Review of Sound of My Voice (2011) by Orlok W — 12 Jun 2013

Critically speaking, I don't know if Zal Batmanglij's "Sound of My Voice" exactly breaks fresh ground (or that it's even as good as the other Sundance 2011 Brit Marling project "Another Earth"), but it bleeds potential. Which sounds gross. Okay -- it's a REALLY smart psychological thriller, more so than I feel most critics have given due credit. Like "Another Earth" I'll be damned if I won't be pondering what both the specific and vague features of this film mean for weeks on end. And Marling yet again proves herself an awesome new talent, her enigmatic beauty matching perfectly the sober dialect and mannerisms necessary in portraying the role of a mysterious, oxygen-tanked California cult leader. Macro creeps on a micro scale.

Let's go "The East".