Cole Sprouse and Charles Melton made up for middling young adult genre scripts in Five Feet Apart and The Sun Is Also a Star earlier this year, and almost every feature K.J. Several episodes of the show based on a darker iteration of the Archie comics have been directed by women, including a particularly visually-interesting hour from director Jennifer Phang.
But the talented crop of young actors have also made an effort, intentional or otherwise, to work with female filmmakers. Interestingly, the Riverdale cast has already made a name for itself starring in the wildly popular CW show. She is understated here, trying to balance Ester’s internal coming-of-age story with a plot blended with violence, horror, thriller and personal drama. Regardless, the atypical relationship between Ester and Teresa is something new for audiences, something Seligman succeeds in delivering and one that Mendes elevates with a performance unlike Veronica Lodge. So, like any pharmacist (sarcasm), she goes in the back and brings out a cute dress for Ester to wear. In an odd exchange when Ester lies to the pharmacist for more medication for her mother, the pharmacists gives her the extra medication (problematic) and suggests that Ester trade in her baggy shirts and floppy hats for dresses (also problematic). Teresa makes 17-year-old Ester dress in boy clothing, fashion that even the local patrons comment on. In a similar vein as Hulu’s mini-series The Act, the dynamic of the mother-daughter role is bizarre, unsettling and rarely portrayed in feature films. Mendes (Ester) co-stars with Adriana Barraza (Teresa), in a chilling role as her homicidal mother with a mission. It’s a psychological drama rather than thriller, as their life on the Texas-Mexico border becomes inundated with strange visitors: some seemingly innocent families looking for food and shelter, some violent young men with guns readily at aim. But with a horrific act in a not-so-horror film is the jarring, unique tone Seligman and her co-writer Thomas Bond seems to be going for. Within a few minutes, the unconscious coyote is wrapped up and sinking to the bottom of Coyote Lake. Sara Seligman (right) with actors Adriana Barraza and Camila Mendes on the set of Coyote Lake The story opens at the dinner table of a Mexican woman and her teenage daughter, feeding this “coyote,” another word for a trafficker who takes advantage of migrants crossing the border. “When you spend many years traveling from place to place, you grow to miss your home,” a human trafficker proclaims before biting into a hearty home-cooked meal. Review by Vice President and Managing Editor Brigid K. What it lacks in thrills (and overall plot), it makes up for in the world Seligman creates, one which gives Mendes a chance to share another side of her acting abilities. The surroundings are absolutely beautiful.įor more information on Coyote Lake click here.Īnd oh my gosh I just found a hilarious blog entry that describes it waaaay better than I did and we had very similar feelings on the experience, click here.Riverdale star Camila Mendes stars in Sara Seligman’s Coyote Lake, an on-the-border thriller about a mother and daughter who kill human traffickers.Apparently the "lake" is stocked with rainbow trout!?.You might cringe at the thought of what's happening to your vehicle's undercarriage should you choose to go beyond the maintained road.
I'm not sure the Coyote Lake Recreation Area near Sutton is even really a "thing" anymore.
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