sant always seems to fall back to a more sedate style, such as that …

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