Hilarious and heartbreaking beyond belief. A film that continually leaves me in awe. The camera responds to every movement of its subjects, not frantic but hovering, voyeuristic. Window glares and bodies moving within unostentatious but beautifully precise composed framing. Smokey sun-drenched air and an everpresent impending dread. The portrayal of women in this is fascinating, so filled with shame and fear and anger. Male directors seem to have a sense of judgement about female characters that they don't have with…

in the prime of my childhood, i grew up on an island. a small, little Texas coast island where the water was murky and brown and the waves weren't significant. i remember my dad loved to walk on the beach at night, he would take me often. i would run, maybe, gallop or skip. sometimes we would have long conversations, our lifetimes-apart neuroses mingling, taking joy in understanding each others company. and hope, lots of hope. more often than not…