Review of Marfa Girl (2012) by Laurent P — 21 May 2014

This is a wonderful movie, deeply heartfelt, that manages to be completely unassuming and yet vividly profound. The movie's sexuality comes across as sheer art -- visually interesting and perfectly photographed just like every single frame in the movie, but deeply thought provoking and emotionally raw.

There are only a handful of movies in the past two years that I can even mention this movie in the same breath with: Francis Ha, Grand Budapest Hotel, Blue Jasmine. There's not many movies on that list. If you ask me, this movie absolutely pisses all over movies like Place Beyond the Pines or even Dallas Buyer's Club, which come across as clunky, ham-handed and amateurish by comparison. For the record I did like both of those movies, particularly Dallas Buyer's Club, but Marfa Girl is on another level entirely and is something that will leave you with an open emotional wound and will open up your eyes in a very special way. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.