Following an educated man as he tries desperately to escape a cunning trap from an an antiquated kind of desert peoples, “The Woman in the Dunes” brings us much to critically analyze and discuss. Stark contrasts on rural life a...

The magic of the film is its reserve, as it never rushes into things. The scenes are set, mastered to be both sweet and bitter. Shots are friendly, reminding of grade school and small ordeals.

With nice pacing and a deliberately hectic start, the film kept me engaged early on, but it was not without some hesitation that I held back from fully glorifying it all. The movie was trying to place strains on my prepped and ...