Amer

filters a not particularly original idea, a young woman's psychic linking of sex and death, through thirty years of Italian (and other European) exploitation -- not, despite what just about everyone (including the filmmakers, though the references here are so specific i…

matt lynch

A body horror in which all of the horrifying transformations take place in the psyche of the protagonist. The act of watching and being watched. The male gaze and the constant threat of sex and violence it implies. An exploration of purely cinematic means to communicate the…

laird

maybe the closest i'll ever come to experiencing what it would be like to enter some sort of cinematic stargate; completely helpless, terrified, yet awestruck at its beauty and ability to inspire and make one see things they havent before. should i have watched this at 1am?…

Wes

Hoop-Tober, Film 5 of 31: It’s hard to believe that Amer is the work of first time feature filmmakers. It's so incredibly polished and confident, but then again, it's scarcely a feature film; I almost view it as three separate but interwoven short films, two of them…

Eli Hayes

Very much a moody, surreal film you must be in the mood for, and this time, not as much as I wanted to be. It’s a grand piece of experimental horror with three different segments, which pulls you into this atmospheric look into fear and repression. The whole visual framing…

Sam

Cinema of bodies and eyes. Constant male gaze runs throughout commodifying the female body. The lead's sexual awakening and guilt brings notice to the world around her that's watching always. There's pure horror in the nature of the male gaze through the power dynamics at…

Willow Maclay

creak drip drip drip blink don't blink is this really here or am I blind juicy drip drip drip blink touch breathe With a sound mix that vibrantly connects to the kaleidoscope of colourful and thought-provoking imagery, Amer does not mess about. It's quietly…

Graham

Like The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears, Amer is an experimental take on the giallo which uses its genre influences in order to rise above them. At its most basic level, it's a story about a girl growing up and becoming a woman: we see Ana, the protagonist, at three…

ScreeningNotes

that moment when you're a girl and you become aware of how your body is no longer yours, aware that you're being watched and the male gaze will consume you, and aware that desire no longer feels freeing but claustrophobic. 😃 pleasure is inseparable from fear and it carries…

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