La Mujer sin cabeza (The Headless Woman)

A full appreciation of Lucrecia Martel's elegant, rain-soaked film, "The Headless Woman," requires the concentration and eye for detail of a forensic detective.....The more closely you study "The Headless Woman," the deeper and more unsettling are its mysteries.....Every frame of this brilliant, maddeningly enigmatic puzzle of a movie contains crucial information, much of it glimpsed on the periphery.... ... Full Review

I was so narcotized (or, less politely, put to sleep) by the film's lack of dramatic agency....It's an audacious beginning to an unconventional narrative....unfortunately Headless Woman does little more than chart Veronica's slow and steady disengagement from adult life, and then her unconvincing reentry..... ... Full Review

But in The Headless Woman , Martel lets the miasma blur the drama and stifle the story.....narrative sudoku is worth puzzling out..... ... Full Review

She is also a master of visual and aural technique, which is on full and splendid display in "La Mujer Sin Cabeza" (The Headless Woman), her third feature. She knows how to evoke a barely-registered undercurrent of existential dread through repetitive, barely discernible noises or off-beat, insistent music on her soundtrack, in the manner of Russian master Sokurov. ... Full Review

as a stylish, exciting new director to watch, and thus may interest only the boldest distributors world-wide.....The brilliant framing of Martel's shots....Now, if only Martel would become a little more generous with story details, our pleasure would be complete..... ... Full Review

Drama. Written and directed by Lucrecia Martel. With Mar?a Onetto, C?sar Bord?n and Daniel Genoud. In Spanish with English subtitles. (Not rated. 92 minutes. At the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas in San Francisco.) ... Full Article

Argentine filmmaker Lucretia Martel has become much admired at international festivals for her distinctive films, mostly about the decay of well-to-do families. Her latest, "The Headless Woman," about a woman who experiences an emotional crisis after an apparent road accident,... ... Full Article

Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel's "The Headless Woman" is not the supernatural horror picture its title suggests, but this subtle, elliptical film evokes its own kind of nightmarish situation. ... Full Article

Studio/Run Time: Strand Releasing, 87 mins. The story of a figuratively, mysteriously decapitated driver I didn't realize at first how closely I was supposed to be watching The Headless Woman , the third film by Lucrecia Martel. ... Full Article

Indie Roundup reviews the past week of news from the independent film community and provides a peek at what's coming soon. Deals . Ahead of the Toronto film festival, distributors are firming up their release schedules for the next few... ... Full Article

By Peter Brunette For movie details, please click here . Argentinean director Lucrecia Martel is nothing if not subtle. She is also a master of visual and aural technique, which is on full and splendid display in The Headless Woma... ... Full Article