Review of The Unknown Country (2023) by Carlos Aguilar for IndieWire — 17 Jul 2023
While the stirring visual fluidity of “The Unknown Country,” her first fiction feature and a kindhearted triumph, provides further arguments pointing to Malick likely being an influence, what distinguishes Maltz’s approximation to that style of evocatively loose filmmaking is that it’s grounded on the personal victories of real individuals.
Based on that, she forges eclectic narrative devices for a tone poem with substantial dramatic meat on its bones.
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This review of The Unknown Country (2023) was written by Carlos Aguilar and published by IndieWire on 17 July 2023.
The Unknown Country has generally received very positive reviews.
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