Saturday, May 16, 2015

Cannes 2015: 'Embrace of the Serpent' Review


Ride the snake...
Ride the snake...

Embrace of the Serpent starts off as a fairly conventional going-down-the-Amazon travelogue. But then, the magic kicks in. This Colombian film, screening here in Directors' Fortnight, will probably not make a dime in U.S. theaters, but it's engagingly weird and delightfully trippy. My review is up at Screen International.