An ingenious, if simple, high concept for a lean thriller that counts contemporary Casablanca as a lead character.
Read full articleBut as a piece of compelling and coherent narrative filmmaking, Hounds is unfortunately a fun beginning, a silly ending and with a mid-section that’s missing in action.
Read full articleThere are hints of Quentin Tarantino, Nicolas Winding Refn and Alejandro González Iñárritu in this punchy, scrappy film whose two lead characters are all too obviously less important to the criminal overlords than the actual dogs in their macho contests.
Read full articleA trim, unsparing crime tale that pits social desperation against a nagging spiritual conscience.
Read full articleThere are moments when the film uneasily skirts the line between genre conventions and documentary realism, but the portrait it paints of Casablanca’s underbelly remains credible and bleak.
Read full articleKamal Lazraq creates an angry, feverish and very real exercise in unbridled cinema. [Full review in Spanish]
Read full articleThat is what this vibrant odyssey written in spit is about, making us calculate by weight what remains of the human soul among the living dead. [Full review in Spanish]
Read full articleIt doesn’t always work, but there’s enough dirt under its fingernails to make it a fascinating watch.
Read full articleSome films take time to gather momentum, but there’s a sense of movement right from the off in Kamal Lazraq’s debut feature.
Read full articleLazraq takes a twist and proposes a funny and irreverent account of the situation that makes us empathize even more with his characters.
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