new dawn fades

Very rarely does a film feel like it's literally pulling you into the screen, but Carlos Reygadas's triumph of a film, "Silent Light", is full to the brim with such deeply hypnotic moments in which you feel as though you're truly immersed in the Mexican transplanted world of German Mennonites living, working, and coveting thy next door neighbor. Filmed mostly in breathtaking wide-angle shots, the landscapes the film explores seem out of reach and beyond anything this Earth is capable of. The film primarily functions as a brilliantly achieved meditation on the gift and the curse of miracles and in its own subtle way, "Silent Light" is a tiny miracle that resonates to the bone.

One of the best opening scenes of the year:


A tender, odd moment as a family bathes and plays together