Landmarks — Lucrecia Martel [NYFF '25 Review]

Lucrecia Martel on Nuestra Tierra and “Definitive” Death in Documentary - POV Magazine

One of the most significant films touring the documentary festival circuit this fall is by the Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel. Nuestra Tierra (aka Landmarks, although the direct translation is Our Land) is the first feature documentary by Martel, who has achieved international acclaim for her narrative fiction films. Her anti-colonialist drama Zama (2017) won first place in the TIFF Cinematheque poll of “best films of the decade” in 2019, h…

Landmarks — Lucrecia Martel [NYFF '25 Review]

At the beginning of Lucrecia Martel’s first feature-length documentary, Landmarks, we’re presented with satellite images of Earth. From this zoomed out perspective, there are no countries, borders, or people within view, only water, land, and atmosphere clouding the globe. This simplistic view from outer space could allude to the “new frontier” that President John F. [...] The post Landmarks — Lucrecia Martel [NYFF ’25 Review] appeared first on …