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Returning home from a trip to her native El Salvador, Sirena (Christine
Stoddard) finds the dead body of her husband, an apparent suicide - and
then the pandemic strikes, forcing her into lockdown without even properly
giving her husband a farewell. And that's where the problems only start,
as you see, Sirena runs a gallery that thrives from its walk-in clients,
something unheard of in times of the pandemic, plus the gallery has just
wrapped a show so there's not even much art left to sell - and yet, Sirena
has to pay for her husband's funeral. And for that she has to completely
re-invent herself, learning how to do e-commerce on one hand, and tap back
into her own artistic streak to actually create product to sell on the
other ...
There was a time when there were lockdown movies of all genres
a dime a dozen, and sure enough not all of them good - this one however
is, as it goes far beyond being just a series of video calls (though these
do feature in here as well) but has actual artistic ambition to it,
ambition that is mirrored in some powerful imagery, a focus on the
directors own art and its creation as well as interpretation, and of
course the film's theme as such. And an original yet relatable plot as
well as a engaging performance by Christine Stoddard in the film's center
see to it that Sirena's Gallery has turned out to be good yet
thoughtful entertainment for sure.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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Robots and rats,
demons and potholes, cuddly toys and shopping mall Santas,
love and death and everything in between,
Tales to Chill Your Bones to is all of that.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to -
a collection of short stories and mini-plays ranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
from the post-apocalyptic to the weirdly romantic,
tales that will give you a chill and maybe a chuckle,
all thought up by the twisted mind of screenwriter and film reviewer Michael Haberfelner.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to
the new anthology by Michael Haberfelner
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