Lucile Hadzihalilovic

This Week In Trailers: The Thinning, Officer Downe, National Bird, Green Is Gold, Evolution

By Christopher Stipp October 8th, 2016

Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week…

'Évolution' Trailer: Lucile Hadzihalilovic's Mysterious Thriller Looks Like The Next 'Under The Skin'

By Angie Han December 9th, 2015

Watch the Évolution trailer. Directed by Lucile Hadzihalilovic (Innocence), the nightmarish thriller unfolds on an island populated only by women and boys.

'Evolution' Is An Eerie Synthesis Of Folklore And Science Fiction [Fantastic Fest 2015 Review]

By Russ Fischer November 6th, 2015

(This review is based upon a viewing of the film at Fantastic Fest 2015.) Evolution is a deep swim in mysterious seas. This tale blends folklore and science fiction into a powerful hallucination of life where land and sea blur together, in which bodies are induced to behave in ways that are new and, in a Lovecraftian…