Press: The Bloody Child

Bloody Child Pull Quotes

One of the year’s greatest films from one of my favorite filmmakers!”

— Gus Van Sant

Brilliant!…an awe-inspiring, rigorous work of art on the highest level. One of the year’s top five films!”

— Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

Mesmerizing! Weaves a spell that’s hard to shake for days, and offers an object lesson in the cinematic possibilities standard narrative misses.”

— Godfrey Cheshire, Variety

A new way of story telling—definitely among the coolest films I’ve seen.”

— Andrea Sperling, Artforum

An obsessive meditation on the rampant infiltration of violence within the American landscape…fascinating and mysterious.”

— Berenice Reynaud, Cahiers Du Cinema

Internationally recognized as one of our most provocative and audacious directors, Nina Menkes continues her dedication in THE BLOODY CHILD to expand the cinematic form.”

— John Cooper, Director, Sundance Film Festival

THE BLOODY CHILD taps into something central and irreducible about the pervasive role of violence in contemporary American culture that no other picture gets at—something at once chilling and clarifying—the Menkes sisters have allowed us to look into an abyss…A must see!”

— Jonathan Rosenbaum, The Chicago Reader