CINEMA FOR THE PEOPLE

Tackling religion, self-preservation, pandemics, PTSD, and paranoia, A Prayer for the Dying covers a lot of interesting territory in just 90-ish minutes.

Digger, the latest from uncompromising Mexican auteur Alejandro González Iñárritu, seems purposely designed to frustrate any angle of enjoyment a casual viewer might pursue.

One might think that having nearly thirty more years of experience as a filmmaker under his belt would lead this remake of Serpent’s Path to feel more refined and perhaps even better than the original. However, while the French version is more polished, it is the angry, messy energy that makes the original film tick.